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Kurushii naka demo mokuhyö o motte iru hito no kao wa kagayaite iru. Even if you are suffering, if you have a goal, your face will glow. – Bishop Ryokan Ara Tendai Mission of Hawaii

WHO/WHAT: The Pearl Harbor Aviation Museum and EpicMeritBadges.Com will host the “75th Commemoration of the End of World War II: From Pearl Harbor to Peace,” a three-hour FREE streaming documentary for scouts (in the...

WHO/WHAT: Mental Health America of Hawaii and Sutter Health Kahi Mohala present the very first “Mental Health Awareness and Awards” celebration. Themed “Raising Awareness to Save Lives,” this event honors local mental-health heroes to...

WHO/WHAT: Taiko artist Kenny Endo and the Taiko Center of the Pacific present “AME – Tears of the Earth,” a virtual live-stream concert. Featured special guest performers include Peter Rockford Espiritu and Tau Dance...

WHO/WHAT: Celebrate Asian-Pacific Heritage Month with storyteller Alton Takiyama-Chung, one of Hawai‘i’s most beloved performers. A Japanese-Korean storyteller, Alton grew up steeped in the rich storytelling traditions of Hawaiʻi. He tells stories of those islands, of the Japanese-American experience of World War...

AloHaisai Launches a Scenic Music Video of Kitanakagusuku, Okinawa Colin Sewake Special to The Hawai‘i Herald This past January a mash-up version of the famous Okinawan children’s song “Tinsagu Nu Hana – Balsam Flowers” in Uchinäguchi (Okinawan...

JASH HOLDS JAPAN WIZARDS STATEWIDE ACADEMIC COMPETITION The Japan-America Society of Hawaii announced and congratulated the winners of its 18th annual Japan Wizards Statewide Academic Team Competition. JASH praised the 60 students representing 14 high...

On Mar. 4, through the Consulate General of Japan in Honolulu, the Japanese government conferred its 2020 Fall Imperial Decoration upon Mr. Thomas Nobuo Hasebe for “promoting the cooperation program between the Japan Air...

Ida Yoshinaga Participants Enjoy a Socially Distanced 69th Cherry Blossom Festival On Saturday, Apr. 3, the 69th and arguably most unusual iteration of Honolulu Japanese Junior Chamber of Commerce’s Cherry Blossom Festival Ball was held at...