Japanese-language daily newspaper in Brazil closes

(6 Jan 2019) BRAZIL JAPANESE CULTURE SOURCE: ASSOCIATED PRESS RESTRICTIONS: AP CLIENTS ONLY LENGTH: 6:43 ASSOCIATED PRESS - AP CLIENTS ONLY Sao Paulo -  21 December 2018 1. Close up of Dec 21 editiion of Sao Paulo Shimbun Japanese newspaper 2. Various of workers printing an edition of the Sao Paulo Shimbun Japanese newspaper ASSOCIATED PRESS - AP CLIENTS ONLY Sao Paulo -  26 December 2018 3. Various of Helena Mizumoto, owner of the Sao Paulo Shimbun, looking at the final edition for January 1, 2019 4. SOUNDBITE (Portuguese) Helena Mizumoto, owner of the Sao Paulo Shimbun "I think the community loses a lot (with the closing of the newspaper) because it's a reference. We have always been the backbone of the community, as incredible as it sounds. All information for the readers and the community, any information, everything was given here. Where is a hospital? Is there a nurse who speaks Japanese? Everything, everything, everything. The Google of the community was here." 5. Sign that reads "newsroom" in Japanese 6. SOUNDBITE (Portuguese): Helena Mizumoto, owner of the Sao Paulo Shimbun "The aging of the Japanese-Brazilian community is the problem. The first generation of immigrants is gone and we have what's left. The sons and daughters of Japanese immigrants who learned at home to read and write Japanese are our readers, but they are also very old. They are 90 years old." ASSOCIATED PRESS - AP CLIENTS ONLY Sao Paulo -  22 December 2018 7. Various aerials of the Japanese neighborhood Liberdade in Sao Paulo ++MUTE ++ 8. Wide of people walking by street art of a Samurai 9. Various of Japanese immigrants and descendants practicing Radio Taiso (warm up calisthenics) 10. Japanese immigrant Nobukazu Kanomata practicing Radio Taiso 11. SOUNDBITE (Japanese): Nobukazu Kanomata, 83, massage therapist "I used to read it (Japanese paper) but I stopped reading it for about a year now" 12. Close of Sao Paulo Shimbun and other newspapers 13. Wide of newspaper stand 14. SOUNDBITE (Japanese): Nobukazu Kanomata, 83, massage therapist "One (reason) is because there are now less people who read Japanese paper. There are fewer Japanese now so that there are fewer people who read Japanese paper. Another (reason) is that the quality of articles has gone, gradually deteriorated. I think these are the reasons (why the numbers of Japanese papers went down)." ASSOCIATED PRESS - AP CLIENTS ONLY Sao Paulo -  27 December 2018 15. Close of street lamps at Liberdade neighborhood 16. Wide of a street at Liberdade neighborhood 17. Close of Sao Paulo Shimbun at a newspaper stand 18. Yoshikatsu Yamashita, son of Japanese immigrants, buys the Sao Paulo Shimbun 19. SOUNDBITE (Portuguese): Yoshikatsu Yamashita, 74, businessman "We mostly read the part of the newspaper that is in Portuguese, because the part in Japanese it's a bit difficult. But we manage to read some." 20. A man walks by street art of a dragon ASSOCIATED PRESS - AP CLIENTS ONLY Sao Paulo -  21 December 2018 22. Eduardo Nakashima, secretary of the Cultural Alliance Brazil Japan, checks his cell phone 23. SOUNDBITE (Portuguese): Eduardo Nakashima, secretary of the Cultural Alliance Brazil Japan: (standing in front of a stone that reads "Prosperity of Japan and Brazil together) ASSOCIATED PRESS - AP CLIENTS ONLY Sao Paulo -  27 December 2018 24. Close of a display window with Japanese dolls 25. A woman walks by Japanese-themed street art 27. Close of  Brazilian soccer legend Pele hugging a Geisha LEADIN: ==== Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork Twitter: https://twitter.com/AP_Archive Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/APArchives Google+: https://plus.google.com/b/102011028589719587178/+APArchive​ Tumblr: https://aparchives.tumblr.com/​​ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/APNews/ You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/youtube/555f42aff3f61cd19126a1ff3164c0c4