Dispatches From Japan – THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC IN JAPAN
A Personal Journal from November 2019 through April 2020
Kalani M. Fujiwara
Commentary
Special to The Hawai‘i Herald
As I boarded my flight to Narita airport at the beginning of November 2019, never in my wildest imagination did...
To the skies
The intriguing story of "Nisei stewardesses" lives on.
In the month following the Tohoku earthquake, Americans have given $246 million to relief and recovery efforts in Japan.
Alabama plans on folding paper cranes for Japan.
Internment photographs...
Tohoku University Hospital Fundraiser
Tohoku University Hospital in Sendai, Japan is the beneficiary of a fundraiser titled “With Aloha” on April 9 (Saturday evening from 5-9 p.m.) at the Pagoda Hotel in the Ala Moana area. Pagoda Restaurant...
Support for Japan around the world
Japanese Americans respond to the disaster in Japan with words of faith.
Those who have voiced their support include everyone from cultural ambassadors to Cherry Blossom participants.
The recovery effort in Japan was at the heart...
Photos and furniture
Philadelphia's Moderne Gallery presents the work of Japanese American furniture maker George Nakashima.
The issue of international child abduction in Japan.
"Made in Minidoka: The Incarceration of Japanese Americans in Idaho:" a photo exhibit.
Los Angeles announces...
Goodbye, Nichi Bei Times
Sad news for the Nichi Bei Times, northern California's oldest Japanese American newspaper. There is, however, a glimmer of hope.
Japan's Uniqlo teams up with Disney.
Linkin Park's Mike Shinoda goes for an encore performance at...
Samurai iPhones, Nisei Week, and Pi
Thinking about seeing a movie this week? Beware. The Goods: Live Hard, Sell Hard is making headlines for what some are calling racist content.
And, in Japan, McDonald's unveils an ad campaign that some suspect...
Ramen Girl, Mochi making and The Karate Kid
Film star Jackie Chan may play the role made famous by Pat Morita in the upcoming remake of The Karate Kid.
The Ramen Girl, starring Brittany Murphy, gets ready for its release.
Mochi-making lives on in...
Tuesday bullets
The question that American automakers desperately want answered: Can they top their Japanese competition?
An interesting movie premise: Earthquakes suck every country under the ocean . . . except Japan.
A former prisoner in a...
Tuesday bullets
Get ready for an interview with Dr. Jack Fujimoto, the first Japanese American college president in the mainland United States.
Unlike their counterparts in America, Japanese politicians are wary of harnessing the full power of...
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