Community Focus – Kizunaloha Coalition for Recovery Efforts
The KizunAloha coalition, composed of more than 20 companies, government agencies and nonprofits based in Hawai‘i and Japan, recently unveiled a communications campaign designed to support future and economic recovery efforts by engaging the Japanese market during the coronavirus pandemic. While the state has currently imposed a 14-day quarantine for all incoming travelers and has....
NGN3 January Movie Schedule (Part I)
WEDNESDAY, JAN.1 Midnight – Yakuza on Foot 1:40 a.m. – Yakuza Vassal 3:10 a.m. – A Legend of Turmoil 5 a.m. – Sasaki Kojiro Part 2 6:40 a.m. – Giant Rumble 8:20 a.m. – Pulling an Oar 10:40 a.m. – Tengu Priest 12:20 p.m. – Eight Brave Brothers Part 3 1:20 p.m. – The Shadow War....
Mark Oyama’s ‘Ono Pursuits
David Y. Iha
Special to The Hawai‘i Herald
Nearly three decades ago, I observed a high school student driving around the streets of Kaua‘i in a Nissan 240Z, which left me wondering how a teenager could...
Dialogue – Mahalo Kauai!
DIALOGUE BY Karleen Chinen Putting this issue together was quite a challenge because it combined Garden Island stories and general election ads. On Nov. 6, Kaua‘i and Ni‘ihau voters will elect a new mayor to succeed outgoing Mayor Bernard Carvalho Jr., who has reached his term limit. Kaua‘i is at a crossroads: Its residents are....
Book Review – “The Roads to Sata”
A Conflicted Journey in the Author’s Adoptive Home Alan Suemori Special to The Hawai‘i Herald In 1977, British writer Alan Booth decided to walk the length of Japan stretching from Cape Soya on the northern tip of Hokkaidö to Cape Sata on the southern rim of Kyüshü. Thirty-one years old at the time, Booth had....