Cover Story – AMERICAN DREAM
Jackie Kojima
Special to The Hawai‘i Herald
For professional opera singer Nina Yoshida Nelsen, the path of life has been full of unexpected twists and turns. But she would not have had it any other way.
Born...
The Arts – KUMU GONE FEESHING
Renelaine Pfister
Special to The Hawai‘i Herald
Lee A. Tonouchi’s play, “Gone Feeshing,” which was first featured at Kumu Kahua Theatre in 2004, will have another run at the same theater next year, from Thursday, Jan....
Cover Story – ALOHA, FRANCE
Gregg K. Kakesako
Special to The Hawai‘i Herald
In October 1944, soldiers of the 442nd Regimental Combat Team liberated the French villages of Bruyères, Belmont and Biffontaine just 20 months after the regiment was formed 80...
Cover Story – SAKURA OF WAHIAWĀ
Dan Nakasone
Commentary, Special to The Hawai‘i Herald
I vividly recalled a chilly spring day in Shinjuku, Tökyö, back in 2013. It was a feast for the senses wandering through a park with trees flushed with sakura...
Herald Salutes – STAFF SERGEANT HIGUCHI
2nd Battalion, Headquarters Company
Ninety-nine years ago, on January 3, 1924, Asa Asami Higuchi was born in Honolulu to Sadami and Chie (Matsushita) Higuchi, who emigrated from Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan in 1910 and 1914, respectively....
Real Possibilities – TECHNOLOGY CLASSES
Craig Gima
Hawai‘i Herald Columnist
These days almost everything – from your TV to your watch – is “smart,” connected to the internet or the cloud. For some of us who grew up paying for things...
COMMUNITY FOCUS
BONENKAI RETURNS
The Okinawan Genealogical Society of Hawaii held its annual bonenkai (end of the year) party on Saturday, Nov. 19, at the Hawaii Okinawa Center in Waipi‘o. It was the first bonenkai celebration in...
Rainbow Connections – LOVE WITHOUT APOLOGY
Camaron Miyamoto
Hawai‘i Herald Columnist
"Love without apology.” That is a lesson I learned from my Nisei grandparents, Toshi Oshima Miyamoto and Mikio Miyamoto. They dared to embrace love at a time of war, and even...
Herald Ohana – MEET THE FREELANCERS
As we move into the new year, we are introducing and reintroducing our freelancers, new and seasoned, whose contributions continue to make The Hawai’i Herald a special community newspaper.
Karleen Chinen
The Hawai‘i Herald was my...
COMMUNITY FOCUS
100th BATTALION AND MIS VETERANS INSTALL NEW OFFICERS
Two World War II AJA veterans groups — the 100th Infantry Battalion Veterans organization and the MIS (Military Intelligence Service) Veterans Club of Hawaii — installed their...
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