Japanese Women’s Society Foundation Holds Summit And Fashion Show
The Japanese Women’s Society Foundation presented its Second Women’s Leadership Summit and 36th Fashion Show on March 27 and 28 at the Sheraton Waikiki Hotel. “Health, Beauty & Well-Being” was the theme of the...
Mä‘alaea Fishing Shrine: An Evolving Tradition
Ilima Loomis
Special to The Hawai‘i Herald
Members of the Maalaea Ebisu Kotohira Jinsha, keepers of a traditional Shintö fishing shrine at Mä‘alaea Harbor, celebrated the shrine’s 100th anniversary earlier this year with a blessing and...
More Married Women In Japan Working Away From Families
TÖKYÖ — For 20 to 30 minutes every morning, Tokiko Nakayama speaks with her two sons, ages 6 and 3, via computer from her company apartment in Kyöto before leaving for work. The 36-year-old...
Sister States – Hawai‘i-Hiroshima Celebrate 20 Years as Sister-States
Karleen C. Chinen
About 120 people gathered at the Waialae Country Club on May 7 to celebrate the 20th anniversary of Hawai‘i’s sister-state relationship with Hiroshima Prefecture. The group included a delegation from the Hiroshima...
Music – Swept Away By The Music of Bruce Hamada
Music is the Bassist/Vocalist’s Passion
Alan Suemori
Special to The Hawai‘i Herald
“The very thought of you, makes my heart sing, like an April breeze on the wings of spring . . .”
It is dinner hour at...
“442nd: Legacy of Heroes” – The Nisei Soldiers of World War II
WHO/WHAT: JN Productions, Inc. presents this documentary about the Nisei soldiers of the 442nd Regimental Combat Team. In March 1943, 10,000 men of Japanese ancestry volunteered for the 442nd RCT when only 1,500 were...
Yasu Ishida
Yasu Ishida, a University of Hawai‘i graduate student in children’s theater, has been awarded the American Alliance for Theatre and Education’s Doyle Fellowship. The fellowship is named in honor of Don and Elizabeth Doyle...
Hiroshima Landslide Fundraising Campaign Raises $21,230
The Hawaii for Hiroshima Fundraising Committee raised $21,230 that was donated by organizations, businesses and individuals throughout the state of Hawai‘i for victims of the August landslides in Hiroshima City. All of the donations...
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