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The Rafu Shimpo (羅府新報 Rafu Shinpō) is a Japanese-English language newspaper based in Little Tokyo, Los Angeles, California. The paper began in 1903 as a one-page, mimeographed Japanese-language newspaper produced by Rippo Iijima, Masaharu Yamaguchi, and Seijiro Shibuya. H. T. Komai became publisher in 1922, beginning a family dynasty. He was succeeded by son Akira and grandson Michael.[1] The name of the newspaper essentially translates as "Los Angeles area newspaper" ("ra" abbreviated from "rashogiri", said to be a Chinese name for Los Angeles, "fu" meaning "prefecture", and "shinpo", a term for newspaper)
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Media Name RAFU Shimpo
Media Type Newspaper
Language Japanese
Location Los Angeles, California
Logo RAFU Shimpo

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Website
Front Page URL http://www.rafu.com/
About Page URL https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rafu_Shimpo
Contact Page URL http://www.rafu.com/contactus/
RSS Feed URL https://rafu.com/feed/
Profiles
Facebook URL https://www.facebook.com/RafuShimpo/
X URL https://twitter.com/RafuShimpo
LinkedIn URL https://www.linkedin.com/company/rafu-shimpo/
Wikipedia URL https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rafu_Shimpo
Contacts
Name Gwen Muranaka
Email gmuranaka@rafu.com
Phone +1 (213) 629-2231
Name Jun Nagata
Email jnagata@rafu.com
Phone +1 (213) 629-2231

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