What is Nikkei Nation?

With traditional Japanese American newspapers facing a bleak future, a new online news source has recently begun operation: NikkeiNation.net. Founded by Editor-in-Chief and Publisher George Toshio Johnston and Associate Publisher Susan Yokoyama, Nikkei Nation aims to provide news of interest to the many Nikkei or Japanese American communities across the United States.

Among the objectives of Nikkei Nation: providing important news and information necessary to build and maintain the Japanese American community; and grow cultural and business ties within the North American Nikkei population, which is unique among the various Asian American groups in that the majority of the more than one million comprising this demographic were born and raised in the U.S. and use English as the primary language. 

Nikkei Nation will be supported by a combination of subscriptions and advertising. NikkeiNation.net will be updated Monday-Friday and will take full advantage of the inherent speed, reach and potential offered by the World Wide Web.

George Toshio Johnston, Nikkei Nation’s editor-in-chief and publisher, is a professional journalist with more than 20 years of experience in both print and online journalism. He has written a column on media for the Rafu Shimpo since 1992, and has worked for such news outlets as the Pacific Citizen, the Orange County Register and the Hollywood Reporter, where he served as senior online news editor. In addition to conceiving of and co-founding the Media Action Network for Asian Americans, he served as editor of Yolk, the Asian American pop culture magazine, and he produced the award-winning short-form documentary “Going for Honor, Going for Broke: The 442 Story.”

Associate Publisher and Marketing Chief Susan Yokoyama has more than 20 years experience in sales and marketing and public relations experience, much of it within the Japanese American community.  In addition, she has more than 20 years of business accounting and human resources experience and has served over 10 years on fundraising boards and committees for various nonprofit entities.

Editor-in-Chief & Publisher: George Toshio Johnston

Email: Editor@NikkeiNation.com

Telephone: (424) 229-1664

Associate Publisher: Susan Yokoyama

Email: Susan.Yokoyama@NikkeiNation.com

Telephone: (213) 213-447-5946

To submit news tips, feedback, story links and so on, kindly send email to:

editor@NikkeiNation.com