Dialogue – FBI (From Big Island)
Kristen Nemoto Jay
Commentary
My maternal grandmother, who we lived next door to in Kailua, O‘ahu, when I was younger, was from Hilo, Hawai‘i island, or for most of us locals call Big Island. Some weeks...
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HONORARY CONSUL OF JAPAN IN HILO CONFERRED
On Wednesday, Sept. 28, Arthur Katsumi Taniguchi, Honorary Consul of Japan in Hilo, was conferred the 2022 Spring Imperial Decoration, Order of the Rising Sun, Gold Rays with...
Honoring the Legacy – HIROMI PETERSON AND NAOMI HIRANO-OMIZO
A Champion for Equal Rights
Melvin Inamasu and Violet Harada
Courtesy: Japanese Cultural Center of Hawai‘i
Editor’s note: This series, “Honoring the Legacy,” is a partnership between The Hawai‘i Herald and the Japanese Cultural Center of...
Profile – HOME SWEET HILO
Byrnes Yamashita
Commentary
Special to The Hawai‘i Herald
I was born on the Big Island and lived in Hilo until I was 12 years old when my family moved to O‘ahu. Almost 60 years later, it still...
History – LIFE’S SIMPLE PLEASURES
Second Bridge and Honoli‘i
Harold M. Murai
Commentary
Special to Hawai‘i Herald
Editor’s note: This story was originally published by the East Hawai‘i Cultural Council Hawai‘i Museum of Contemporary Art fundraiser book (edited by Gloria Kobayashi) “Aloha ‘Äina...
Ryan’s Table – THE SEAFOOD DIET
Ryan Tatsumoto
Hawai‘i Herald Columnist
It’s that old joke, “I’m on the seafood diet … Whenever I see food, I eat it.” Though Ms. S and I are true omnivores, we’re probably pescatarians more than anything....
Historical Fiction – “A Question of Loyalty”
Mike Malaghan
Special to The Hawai‘i Herald
Editor’s note: “A Question of Loyalty” is the second historical novel in Mike Malaghan’s trilogy on the Japanese American experience in Hawai‘i. Prior to “A Question of Loyalty,” the...
Dispatches From Japan – THE LULL BETWEEN THE WAVES
A Personal Journal from October 2021 through January 2022
Kalani M. Fujiwara
Commentary
Special to The Hawai‘i Herald
After Halloween day 2021, the constitutionally mandated lower house elections came to conclusion with the expected victory by the ruling...
Your Social Security – SELF-SELECT GENDER MARKER ON SOCIAL SECURITY
Jane Burigsay
Courtesy: Social Security Administration
Kilolo Kijakazi, acting commissioner of Social Security, announced that the agency now offers people the choice to self-select their sex on their Social Security number record. The agency has implemented...
Mind-Body Wellness – EMBODY CHRYSANTHEMUM NOBILITY
Dr. Chad Sato
Hawai‘i Herald Columnist
In looking for a topic to share in my Hawai‘i Herald column, I came across a little factoid that during the fall is the time for harvest and many festivals...
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