Estate Planning Insights – DURABLE POWER OF ATTORNEY
Ethan R. Okura
Hawai‘i Herald Columnist
In my last column, I wrote about the Advance Health-Care Directives that contain a “Power of Attorney for Health Care.” I explained that it is a different document than a...
Book Review: “REMEMBERING OUR GRANDFATHERS’ EXILE”
Tom Coffman
Special to The Hawai‘i Herald
Commentary
Gail Okawa begins her book — her story, her study — by saying she was born in a blackout during World War II. When she was a high-school student...
Maui Community – JAPANESE TEAHOUSE IN KEPANIWAI PARK GETS TLC
“It’s Our Kuleana,” Say Deron Furukawa, President, Japanese Cultural Society of Maui
Kathy Collins
Special to The Hawai‘i Herald
The site of one of the bloodiest battles in Hawaiian history seems an unlikely location for celebrating birthdays...
In Our Community
JUNE 11: KAMEHAMEHA DAY
Photos by Wayne Shinbara
JUNE 26: MANTÖ-E TRADITION
Decorating For Obon With 10,000 Lanterns
Editor’s note: Last month, the Higashi Hongwanji Mission of Hawaii held a lantern-decorating workshop in the temple’s Otani Center multi-purpose...
Sports Culture – STEEL IS REAL
Japanese Fixed-Gear Bikes – Art, Sport and Tradition
Nick Kurosawa
Special to the Hawai‘i Herald
Commentary
Fixed-gear bicycles. A movement that has taken hold of the recent generations, providing two-wheeled travel that boasts a different view of the...
Herald Salutes
Waiakea High School senior Maya Atwal earned a $1,000 scholarship from the East Hawaii Hiroshima Kenjin Kai, the organization announced on Monday, June 14. Atwal, the daughter of EHHKK members Jill and Money Atwal,...
COMMUNITY FOCUS
"GO FOR BROKE" COMMEMORATIVE STAMP UNVEILED
On Friday, June 4, the U.S. Postal Service, Gov. David Ige and First Lady Dawn Ige showcased the commemorative “Go for Broke” Soldiers stamp, the very first issue to...
Dialogue – MAHALO MAUI COUNTY!
Jodie Chiemi Ching
Commentary
The eighth Maui County issue is about those islands’ history and relevance to new generations. In this issue, the Herald takes you to Moloka‘i, or the Friendly Island, with a cover story...
Mind-Body Wellness – DECLARATION OF WELLNESS
Dr. Chad Sato
Hawai‘i Herald Columnist
We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty...