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Estate Planning – Income Taxes and Individual Retirement Accounts

ESTATE PLANNING INSIGHTS By Ethan R. Okura It’s that time of the year again. No, I’m not talking about Valentine’s Day. Not even President’s Day. I’m talking about taxes! You have until Monday, April 15, to file your federal individual income tax return. But if you’re like many people, you will probably be filing for....
Historical Fiction by Michael G. Malaghan

Historical Fiction – “Picture Bride, A Family Saga”

HISTORICAL FICTION BY Michael G. Malaghan Chapter 147 Downtown Honolulu, April 1941 Robert Shivers and Jack Burns waited in a smoke-filled, windowless room marked “Storage” in the basement of the Dillingham Transportation Building. The pride of downtown Honolulu’s love affair with the Italian Renaissance stood at the foot of Bishop Street, across from the city’s....
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Generation Gap

GENERATION GAP by Jon J. Murakami
Drawing featuring Dennis Fujitake as a comic

8•0•8

8•0•8 By Dennis Fujitake
Rev. Paul Osumi

Today’s Thought

By Rev. Paul S. Osumi Reprinted with permission one at a time A tired man asks, “When can I ever get through today? Look at all the things I must do.” In a single instant of time...
Comic Shushin, February 15, 2019 Issue

Shushin

Bishop Ryokan Ara Tendai Mission of Hawaii Dame na ko wa inai, Dame na oya ga iru no desu. There are no hopeless children, only hopeless parents.
Black and white photo of three Japanese American boys in Manzanar Relocation Center by Prolific California Photographer, Toyo Miyatake

“Toyo: Behind the Glass Eye” Exhibit

WHO/WHAT: The Nisei Veterans Memorial Center will present the Hawai‘i premiere of “TOYO: Behind the Glass Eye,” an exhibition of photographs by the prolific California photographer Toyo Miyatake. An issei from Kagawa Prefecture, he...
Photo of the Hakuoh University Handbell Choir from Tochigi Prefecture

Hakuoh University Handbell Choir Concerts

WHO/WHAT: The Hakuoh University Handbell Choir from Tochigi Prefecture will present four public concerts in Honolulu during its 28th goodwill visit. The choir, which is directed by its founder, Professor Hirotaka Arai, has the...
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Gannenmono Exhibit Closing Soon

WHO/WHAT: “Gannenmono: A Legacy of Eight Generations in Hawai‘i” exhibit. Featured in the exhibit are historic documents and illustrations, cultural objects and first-hand accounts of the Gannenmono, the first Japanese immigrants to settle in...

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