The Hawaii Herald

New issue in stores now!

November 20, 2009 · Leave a Comment

The new issue of the Hawaii Herald is in stores now.

Our cover story highlights the life of Kiyoshi Okamoto, a nisei activist who protested the unconstitutional incaceration of Japanese Americans during World War II . . .

Vol. 31, No. 22 Nov. 20, 2009

You’ll also read Dr. Jeanette Takamura’s speech on the 20th anniversary of Project Dana, an organization started by the Moiliili Hongwanji Mission dedicated to serving the elderly and disabled . . .

Plus, a story on the reunion between the 100th Infantry Battalion /442nd Regimental Combat Team and the Texas “Lost Battalion;” columns by Sanford K. Okura and Shara Yuki Enay; and much, much more!

The Herald is available at Borders Books and Music in Kaneohe, Waikele Center and Victoria Ward Center; Best Sellers in downtown Honolulu; Shirokiya; the Kahala, Kaimuki, McCully, Waimalu and Waipahu Times Super Markets; and the Hawaii Hochi Office building located at:

917 Kokea St.
Honolulu, HI 96817

We can also be reached by phone at 808-845-2255.

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Baked fish, basketball, and a little dragon

November 18, 2009 · Leave a Comment

  • The Rafu Shimpo wants you to meet Jeff Hironaka, assistant basketball coach at Washington State University – and the highest ranking Japanese American coach in the country.
  • Yukimi Nagano leads the eclectic Swedish pop group Little Dragon.

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Taratino, Matsui, and some robots

November 13, 2009 · Leave a Comment

  • Robert Fitts, an author of several books on Japanese baseball, discusses New York Yankee slugger Hideki Matsui.

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Happy Veterans Day

November 11, 2009 · Leave a Comment

A big mahalo to all the veterans who have served this country as well as those who passed away in service. The Herald staff wants to wish you all a happy Veterans Day.

  • How did a Mexican American from Los Angeles persuade hundreds of Japanese to stop fighting during World War II? It’s all in the incredible life of Guy Gabaldon.
  • Wyoming’s Heart Mountain, where roughly 11,000 Japanese Americans were interned, gets a museum.
  • How did Santa Anita’s racetrack factor into Japanese American internment? The Los Angeles Times has the answer.

 

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New issue in stores now!

November 6, 2009 · Leave a Comment

The new issue of the Hawaii Herald is in stores now.

Inside, you’ll read about the Hokusai exhibition at the Honolulu Academy of Arts, which features his famous woodblock art print “The Great Wave Off Kanagawa”. . .

Vol. 30, No. 21 Nov. 6, 2009

Also, you’ll find a review of “The Harimaya Bridge,” which made its North American premiere at the Hawaii International Film Festival. The film, which stars Danny Glover, will have its final HIFF screening on Nov. 7 at the Palace Theater in Hilo at 7 p.m.

Harimaya flyer

Plus, columns by Nobel Prize-winning professor Paul A. Samuelson and Reiko Nakama Tom; the latest installment of our “Coming of Age” series; and much, much more!

The Herald is available at Borders Books and Music in Kaneohe, Waikele Center and Victoria Ward Center; Best Sellers in downtown Honolulu; Shirokiya; the Kahala, Kaimuki, McCully, Waimalu and Waipahu Times Super Markets; and the Hawaii Hochi Office building located at:

917 Kokea St.
Honolulu, HI 96817

We can also be reached by phone at 808-845-2255.

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Books, balloons, and newspapers

November 3, 2009 · Leave a Comment

  • One writer argues for Mayumi Heene, the Japanese American mother of Falcon Heene, known more commonly as the “Balloon Boy.”

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EMIKO, Silicone Valley, and the latest newspaper casualty

October 30, 2009 · Leave a Comment

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