Commemoration – NEVER FORGET
Lynn Heirakuji
Special to The Hawai‘i Herald
Writer’s Note: The Hawai‘i Herald Editor, Kristen Nemoto Jay, asked me to write an article about 9/11 because she knew that I had been in Washington, D.C., on that...
Book Review: MIS SOLDIERS:
Epic saga of courage, heroism, patriotism
Gregg K. Kakesako
Special to the Hawai‘i Herald
On Easter Sunday morning April 1, 1945, Hawai‘i-born Nisei intelligence analyst Takejiro Higa stared across the cobalt sea from the deck of a...
Sidebar – The main characters in “Bridge to the Sun:”
Takejiro Higa, born 1923 in Waipahu. He was sent to Okinawa at age two and returned to Hawai‘i at age 16 to avoid being drafted into the Japanese Army and attended Farrington High School....
Sidebar – OTHER NEW VETERAN BOOKS TO READ THIS YEAR
This spring also brought the publication of a children’s book featuring a 100th Battalion soldier, Kenny Higashi, who was raised on a farm in South Dakota. But after Pearl Harbor when west coast residents...
Dispatches From Japan – THE SQUID GAMES (JULY AND AUGUST 2021)
Kalani M. Fujiwara
Commentary
Special to The Hawai‘i Herald
The Tökyö 2020 Olympics, held in the months of July and August 2021, was considered a huge success from the rest of the world. But for those of...
Ryan’s Table – NOT JUST FOR TORTILLA CHIPS
Ryan Tatsumoto
Hawai‘i Herald Columnist
Along time ago in a galaxy far, far away – actually, it was in the same galaxy but, for real, it was a long time ago – when I entered adulthood,...
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...
Bulletin Board – DIAMOND HEAD THEATRE: ANYTHING GOES
WHO/WHAT: Dubbed Hawai‘i’s “Broadway of the Pacific,” Diamond Head Theatre has been entertaining for over a century. The hit Broadway musical “Anything Goes,” will be the theater’s last play in the historic old Fort...
Bulletin Board – JWSF SUPER SALE AT JCCH
WHO/WHAT: In celebration of Japanese culture in Hawai‘i, the Japanese Women’s Society Foundation will be selling a variety of items at the Japanese Cultural Center of Hawai‘i, including vintage kimono, obi, baked goods, Japanese...
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