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Dialogue – MAUI STRONG

 As we all watched the tragic events unfold on Maui these past weeks, us here at The Hawai‘i Herald have also become uplifted by seeing our islands rally together to support our Lahaina community...
Kabby Hong, 2022 Wisconsin Teacher of the Year, Verona Area High School teacher and member of the AAPI Coalition of Wisconsin, conducts a speech at the July 18, 2022, “teach-in” event outside of Muskego High School. (Photo by Trevor Smith)

Cover Story – HISTORY BUFFS

Kristen Nemoto Jay Special to The Hawai‘i Herald Once a month for a year now, members of the Muskego Community Book Club have gathered at the Muskego Public Library, located in Muskego, Wisconsin — a suburb...
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Dialogue – History Buffs

Kristen Nemoto Jay Commentary In the summer of 1942, Camp McCoy, Wisconsin, was the training location of the 100th Infantry Battalion (Separate), the nearly all-Japanese American segregated military unit of 1,500 mainly local boys from Hawai‘i...
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Rainbow Connections – CONNECTIONS THROUGH COMMUNITY

Trisha Nakamura Hawai‘i Herald Columnist For many people in the LGBTQ+ (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer and/or questioning, pansexual, asexual and nonbinary) community, a sense of belonging is hard to find. Not only are they marginalized...
Seiki Oshiro holds a bronze replica of the Congressional Gold Medal, which was bestowed on members of the Military Intelligence Service, the 100th Infantry Battalion and the 442nd Regimental Combat Team at the White House on Nov. 2, 2011. (Photo by Alex Kormann)

Cover Story – EXPOSING AMERICA’S “SECRET WEAPON”

Mahalo to the “Military Intelligence Service Language School Registry” Project Drusilla Tanaka Special to The Hawai‘i Herald My high school yearbook is a well-worn treasure. After leafing through it all these years, the binding along its spine...
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Dialogue – MAHALO, MIS

Kristen Nemoto Jay Commentary Like many Yonsei, I didn’t know too much about my grandfather’s time fighting abroad during World War II. As I’ve gathered other Yonsei recollections of their grandfathers’ pasts, the consensus was that...
Shelter Lodge in 2023. Kenji Yamada and his crew completed significant renovations in 2017 and 2020. Yamada orders the necessary lumber and supplies and makes sure the building plan is prepared for any renovation project at the Lodge. (Photos courtesy of Jackie Yamada)

Cover Story – SHELTER LODGE

Jackie Kojima Special to The Hawai‘i Herald Many of us in Hawai‘i grumble about long commutes. But not many can beat Kaua‘i resident Kenji Yamada, who travels 2,700 miles just to get to work. During the spring...
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Dialogue – HELE ON TO KAUA‘I!

Kristen Nemoto Jay Commentary Kaua‘i has such a special place in my heart. My first trip there was for work, when I was in my late twenties, on assignment to write a couple of stories for...
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Rainbow Connections – BIANKA TASAKA

A Profile in Māhū Liberation Camaron Miyamoto Hawai‘i Herald Columnist June was International Pride Month. As we feature the island of Kaua‘i in this issue of The Hawai‘i Herald, the 5th annual Kaua‘i Pride Parade and festival...
The Elardo family in front of their home in San Jose, California, Thanksgiving 2022. From left to right (front row): Mayumi and Thomas; (back row) Maren, Tara and Mikaela. Bottom left is their 8-year-old yellow Labrador, Lilo Pelekai Elardo.

Cover Story – REPRESENT!

“Ikigai” – Yonsei Filmmaker Makes Directing Debut Jackie Kojima Special to The Hawai‘i Herald In July, California State University Northridge senior Maren Elardo and her crew of fellow students in the Department of Cinema and Television Arts...

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