Nina’s grandparents, Mitsuo and Masako Yoshida, met at the Poston War Relocation Center in southwestern Arizona in 1942. (Photo courtesy of Nina Yoshida Nelsen)

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....
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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....
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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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