Wednesday bullets
An in-depth story from Jean Hopfensperger of the Star Tribune about a special volunteer who is bridging the gap between St. Paul, Minn. and Japan.
A diminutive Hawaii-born tea master teaches students the beauty of...
Windy City flavor, the Japanese Nobel and Arnold’s return to Japan
Live in Chicago or taking a trip to the Windy City? Chicago's Daily Herald recently asked officials from Japanese American organizations to name the best Japanese-themed places to visit. Check it out here.
A Montreal-based...
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...
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...
Monday bullets
Break out your calendars, the Japanese new wave band, Polysics has announced the dates of its upcoming North American tour.
Bad news for drinkers of sake and sho chu.
Japanese and Native Hawaiians are two of...
Record-chasing Japanese ballonist reportedly missing
Hot-air ballonist Michio Kanda was trying to break distance and duration records by traveling from Tochigi, Japan to Portland, Ore. Instead, the 58-year-old man has been missing for nearly a week, with his last...
Dispatches From Japan – THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC IN JAPAN
A Personal Journal From January to April 2021
Kalani M. Fujiwara
Commentary
Special to The Hawai‘i Herald
As Japan and the world entered 2021, the COVID-19 pandemic was still relentless in the New Year. However, the eyes of...
Very scary bullets . . . muahahaha
Boo! Happy Halloween everyone! Hope your day is going well and your evening is a safe one. As always, we give you news from around the globe, but beware, some of the links are...
Tuesday bullets
Nancy Pelosi, who is next in line to the Presidency after Vice-President Dick Cheney, becomes the highest ranking U.S. figure to visit the atom bomb site at Hiroshima.
A Fresno Japanese American carries on his...
Quick links
Groundbreaking pitcher Hideo Nomo retired today. The 39-year-old Nomo burst onto the scene with the Dodgers in 1995 and captured the National League Rookie of the Year award. Along the way he opened up...
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