With the disestablishment in 2009 of two prominent Japanese American bilingual dailies, the Nichi Bei Times and the Hokubei Mainichi Newspaper,[1] the Nikkei West remains the largest and oldest printed English newspaper serving Northern California's Japanese American community.
[3] The NikkeiWest is the oldest all-English language publication for Japanese Americans in the Northern California region.
In addition, this newspaper was the first Nikkei publication to have internet presence and provide e-commerce for its readers.
The NikkeiWest was founded in 1992 to serve the English speaking Japanese American Community in San Jose.
[7] In 2013, NikkeiWest featured the Confinement Sites Grant program awards on its front page.