“Allegiance” Pushes Back Against U.S. Climate Of Fear
Kyodo News Feature by Justin Maki
NEW YORK – In a breathless sequence that starts with the Pearl Harbor address of Franklin Delano Roosevelt, the Kimura family loses everything. They are removed from a life...
Neal s. Blaisdell Center Rededicated As War Memorial
Gwen Battad Ishikawa
A plaque dedicating the Neal S. Blaisdell Center as a war memorial — as it was originally intended back in the 1960s when it was built — was rededicated last November with...
“Fall Seven Times, Get Up Eight: The Japanese War Brides”
WHAT: Tens of thousands of Japanese women married American soldiers after World War II and landed in 1950s America knowing no one and speaking little English. “Fall Seven Times, Get Up Eight: The Japanese...
HJCC’s 71st Annual Shinnen Enkai
The Honolulu Japanese Chamber of Commerce celebrated the arrival of the ”Year of the Monkey” at its 71st annual shinnen enkai (New Year’s banquet). The Jan. 8 event at the Japanese Cultural Center of...
Cherry Blossom Festival Queen Contestants Introduced
The Japanese Cultural Center of Hawai‘i’s ‘Ohana Festival on Jan. 10 marked the kick-off of the 64th Cherry Blossom Festival. The festival is a project of the Honolulu Japanese Junior Chamber of Commerce.
This year’s...
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