Monthly Archives: January 2009

Teriyaki Boyz and imitation crab, plus Mario

Posted on January 29, 2009 | Leave a comment

Ginza’s famous Kabuki-za theater is headed for a huge, possibly controversial, transformation.

The Japanese rap supergroup, Teriyaki Boyz, which includes Japanese American emcee Wise, traces their rise to international recognition.

Not so great news for Mario and friends.

Mmmm. Jamaica brings in Kobe beef.

Rachel Yamagata, a Japanese American singer, translates a broken heart into musical success.

Ever wondered what that imitation crab in your California Roll is made of? Click here to find out.

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A UH professor is remembered, fortune cookies and the Wii

Posted on January 27, 2009 | Leave a comment

Tad Nakamura’s new film, “A Song For Ourselves,” which is about the late University of Hawaii professor Chris Iijima, has people talking in San Francisco – with a little help from Patsy Mink too.

One writer’s journey to Manzanar.

Doctors in Japan are using the Nintendo Wii Fit to help patients get in shape.

Following Talking Heads in Osaka.

Another victim of the economy: Janet Jackson’s tour of Japan.

Times are hard in Los Angeles’ Little Tokyo.

New Seattle Mariners manager Don Wakamatsu gets a big welcome from the Asian American community.

If you celebrated Chinese New Year, there’s a good chance you had a fortune cookie. But did you know that the tradition came from Japan?

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Ramen Girl, Mochi making and The Karate Kid

Posted on January 15, 2009 | Leave a comment

Film star Jackie Chan may play the role made famous by Pat Morita in the upcoming remake of The Karate Kid.

The Ramen Girl, starring Brittany Murphy, gets ready for its release.

Mochi-making lives on in Los Angeles.

Take a look at what one writer called the “Most Unfairly Overlooked” art exhibition of 2008.

Treating maple leaves like bonsai trees.

Sweden’s Royal Academy of Sciences names two Japanese scientists as winners of the 2009 Crafoord Prize.

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Posted in Art, Entertainment, Food, Japan news, Japanese Americans, Science

Tuesday bullets

Posted on January 13, 2009 | Leave a comment

The question that American automakers desperately want answered: Can they top their Japanese competition?

An interesting movie premise: Earthquakes suck every country under the ocean . . . except Japan.

A former prisoner in a Japanese internment camp writes a book.

The Atlanta Braves sign their first ever Japanese-born player.

The Chicago White Sox may be replaced by . . . a Japanese baseball team?

A Motley Fool blog post about an infamous Japanese daytrader.

Japanese businessmen have a greater risk of stroke.

Japanese tourists apparently spending less money in Korea.

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Posted in Business, Entertainment, Japan news, Sports

Celebrate the New Year with a New Issue!

Posted on January 7, 2009 | Leave a comment

The new issue of the Hawaii Herald is on stores now. This isn’t any issue, however, it’s our New Year’s special, a jam-packed edition containing three sections and an insert!

Inside you’ll find stories on the neighbor islands, New Year’s fiction works, the secret to Kapiolani Coffee Shop’s famous oxtail soup and the first of several selected stories by award-winning author Graham Salisbury.

Ring in 2009 and the Year of the Ox with the Hawaii Herald!

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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