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ASIAN-PACIFIC CHILDREN’S CONVENTION JUNIOR AMBASSADOR APPLICATIONS OPEN
The Japan-American Society of Hawaii is seeking applicants for the Asian-Pacific Children’s Convention, which will be held in Fukuoka, Japan, from Saturday, July 15 through Tuesday, July 25.
JASH...
Today’s Thought
by Rev. Paul S. Osumi
Reprinted with permission
WHAT IS LIFE
To eat and drink and sleep; to seek the things that do not last; to live just for physical kicks and thrills – this is not...
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100th BATTALION AND MIS VETERANS INSTALL NEW OFFICERS
Two World War II AJA veterans groups — the 100th Infantry Battalion Veterans organization and the MIS (Military Intelligence Service) Veterans Club of Hawaii — installed their...
Rainbow Connections – THE GIFT OF GAMAN
Trisha Y. Nakamura
Hawai‘i Herald Columnist
In photos of Malcolm X taken after he was murdered, a young woman is cradling his head. She is wearing cat-eye glasses and has a scarf on her head. She...
Cover Story – ALOHA, FRANCE
Gregg K. Kakesako
Special to The Hawai‘i Herald
In October 1944, soldiers of the 442nd Regimental Combat Team liberated the French villages of Bruyères, Belmont and Biffontaine just 20 months after the regiment was formed 80...
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...