Community – “National Security and Democratic Leaders”
An Opportunity to Learn About the Continuing Importance of the Korematsu Case Karleen C. Chinen During a visit to the University of Hawai‘i’s William S. Richardson School of Law in February 2014, the late U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, who died in 2016, conceded that the World War II internment of Japanese American was....
As I See It – Echo of History Resounds Today
Korematsu Lawyer: “National Security” Can Be a Bogus Excuse for Essentially Racist Laws Dale Minami Commentary Special to The Hawai‘i Herald President Donald Trump’s recent flood of executive orders are unnerving reminders of Executive Order 9066, issued 75 years ago by President Franklin Roosevelt, which resulted in the imprisonment of 110,000 Americans of Japanese ancestry.....
Book Review – “Fred Korematsu Speaks Up”
Newly Released Book Details Korematsu Case for Young Readers Alan Suemori Commentary Special to The Hawai‘i Herald I want to tell you about a small jewel of a book that a friend called to my attention last weekend. It tells the story of one of the darkest chapters in American history — a time when....
Book Review – An Internment Odyssey
Karleen C. Chinen Commentary Sometimes we grow numb to the numbers and forget the individual lives that were affected by Executive Order 9066. And then comes along a new work that jolts us back to that reality. Tatsumi Hayashi’s translated work, “Haisho Tenten: An Internment Odyssey,” on the internment experiences of Kumaji “Suikei” Furuya is....
NGN3 March Movie Schedule (Part I)
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 1 Midnight – Gambler: Victory Without Death 1:30 a.m. – Heavenly Dragon 3 a.m. – The Sorcerer’s Orb, Parts 3 & 4 4:50 a.m. – Yume-Chiyo 7 a.m. – Code Between Brothers 6 8:30 a.m. – Edo Purebred 10 a.m. – Turbulent Highways 11:40 a.m. – Samurai Geisha 1:20 p.m. – The Prickly....
NGN3 March Movie Schedule (Part II)
FRIDAY, MARCH 17 1:40 a.m. – Samurai Geisha 3:20 a.m. – The Valiant Red Peony Gambles Her Life 5 a.m. – Swordsman and the Actress 6:30 a.m. – On Patrol 8:10 a.m. – Karate Killer 9:50 a.m. – Turbulent Highways 11:30 a.m. – Judge! 1:20 p.m. – Magistrate Ooka Legends 2:50 p.m. – Gambler: Victory Without Death 4:20....
NGN Programs
“Career: Offbeat Police Chief,” premieres Monday, March 6, at 7:35 p.m. Kinshiro Toyama is a 36-year-old newly appointed police chief at Kitamachi Police Station, who firmly believes his mission as a policeman is to listen to every voice of innocent citizens and protect the peace in the community. He comes off as aloof and a....
NGN Programs continued …
“Chokosoku! Sankin Kotai (Samurai Hustle),” 2014 jidaigeki, 1 hour and 59 minutes. Directed by Katsuhide Motoki. Starring Kuranosuke Sasaki and Kyoko Fukada. During the reign of the eighth shogun of the Tokugawa shogunate, the Yunagaya Domain in the Tohoku region is small but has a gold mine. Sankin-kotai is a custom that requires the daimyo....
KIKU
“Homicide Team 9 –Season 6” (TV Asahi), premieres Thursday, March 16, at 8 p.m. New season of Homicide Team 9 series. Homicide Team 9 which is composed by the few elites is the most unusual team in criminal investigation divisions of the Metropolitan Police Department. They are always the top as criminal arrest rate. They....
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