Lead Story – Lt. Gen. Paul Nakasone Nominated For Fourth Star
Gregg K. Kakesako Special to The Hawai‘i Herald Lt. Gen. Paul M. Nakasone, whose paternal grandmother immigrated to Hawai‘i as a picture bride and whose father witnessed the start of America’s war with Japan from the kitchen window of his family’s Wahiawä home and went on to serve in the predominantly Nisei Military Intelligence Service....
Lead Story – Former Gov. George Ariyoshi Sounds Off
Hawai‘i’s Senior Statesman Opines on the State of the State Richard Borreca Special to The Hawai‘i Herald George R. Ariyoshi, who will turn 92 next month, has served as one of the state’s Democratic leaders for so long that he is one of the signposts for politics and government in Hawai‘i. Unless the state Constitution....
Lead Story – Kahauiki Village, A Home for the Homeless
Local Businessman Duane Kurisu Envisions a Plantation-style Community with Plantation-era Values Gregg K. Kakesako Special to The Hawai‘i Herald Late last month, 24 prefabricated steel-framed boxes that had been manufactured by a Japanese company as emergency homes for victims of the 2011 earthquake, tsunami and nuclear disaster in Fukushima arrived in the Islands to become....
Home-grown Pride – From Maui Boy to Respected Ophthalmologist, Gratitude has Marked Dr. Shigemi...
Kevin Y. Kawamoto
Special to The Hawai‘i Herald
Dr. Shigemi Sugiki has been providing eye care in Hawai‘i for more than half a century and is one of the state’s most respected ophthalmologists. He has had...