Herald Salutes
Honolulu Magazine reporter Jayna Omaye, whose nisei grandfather had been a soldier with the 442nd Regimental Combat Team during World War II, won the highly competitive City and Regional Magazine Association Award for Multiplatform...
Herald Salutes
In conjunction with the Downtown Art Center’s first anniversary celebration, DAC’s first Okagesama de Award was given to George Ellis.
Ellis is a former Honolulu Museum of Art director. According to a DAC Instagram...
Herald Salutes
The Hawaii Pacific Gerontological Society has selected “active aging” advocate Dr. Cullen Hayashida as the guest of honor for its annual scholarship fundraising event, to be held on the evening that this Herald issue...
Herald Salutes – KIRK KUROKAWA
Kirk Kurokawa, Maui-based painter, muralist and artist, has won the popular vote and the Gene & Ruth Freedman People’s Choice Award for the Schaefer Portrait Challenge 2022 for his portrait entitled “Uncle Masa” oil...
Herald Salutes
On Friday, April 1, the Consulate General of Japan held an award presentation ceremony for the 2022 Monbukagakusho MEXT (Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science & Technology) Specialized Training College Students (Senshū Gakkō Ryūgakusei)...
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....
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...
Herald Salutes – GOICHI SUEHIRO
Goichi Suehiro was born on May 1, 1921, in Kāne‘ohe, O‘ahu. He was named for the date he was born – go is five in Japanese (for his birth month) and ichi is one...
Herald Salutes – BERTRAM AKIRA TSUNEMATSU
Bertram Akira Tsunematsu was born in Waialua, O‘ahu, on Dec. 12, 1915. He was the eldest of three children of Masao and Hatsune (Uramoto) Tsunematsu, who emigrated from Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan. Masao arrived in...
Herald Salutes – JAMES NAOMITSU SAKAMOTO
On June 30, 1942, James Naomitsu Sakamoto signed his draft registration card at Honolulu’s National Guard Armory. He had graduated from McKinley High School the previous year and was a student at Honolulu Business...
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