December 21, 2018

Visitors to the Hawai‘i State Library in downtown Honolulu are now greeted by the newly installed monument honoring the late Patsy Takemoto Mink, the first woman of color — and the first Asian American woman — to serve in the United States Congress. The Maui-born lawmaker’s decades in public service won her accolades as a....

CULTURE 4KIDS! By Carolyn Kubota Morinishi and Marian Kurasaki Kubota To learn how you can create this issue’s craft or featured activity, please click below to subscribe to our online subscription or complete and submit a form here to subscribe to our print edition.

TUESDAY, JAN. 1 Midnight - The Purple Hooded Man 1:30 a.m. - Code Between Brothers 5 3 a.m. - The Sorcerer's Orb Part 3 & 4 4:50 a.m. - The Most Dangerous Game 6:20 a.m. - A Fishwife's Tale 7:50 a.m. - Ninja's Mark 9:20 a.m. - Samurai Geisha 11 a.m. - Case of a Young Lord....

WEDNESDAY, JAN. 16 Midnight - Fifth Street Duel 1:40 a.m. - Case of a Young Lord 5 2:40 a.m. - The Passage to Japan 4:50 a.m. - Edo Official and Apprentice 6:20 a.m. - A Fishwife's Tale 7:50 a.m. - The Most Dangerous Game 9:20 a.m. - The Purple Hooded Man 10:50 a.m. - Lost in Ramen....

“Kekkon Aite wa Shusen de (Choosing Spouse by Lottery),” premiers Wednesday, Jan. 2 at 7:35 p.m. Due to the nation's low birth rate and aging population, the Japanese government has decided to enact the "Marriage by Lottery Act." Under this law, single people aged 25 to 39 have to go on government planned blind dates.....

“Mottomo Kiken na Yugi (The Most Dangerous Game),” 1978 action film,      1 hour and 30 minutes. Directed by Toru Murakawa. Starring Yusaku Matsuda and Renji Ishibashi. Shohei Narumi is an assassin. He is hired to recover a kidnap victim who is an influential figure of the financial world. After a gun battle he....

"24 Hours with Big Families, " Mondays and Tuesdays, at Noon-1 p.m. The lives and struggles of two large families are profiled in this special. The first family consists of two parents and nine children living in the Nara prefecture. The mom struggles each day to make ends meet and put food on the table....

“Witch's Court,” Wednesday and Thursday at 10 p.m.; re-airs on Thursday and Friday at 1 p.m. Yi-Deum Ma has worked as a prosecutor for seven years. She sometimes resorts to drastic methods to win cases. One day, Yi-Deum Ma is transferred to a special division dealing only with sex crimes. Starring Ryeo-Won Jung, Hyun-Min Yoon,....

Like natto, sesame seeds are comprised mainly of protein, and are an outstanding health food. They also contain the brain-boosting vitamins B1, B2 and E. “Sesame seeds come in three varieties: black, white and...