Issei Pioneers – CHIYEKO TAKUSHI: HAWAI‘I’S FIRST WOMAN INSURANCE AGENT
How an Issei Okinawan Woman Broke the Glass Ceiling in the 1930s
Lynette Teruya
Special to The Hawai‘i Herald
When 7-year-old Ushi Tamagusuku left Okinawa in 1910, who could have known that she would someday become the...
Business – BUSINESS IS PERSONAL
Yamada Furniture Store Turns 92 This Year and has the Hilo Community to Thank
Kristen Nemoto Jay
It’s been 92 years since Yamada Furniture Store first opened its doors to its Big Island community yet the...
Poetry – “WHY I HATE TEACHERS WHO NEVAH SEEN STAR WARS”
Lee A. Tonouchi
Republished with permission
From “Significant Moments in da Life of Oriental Faddah and Son: One
Hawai‘i Okinawan Journal”
Bess Press (2011)
I wear long pants,
long sleeve shirt,
but too late
everybody in school
already seen da shame
I trying for...
Los Angeles Community – LITTLE TOKYO LOVES TAMLYN TOMITA
Gwen Muranaka
Rafu Shimpo Senior Editor
Republished with Permission
Rafu Shimpo, July 31, 2021
Ask Tamlyn Tomita why she loves Little Tokyo and there’s a good chance that tears will be shed. The beloved actor and community...
Estate Planning Insights – STEPPED-UP BASIS
Ethan R. Okura
Hawai‘i Herald Columnist
To plan your estate properly, it is important to understand “stepped-up basis.” When you buy property (for example, real estate or stocks) your tax basis in the property is the...
Real Possibilities – HELP PREPARE YOURSELF FOR RETIREMENT
Craig Gima
Hawai‘i Herald Columnist
If you’re like me, it’s fun to daydream about retiring — to think about traveling the world, going to the beach instead of the office, and finally writing a screenplay or...
Today’s Thought
by Rev. Paul S. Osumi
Reprinted with permission
FEW GREAT WORDS
It is said a parrot can learn 200 to 300 words; a bright 6-year-old knows about 2,000 to 3,000 words; an ordinary person, 35,000 to 70,000...
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