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History – THE 442ND RCT TURNS 80

Byrnes Yamashita Special to The Hawai‘i Herald Writer’s note: The young people of World War II are either gone or over 80 and theirs is a story that needs to be told and retold. As I...
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Poetry – BALLAD OF BELVEDERE, 1944

Homage to the 442nd RCT Garrett Hongo Special to The Hawai‘i Herald Writer’s note: I was inspired to write “Ballad of Belvedere” because I was teaching the ballad form to my graduate students at Oregon and had...

Business – THE LEGACY OF ABC STORES

Lois Kajiwara Commentary, Special to The Hawai‘i Herald The year 2024 will mark the 60th anniversary that the Kosasa family has owned and operated ABC Stores, one of the biggest companies in Hawai‘i. Everyone knows of...
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...

History – SEIICHI HIGASHIDE

A Man With Three Homelands Byrnes Yamashita Special to The Hawai‘i Herald Writer’s note: In my efforts to learn about Nisei soldier history, I inevitably began to learn more about the incarceration of the Mainland Nikkei during...
Thomas Takashi Nakahara. (Photo courtesy of the Sons & Daughters of the 442nd Regimental Combat Team)

Herald Salutes – THOMAS TAKASHI NAKAHARA

Thomas Takashi Nakahara was born on February 16, 1923, in Pa‘auilo on the Big Island. His parents, Minezo and Kiyo (Kawamoto) Nakahara, arrived from Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan, in 1894 and 1907, respectively. Minezo founded the first...
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Fresh Koki – A PARENT’S GUIDE TO A CURL JOURNEY

Sascha Koki Hawai‘i Herald Columnist You know what I used to be painfully, hyper-aware of? My curls. Or, specifically the lack thereof because it was usually a brushed out fluffy cloud on my head by 10...
From left, Grandma Whitmore (paternal great-grandma) and Grandma carrying baby Sascha.

Cover Story – BEING BLASIAN

Summer Nakaishi Special to The Hawai‘i Herald In the midst of the global pandemic, Sascha Koki discovered something unexpected — her curls. Sascha, a thirty-something Japanese and Black woman, had been straightening her hair as soon...

The Arts – MAKING “DESOLATE DREAMS” COME TRUE

Summer Nakaishi Special to The Hawai‘i Herald The scene is set in downtown Los Angeles, California. It is December 7, 1941. The camera focuses on a dial radio, broadcasting the attack of Pearl Harbor by the...
Candacy Taylor’s “Overground Railroad: The Green Book and the Roots of Black Travel in America.”

Movie and Book Review – THE GREEN BOOK

Eric Nemoto Commentary, Special to The Hawai‘i Herald In 1936, a Black New York City mailman, Victor Hugo Green, created the first “Green Book,” a guidebook for Black American travelers. For 30 years, the “Green Book”...

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