Last Bilingual Japanese Newspaper in San Francisco Suspends Operation

New America Media, News Report, Ngoc Nguyen, Posted: Nov 02, 2009

The recent closure of two bilingual Japanese-American newspapers reflects not only demographic shifts in the community, but also a time of reinvention for newspapers serving the Japanese-American community, according to ethnic media experts.

With its last issue on October 30, the Hokubei Mainichi became the second bilingual Japanese-American newspaper in Northern California to shut down in the last two months. Its competitor, the Nichi Bei Times, folded in September. Read more of this story here…..