is a national, award-winning semi-monthly newspaper based in Los Angeles, California, United States focused on covering Asian Pacific American (APA) news.

It was founded in 1929 and is published by the Japanese American Citizens League (JACL), the nation’s oldest and largest APA civil rights organization.

[citation needed] Coverage during World War II included the chronicling of everyday life at the camps and the heroism of the Nisei (second generation Japanese American) soldiers.

[citation needed] Former Shin Nichibei staffer Harry K. Honda became editor when the newspaper moved to Los Angeles.

also covered the Redress Movement, which sought to give reparations to Japanese Americans, who were interned during World War II.

was there in the room, and mentioned in President Ronald Reagan speech as he signed the Civil Liberties Act of 1988 granting Japanese Americans who were affected by the World War II internment an official apology letter and monetary compensation.

Coverage in the past years included exclusive interviews with 1st Lt. Ehren Watada, who in June 2006, refused to deploy to Iraq for his unit's assigned rotation to Operation Iraqi Freedom citing the legality of the war.