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Former internees are helping decide how internment life should be presented to the public at the Heart Mountain Relocation Center. Speaking of internment, a granddaughter of a former internee asks some difficult questions on Minnesota...

Remembering a pioneer Japanese American journalist

You may not be familiar with the name, but for many Japanese American journalists in America - myself included - Bill Hosokawa was a pioneer. Born in Seattle in 1915, Hosokawa continually defied widespread prejudice...

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....

Only the Brave at the Hawaii Theatre!

Last week the Japanese Cultural Center of Hawaii hosted a DVD Release Screening of the 2005 film Only the Brave, starring Lane Nishikawa, Jason Scott Lee and the late Pat Morita at the Hawaii...

Honoring the Legacy – Warren Nishimoto

Giving a Voice to Hawai‘i’s Working Class  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...

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...

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...

Ehren Watada in the news again

If you support his cause, you might want to check out the commentary he wrote in the Pacific Citizen by clicking here. If you don't, by all means, forget this post ever happened.

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...

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