North American Post

The North American Post

Type Newspaper
Publisher North American Post Publishing, Inc.[1]
Editor Yaeko Inaba[1]
Founded 1902
Language Japanese / English
Headquarters 519 6th Ave South
Seattle, Washington 98105
United States
Website http://www.napost.com/

The North American Post (北米報知 Hokubei Höchi) is a newspaper based in Seattle, Washington's International District. It was founded in 1902 and is the largest and oldest Japanese-language newspaper published in the Pacific Northwest.[1]

Originally called the Hokubei JiJi (The North American Times),[2] the newspaper was issued daily from 1902 until 1942, when it and two other local Japanese newspapers ceased publication due to the internment of its staff and core readership.[3] In 1946, the paper was restarted under the name Hokubei Hochi (The North American Post). Its publisher was Sadahiko Ikoma.

From 1946 to the end of 1948 the North American Post was issued weekly and then started publishing three times a week. In March 1950, it increased to a daily issued five days a week. In March, 1981, the newspaper reduced its frequency to three times a week.[3] It now puts out two issues a week: the Saturday edition is Japanese-only; the Wednesday edition has both English and Japanese sections.

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "Mondo Times: North American Post". Retrieved June 12, 2009.
  2. 1 2 Lange, Greg (June 2, 2001). "Japanese language newspaper in Seattle resumes publishing as Hokubei Hochi (The North American Post) on June 5, 1946". HistoryLink.org.


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