The ''São Paulo Shimbun'' (サンパウロ新聞 ''Sanpauro Shinbun'') was a Japanese-language newspaper established in 1946 and published in

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. It was one of two Japanese-language newspapers in the city. On January 1, 2019, the newspaper printed its last edition, with no specific plans to continue its operations online.

History

Founded on October 8, 1946, the ''Journal São Paulo Shimbun'' was a vehicle of communication directed towards the Japanese-Brazilian community. Businessman Mituto Mizumoto observed the need that Japanese immigrants had for their own newspaper which would publish facts about Brazil and Japan. The ''São Paulo Shimbun'' was authorized to start publishing on September 6, 1946. On October 12 of the same year the first edition was published. As of 2013 Kátia Sattomura was the chief editor of the newspaper's Portuguese-language division.Sá, Nelson de.
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''. 9 February 2008. Retrieved on 17 March 2014. "O Nikkey Shimbun, por exemplo, decidiu lançar um semanal em português, batizado de Jornal Nippak. "O concorrente (São Paulo Shimbun) tem uma página em português e nós fazíamos o mesmo. Mas sentimos a necessidade de criar um filho nissei", conta Raul Takaki, diretor-presidente." It printed its last issue on January 1, 2019.

Homage

In 2011, Scottish musician

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discovered a copy of the newspaper at the Center for Overseas Migration and Cultural Interaction in

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and wrote "I want someone to make a typeface based on that masthead so I can use it for a future album cover." In 2013, James Goggin created a

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based on the masthead

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from the newspaper for Momus's album ''

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