Issues

  Gwen Battad Ishikawa Women have come a long way over the decades. In the early 1900s, women’s rights activists and feminists Susan Brownell Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton fought for women’s right to vote and...

Editor’s note: We continue Michael G. Malaghan’s serialized historical novel, “Picture Bride — A Family Saga,” based on the Japanese immigrant experience. Malaghan’s trilogy takes readers from turn-of-the-20th-century-Japan to Hawai‘i in the picture bride...

ECON 2015 By Joseph S. Nye Jr.

 

by Rev. Paul S. Osumi Reprinted with permission A parent’s prayer: “O God, teach me to understand my children, to listen to them patiently, and to answer all their questions honestly. Let me never nag; and...

Rakuna michi wo kurushimi nagara Aruiteiru hito wa chikakute mo Tootatsu dekinai kurushii michi mo Tanoshimi nagara aruiteiru hito wa Tookutemo tootasu dekiru He who maintains a positive attitude will reach his destination notwithstanding great difficulty, whereas he who complains and feels sorry...

WHO/WHAT: The Honpa Hongwanji Hawaii Betsuin presents a Spring Bazaar, features entertainment, a Cup Stacking contest, a rummage sale, craft items and assorted plants. The temple‘s “Favorite Island Cookery” cookbooks, volumes 1-6, will also...

Photo caption: As Interior Secretary Sally Jewell looks on, President Barack Obama greets Jane Kurahara at the doorway of the Oval Office before he signed a proclamation on the establishment of the Honouliuli National...

WHO/WHAT: Come learn about “What‘s in a Japanese name” in this workshop presented by the Japanese Cultural Center of Hawai‘i. Resource Center volunteers will provide an extensive general overview of Japanese personal and geograophical...