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A Family Saga by Michael G. Malaghan

Dear Readers: It was recently brought to our attention that the wrong programs for NGN Digital Ch. 677 were listed in our February TV Guide, which was published in the Jan. 20, 2017, issue. Here...

8•0•8 By Dennis Fujitake

WHO/WHAT: Palolo Hongwanji Mission screens the documentary film, “Soup of Life,” about 88-year-old Yoshiko Tatsumi, who prepares special soups for her bedridden father. After he passes, Tatsumi begins serving wisdom with her soups. “Soup...

“Esprit Japon,” premiers Wednesday, March 11 at 9 p.m. Esprit Japon is back! Esprit Japon is a show that travels all over Japan in search of objects or craft techniques that make it famous throughout the world in the spirit of "Cool Japan." One section presents various creators or craftsmen and in another section you....

DEAR FRANCES By Frances H. Kakugawa Dear Frances, Do you know what bothers me at times? When I see my wife Fran just sleeping, unable to speak anymore. I wonder if she’s comfortable or if she’s in pain. I wish I knew what she was thinking. I can’t tell. I know she is still here....

By Rev. Paul S. Osumi Reprinted with permission FRUSTRATION Everywhere we meet men and women who are frustrated. To overcome the feeling of frustration we must accept facts about ourselves. One woman admitted, "The happiest day of...

“Coffee also inhibits active oxygen, a cause of aging and cancer,” says Prof. Nguyen van Chuyen of the Department of Food and Nutrition at Japan Women’s University. Prof.   Nguyen claims that coffee possesses...

John Okada’s Raw Confrontation of a Reality Was Ahead of Its Time Alan Suemori Special to The Hawai‘i Herald John Okada wrote only one novel in his lifetime, but that one book was so original, alive and breathtaking that its impact is still being felt among Asian American writers, artists and filmmakers today. Published in....