Herald Salutes
By Alexa Durante
On Monday, Feb. 28, Michelle Le Iwasaki, an academic coach at Kalihi Kai Elementary School, was awarded the Milken Educator Award. Also known as the “Oscar Award of Teaching,” the award honors...
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
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
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
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
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...
Herald Salutes
RECENT AWARD WINNERS AND HONOREES
On Wednesday, Aug. 16, (Japan time), the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan announced the recipients of the Foreign Minister’s Commendations for 2023. Included in this prestigious international group is...
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
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...
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