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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. As of February 2021, it is published online daily. In print publication is only on Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday.

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19-481: The paper began in 1903 as a one-page, mimeographed Japanese-language newspaper produced by Rippo Iijima, Masaharu Yamaguchi, and Seijiro Shibuya. H. T. Komai became publisher in 1922, beginning a family dynasty. He was succeeded by son Akira and grandson Michael. 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 ",

38-500: A préfecture is the capital city of a department , and by metonymy also designates the office and residence of the prefect. As there are 101 departments in France, there are 101 prefectures. A préfecture de région is the capital city of an administrative region . This is the city where the prefect - the appointed government representative - resides. In English, "prefecture" is used as the translation for todōfuken ( 都道府県 ) , which are

57-455: A self-governing body or area since the tetrarchy , when Emperor Diocletian divided the Roman Empire into four districts (each divided into dioceses ), grouped under a Vicarius (a number of Roman provinces , listed under that article), although he maintained two pretorian prefectures as an administrative level above the also surviving dioceses (a few of which were split). As canon law

76-456: A term for newspaper). Weekly English sections first appeared on Feb 21, 1926. The English section became a daily feature on January 11, 1932. Togo Tanaka , the editor of the paper's English language section, appealed unsuccessfully to the United States government to allow the paper to continue printing in the event of war with Japan, and oversaw the paper's last edition before he was sent to

95-487: Is an administrative division found in the second level of the administrative hierarchy. In addition to prefectures, this level also includes autonomous prefectures, leagues , and prefecture-level cities . The prefecture level comes under the province level , and in turn oversees the county level . In Italy a prefettura is the office of a prefetto , the representative of the Government in each province . In France,

114-573: Is strongly inspired by Roman law, it is not surprising that the Catholic Church has several offices under a prefect. That term occurs also in otherwise styled offices, such as the head of a congregation or department of the Roman Curia . Various ecclesiastical areas, too small for a diocese , are termed prefects. In Brazil , the prefecture ( prefeitura or prefeitura municipal in Portuguese )

133-586: Is the executive branch of the government of each Brazilian municipality ( município in Portuguese). The term also refers to the office of the mayor ( prefeito in Portuguese). The Central African Republic is divided into twenty prefectures . From 1836 until 2011, modern Greece was divided into nomoi ( Greek : νομοί , singular νομός , nomos ) which formed the country's main administrative units. These are most commonly translated into English as "prefectures" or "counties". Each nomos

152-570: The Latin praefectura ) is an administrative jurisdiction traditionally governed by an appointed prefect . This can be a regional or local government subdivision in various countries, or a subdivision in certain international church structures, as well as in antiquity a Roman district. The term prefecture is used for the modern first-level subdivisions of the Central African Republic , Japan , and Morocco . Prefecture originally refers to

171-557: The Manzanar internment camp. The paper ceased publication in 1942 due to the incarceration of Japanese Americans at President Franklin D. Roosevelt 's order. It was revived in 1946, due to Akira Komai's foresight and the loyalty of his employees. Komai had arranged for the paper's rent to be paid during the war and hid the Japanese type under the floorboards. As of 1992, circulation was 23,000. By 1997, “the laborious process of hand setting

190-434: The 75 second-level administrative subdivisions are 13 prefectures and 62 provinces . They are subdivisions of the 12 regions of Morocco . Each prefecture and province are subdivided in their turn into districts ( cercles , sing. cercle ), municipalities ( communes , sing. commune ) or urban municipalities ( communes urbaines , sing. commune urbaine ), and arrondissements in some metropolitan areas. Traditionally

209-551: The increase of the number of "xian" and the decrease of their sizes over time in the Chinese history. In the context of Chinese history during or after the Tang dynasty , the word "prefecture" is used to translate zhou (Wade–Giles chou ( 州 ), another ancient unit of administration in China, equivalent to the modern province . In modern-day China , the prefecture ( 地区 ; pinyin : dìqū )

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228-447: The lowest level administrative division in Korea and can be translated into "Petty Prefecture" in the modern sense. It was below Gun ( 군 , 郡 ; "county") in the administrative hierarchy. Dohobu ( 도호부 ; 都護府 ) was a higher level administrative division and can be translated into "Protectorate General", "Greater Prefecture", "Metropolitan Prefecture", or "Martial Prefecture" in

247-449: The main subdivisions of Japan. They consist of 43 prefectures (県 ken) proper, two urban prefectures (府 fu, Osaka and Kyoto), one "circuit" or "territory" (道 dō, Hokkaido) and one "metropolis" (都 to, Tokyo). Before the end of World War II, the word was also used for overseas areas 庁 (chō)、州 (shu) and 道 (dō, in Korea). Until 1894 Hyeon ( Korean :  현 ; Hanja :  縣 ) was

266-646: The modern sense. The capital, Hanyang ( Seoul ), can sometimes be translated as "Hanseong Prefecture". In 1895, Hyeon and Dohobu divisions were abolished. From 1910 to 1949, the term "prefecture" was used to translate Bu ( 부 ; 府 ). Since 1949 neither Hyeon nor Bu have been used, and there has been no division in either the South Korean or North Korean administrative system which translates as "prefecture". Mongolian prefectures ( Aimags ) were adopted during Qing dynasty's rule . Today these are usually translated as "provinces". In Morocco ,

285-435: The paper had lost $ 750,000 over the prior three years, was projected to lose $ 350,000 in 2016, and would have to close at the end of that year unless its finances improved. In the hopes of generating 10,000 new subscribers and raising $ 500,000, Komai introduced an eNewspaper subscription drive in the same " open letter ". Rafu Shimpo is still operating online as of December 2023. Prefecture A prefecture (from

304-551: The prefecture as being the City Hall and the prefect as being the equivalent of a mayor and commissioner until recently; now the prefectures and prefect are analogous with the figure of Town Clerk . Prefectures of the Central African Republic Since 10 December 2020, The Central African Republic is administratively divided into 20 prefectures ( French : préfectures , Sango: kodoro kômanda-kôta ) and

323-401: The prefectures as separate administrative units, and transformed them into regional units within the country's thirteen administrative regions . When used in the context of Chinese history , especially China before the Tang dynasty , the word "prefecture" is used to translate xian ( 縣 ). This unit of administration is translated as "county" when used in a contemporary context, because of

342-511: The several thousand syllabic characters and ideograms used in Japanese, which took up to three hours per page, [had] given way to a rapid computerized operation.” In March 2010, the Los Angeles Times reported that The Rafu Shimpo was losing circulation and money, and was the target of community drives hoping to save the newspaper from going out of business. On March 25, 2016, publisher Michael Komai released an " open letter " stating that

361-529: Was headed by a prefect ( νομάρχης , nomarches ), who was a ministerial appointee until ca. 1990, but was then elected by direct popular vote in a process of decentralization that saw the prefectures become local government units. Municipal elections in Greece are held every four years and voting for the election of prefects and mayors was carried out concurrently but with separate ballots. The 2010 Kallikratis plan , which took effect on 1 January 2011, abolished

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