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Rafu Shimpo

Rafu Shimpo

Los Angeles Japanese Daily News

Author Archives: J.K. Yamamoto

J.K. Yamamoto is a native of Los Angeles and a graduate of CSU Long Beach. He studied for one year at Waseda University in Tokyo and took graduate courses and taught ESL at UCLA. He was a staff member at Pacific Citizen (1984-87), English editor of Hokubei Mainichi in San Francisco (1987-2009), and staff writer for Rafu Shimpo (2010 to present). He has also written for Pacific Ties (UCLA), East West News (San Francisco), San Francisco Bay Guardian, and other publications.

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Nisei Week Lets the Good Times Roll

by J.K. Yamamoto 01/27/201504/19/2022
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Fallen, But Not Forgotten

by J.K. Yamamoto 06/01/201204/19/2022
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by J.K. Yamamoto 05/03/201204/19/2022

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The Rafu Shimpo is a bilingual Japanese-English language newspaper based in Little Tokyo, Los Angeles, California. Established in 1903, the Rafu Shimpo has survived two world wars, a depression, and the forced evacuation of our entire community. It is now the longest running Japanese American daily newspaper in the United States.

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The Rafu Shimpo has been the nation's leading Japanese American newspaper since its original publication. We are proud to have served the Japanese American community from our Little Tokyo office in Downtown Los Angeles since 1903.
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