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Brandi Higa Scored Big In 2015!
Steve Lum Special to The Hawai‘i Herald After playing in front of small crowds of volleyball fans for most of her life, Brandi Akemi Higa is now growing accustomed to being watched by a much larger...
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Kampai To Koshi No Kanbai!
Chris Pearce Special to The Hawai‘i Herald With Oshögatsu upon us, it’s time to reflect on the year that’s ending and, by extension, all those other years in the past that have given us something...
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Be “Rice”, My Friend, In 2016
Ryan Tatsumoto Hawai‘i Herald Columnist Is it just my imagination or did 2015 end with a polarity not seen since America’s Civil War? Red vs. blue. Us vs. them. This religion vs. that religion. Dreams...
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2016 — Year Of The Monkey
Editor’s note: The artwork on the following pages are the winning entries of the annual nengajö, or New Year’s card, design contest for students taking Japanese language. The statewide contest is...
View Article“But, Why?”
Ann Asakura Special to The Hawai‘i Herald I hear that constantly from Kiele, my 4-year-old granddaughter. “Why do we have to wait?” “Grandma, why do you have to put on so much makeup?” I hope she will...
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Onoe Kikunobu Expresses Gratitude For Nea Fellowship
Onoe Kikunobu-Sensei remembers the morning in September when she received the call from Hawai‘i Congressman Mark Takai, informing her that the National Endowment for the Arts had selected her as one of...
View ArticleKuakini’s “holiday Trees And Treasures” A Success
Kuakini Foundation celebrated the 115th anniversary of Kuakini Health Systems at its annual “Holiday Trees and Treasures” fundraising celebration on Nov. 20 at the Hilton Hawaiian Village’s Coral...
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Dr. Doris (Yamauchi) Ching has been appointed interim chancellor of the University of Hawai‘i – West O‘ahu. Her appointment by UH President David Lassner was confirmed unanimously by the UH Board of...
View ArticleThoughts On The Start Of A New Year
Karleen C. Chinen Commentary Shinnen akemashite omedetou gozaimasu! Happy New Year to all of you! If you were wondering what happened to your first Hawai‘i Herald issue of 2016, I apologize. Yes, it’s...
View Article“What Is The Legacy Of The Sansei?”
Gail Honda Special to The Hawai‘i Herald Editor’s note: In this piece, and the essays that follow it, you will probably notice that the terms — Issei, Nisei, Sansei, Yonsei, Gosei — appear capitalized...
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“Picture Bride” — A Family Saga
Editor’s note: We continue Michael G. Malaghan’s serialized historical novel, “Picture Bride — A Family Saga,” based on the Japanese immigrant experience. Malaghan’s trilogy takes readers from...
View ArticleEstate Planning Update For 2016
Ethan R. Okura Hawai‘i Herald Columnist Hau‘oli Makahiki Hou! (That’s “Happy New Year!” in Hawaiian for you Mainland subscribers.) Here is a 2016 update on important numbers used in estate planning and...
View ArticleKBFD – Korean Programming
“The Legendary Witches,” Sunday at 6:30 p.m./ re-airs Monday at 1 p.m. Soo-In, Bok-Nyeo, Poong-Geum and Mi-O were cellmates at a woman’s prison. The four women have their own stories on why they were...
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NGN — Digital Channel 677
PROGRAMS ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE WITHOUT NOTICE “SPEC Movie ~ Ten ~ (Heaven),” premieres on Friday, Feb. 5, at 7:35 p.m. Saya Toma and Takeru Sebumi work on cases by postulating the “SPEC” of the unknown...
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MONDAY, FEB. 1 Midnight – Legend of Turmoil 1:50 a.m. – The Kingdom of Jirocho 3 3:30 a.m. – Young Eagles of the Kamikaze 5:30 a.m. Yanagase Blues 7 a.m. – Shogun and His Mistress 2 8:40 a.m. – The...
View ArticleKIKU – Channel 9
PROGRAMS ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE WITHOUT NOTICE “Truth of Zero (TV Asahi),” premieres on Thursday, Feb. 4, at 9 p.m. Mao Matsumoto, who has an IQ of over 150, is a mysterious medical examiner. She has no...
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Honda Tofu Honored By Wahiawa Historical Society
A crowd of well over a hundred people gathered in the social hall of Wahiawa Hongwanji Mission on Nov. 21, 2015, to hear the story of a now-gone Wahiawä institution — Honda Tofu. A broken boiler that...
View ArticleThe Only Constant Is Change
Karleen C. Chinen Commentary Welcome to 2016! It’s hard to believe that nearly half of January is already gone. Even harder to believe is that we just sent our New Year’s edition to press last week . ....
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