North American Post publishing is one of the oldest minority-owned publishing company in the Greater Seattle area. The company was founded in 1902 by Kiyoshi Kumamoto and investors, who were first generation Japanese immigrants (Issei) in the area. Hokubei Jiji (The North American Times) was launched on September 1, 1902, as the country’s third Japanese- American newspaper. The paper’s headquarter was located in what is today’s Nihonmachi. Today, the company remains to serve for the Japanese and Japanese American community in the Seattle area by publishing two publications The North American Post (napost.com) and Soy Source (www.soysource.net).