Cover Story- ALOHA AND MAHALO, PAPAALOA HONGWANJI
The 118-Year-Old Temple Holds Its Last Service
Gregg K. Kakesako
Special to The Hawai'i Herald
It was a very special, but perhaps bittersweet occasion for 20 solemn members of the Hāmākua Coast’s Papaaloa Hongwanji Mission when Rev....
Dan the Automator and mochitsuki in Michigan
The Rafu Shimpo celebrates the performances of Asian and Asian American athletes in 2009.
An alarming trend concerning Asian American students and suicide.
If you happen to be in the Great Lakes State, you might want...
Mocking Godzilla and celebrating sushi
Seattle Mariners manager and Japanese American Don Wakamatsu honors his ethnic heritage.
If you like Japanese monster movies and mockumentaries, you might want to check out "Big Man Japan."
ABC's hit show "I Survived a Japanese...
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...
Sen. Inouye celebrates the new Flying Tigers exhibit
The Pacific Aviation Musuem Pearl Harbor celebrated the opening of its permanent Flying Tigers exhibit yesterday. The exhibit honors the World War II pilots who helped protect China's skies with one of America's most...
Friday bullets: Looking back on WWII
Moosup, Conn.'s V-J Day Parade: Patriotic or offensive?
A Japanese American WWII bomber crew veteran looks back on the bombing missions he made over Japan.
Recreating the Japanese internment trial for a younger generation.
A Japanese American...
Japanese-American graffiti artist rocks London
If you happen to be in London between now and May 24, you might want to check out this exhibit by Japanese-American graffiti artist Gajin Fujita at the Haunch of Venison.
Fujita, an artist from...
Manzanar groundbreaking, Whisper House, and Reading the Walls
From the Great Kanto Earthquake to internment, 91-year-old Henry "Seisen" Mittwer, a Japanese-American Buddhist priest, author, ikebana and ceramic artist, reflects on life.
A Japanese American tennis pro becomes part of Australian Open history.
Over...
USPS STAMP – RUTH ASAWA: HARDWIRED FOR BEAUTY AND ELEGANCE
Scott Baba
Special to The Hawai‘i Herald
The United States Postal Service released a new stamp in 2020, which celebrates the work of renowned Japanese American artist Ruth Asawa.
Though Asawa’s work stretches across a number of...
Interment-era baseball players, a new restaurant and spam hits it big
A neat story on a group of former internees who turned to baseball as a form of therapy. Now, over 60 years later, they are being honored at a luncheon in Sacramento.
Europe's upscale Japanese...
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