World War II & Japanese American incarceration The English section became a daily feature on January 11, 1932. Weekly English sections first appeared on Feb 21, 1926. The name of the newspaper essentially translates as "Los Angeles area newspaper" (" ra" abbreviated from " rashogiri" (羅省枝利), a historic Chinese name for Los Angeles, " fu" meaning " prefecture", and " shinpo", a term for newspaper).
He was succeeded by son Akira and grandson Michael. Komai became publisher in 1922, beginning a family dynasty. The paper began in 1903 as a one-page, mimeographed Japanese-language newspaper produced by Rippo Iijima, Masaharu Yamaguchi, and Seijiro Shibuya. In print publication is only on Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday. As of February 2021, it is published online daily. The Rafu Shimpo ( 羅府新報, Rafu Shinpō) is a Japanese-English language newspaper based in Little Tokyo, Los Angeles, California and is the largest bilingual English-Japanese daily newspaper in the United States. Gwen Muranaka (English), Takashi Ishihara (Japanese) Reading a fresh print of The Rafu Shimpo in 1942