January 19, 2018

WHO/WHAT: The Hawaii Japanese Dance Association will celebrate its 35th anniversary with a weekend of events centered about the theme, “A Festival of Japanese Dance — With Much Appreciation.” The association is made up...

“Happy Retirement (Parts 1 and 2),” Tuesday, Feb. 6 and 13, at 8 p.m. Shintaro Higuchi has worked in the government financial services division for 33 years and is looking forward to retiring in five years. But a bribery scandal suddenly comes to light within his division, and his supervisor assigns blame to Shintaro. Suddenly,....

DIALOGUE By Karleen Chinen Shinnen akemashite omedetou gozaimasu! Happy New Year! Every inch of our New Year’s edition (Jan. 5) was filled with either editorial content or advertising support, so Gwen Battad Ishikawa, Grant “Sandaa” Murata and I weren’t able to wish you good wishes for the new year as we would have wanted. We....

THURSDAY, FEB. 15 1 a.m. – Sasaki Kojiro, Part 2 2:40 a.m. – Express Train 4:10 a.m. – Shingo’s Original Challenge, Part 4 5:40 a.m. – Bride of White Castle 7:10 a.m. – The Yagyu Military Art: One-Eyed Swordsman 8:40 a.m. – Pale Moon 10:50 a.m. – Eight Brave Brothers, Parts 1 & 2 12:50 p.m. – White....

WHO/WHAT: The University of Hawai‘i at Manoa Center for Okinawan Studies will present a public forum on Okinawan Studies by its new director, Dr. Masato Ishida. This will be an opportunity to meet Dr....

REAL POSSIBILITIES BY Barbara Kim Stanton

“Rebel,” Sunday at 6:30 p.m.; re-airs Monday at 1 p.m. Gil Dong Hong is the son of servant Ah Mo Gae Hong, which gives Gil Dong no legal standing in Joseon society. With no opportunities to do any legitimate work despite his brilliance, Gil Dong becomes the leader of a band of smugglers who steals....

HISTORICAL FICTION By Michael G. Malaghan Part VII - The Trials Chapter 115 December 6, 1931 Hawai‘i’s cool season blew in from the North Pacific, moving the Japan-Hawai‘i shipping lanes from the shorter northern route to the calmer southern waters. Blustery trade winds twisted palm tree leaves at Ala Moana Beach and snapped off coconuts....

By Rev. Paul S. Osumi Reprinted with permission Crumbs of Happiness Happiness eludes us because we look for it from afar. We need to learn that joy comes from appreciation of the simple things. “A quiet hour...

“Mystery Hour – Iryu Sosa 3,” premieres on Tuesday, Feb. 6, at 7:35 p.m. “Iryu Sosa” depicts the work of a group of detectives who solve murder cases by looking for clues in the articles left by victims. Satoshi Itomura often does not care about the scientific approach and instead pays a great deal of....