It was Northern California’s only Japanese American bilingual newspaper after the closure of the Nichi Bei Times on September 10, 2009.
[3] The first edition of the Hokubei Mainichi Newspaper appeared on February 18, 1948, and one of the founders was Ryotei Matsukage, a former head of the Buddhist Churches of America.
It started at 1737 Sutter St. in San Francisco[4] as a Buddhist alternative to the Nichi Bei Times, which was regarded as being Christian.
[5] In 1977, the newspaper moved from the Sutter St. building to the corner of Post and Webster streets.
[5] The newspaper was distributed mainly by subscription and only to a limited extent from newsstands.