SPARK MATSUNAGA: WARRIOR POET WITH ALTON TAKIYAMA-CHUNG
WHO/WHAT: The Matsunaga Institute for Peace will stream this encouraging, real-life tale in its online “Beginning and End of the Bomb Talk Story” series about “resiliency during unprecedented times.”
“Spark Matsunaga: Warrior Poet with Storyteller...
NAGASAKI HIBAKUSHA STORIES: MR. TSUIKI AND MR. YAMAWAKI
WHO/WHAT: Another entry in the Peace Institute’s online “Beginning and End of the Bomb Talk Story” series on resiliency during unprecedented times is “Nagasaki Hibakusha Stories with Mr. Shohei Tsuiki and Mr. Yoshiro Yamawaki,”...
JAPANESE CULTURAL SOCIETY OF MAUI’S SCHOL-ARSHIP APPLICATION DEADLINE
WHO/WHAT: The Japanese Cultural Society of Maui’s scholarship is open to high-school seniors “with a record of involvement in promoting and perpetuating the Japanese culture of Japanese language and a desire to continue to...
MAHALO VETERANS!
75th V-J Day Commemoration, Events, Stories and Resources
Ida Yoshinaga
To celebrate “Victory Over Japan” Day in the Pacific, World War II veteran of the 442nd Regimental Combat Team Terry T. Shima was featured in...
Estate Planning Insights: CARE IN THE TIME OF COVID-19
Ethan R. Okura
Hawai‘i Herald Columnist
Nearly six months have passed since Hawai‘i’s leadership imposed the original work-at-home/stay-at-home order back in March to slow the spread of the novel coronavirus. The effort to make ends meet...
Community Focus: HAWAI’I BIDS ALOHA TO JAPAN CONSUL GENERAL KOICHI ITO AND MRS. MISAKO...
“Ban…Zoom!” The world’s (possibly) first all-Zoom “banzai!” rung out from well over a hundred mobile devices and computer screens across the Hawaiian islands, shortly after 4 p.m. on Thursday, Aug. 13. The digital chorus...
Not Politics As Usual
Tackling Our Social Issues From the Long View of Community Values (Part 1 of 2)
Ida Yoshinaga
A dear mentor who is a political scientist says Politics is conflict over meaning and value. So this two-part...
Dialog: New Perspectives
Jodie Chiemi Ching
Commentary
Our goal for this special-edition primary election issue was to explore politics from new angles. The Herald editorial staff saw an opportunity to take community issues and political candidates and highlight rarely...
Hawaii Transitions to Vote-By-Mail
This year, Hawai‘i will transition to voting by mail, meaning that all registered voters will have a ballot mailed to them. Sandy Ma is the executive director of Common Cause Hawaii, a nonpartisan nonprofit...
Community: The Last Months Of Obon
As August approaches, so does the end of obon. This year, hot summer nights were not spent dancing around a yagura, eating a KC Waffle hotdog or cooling off with shave ice under the...
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