Featured Story – KAUA‘I-GROWN GAMBARU GIRL
Hawaii News Now’s Anchor Ashley Nagaoka Embodies Perseverance, Grace and Humility
Jodie Chiemi Ching
Sophisticated and cheerful, Yonsei Ashley Toshiko Nagaoka — Emmy award-winning anchor of Hawaii News Now’s “First at 4” newscast at 4 p.m....
Featured Story – A YEAR AND A HALF IN THE LIFE OF HAWAI‘I’S FRONTLINE...
Kristen Nemoto Jay
Some of O‘ahu’s health professionals sat down (via Zoom) with The Hawai‘i Herald and shared what this pandemic has been like for them this past year and a half and what they...
Featured Story – KĪLAUEA: THE POWER OF NATURE
Bruce Omori's Passion for Photographing “This Incredible Living and Breathing Planet”
Patsy Y. Iwasaki, Ph.D.
Special to The Hawai‘i Herald
To find his calling and passion, Bruce Omori — acclaimed professional Hawai‘i nature-and-landscape photographer — reawakened the...
Featured Story – OLYMPIC DESTINY
Reflections of Fate, Luck and Hard Work From Waimanalo-native-turned-Olympian Hugh Hogland
Kristen Nemoto Jay
From the moment he put on his jacket to get ready for the Tokyo Olympic’s 2021 opening ceremony, Hugh Hogland felt as...
Featured Story – BIG-GAME HUNTING AND CONSERVATION
Wayne Ogasawara Sheds Light on the Tradition of Hunting
Karen Shishido
Special to The Hawai‘i Herald
Big-game hunting often has a reputation of being cruel to animals. However, sitting with my friend, Wayne Ogasawara, and visiting his...
Featured Story – RYŪKYŪ SHINPŌ’S CLASSICAL RYUKYUAN KONKŪRU
Continuing a Tradition To Preserve the Arts Even in COVID Times
Grant “Masandü” Sadami Murata
Special to The Hawai‘i Herald
Classical Ryukyuan music or Ryükyü Koten Ongaku was brought to Hawai‘i by Okinawan Issei over 100 years...
Feature Story – KUNI ISLAND FABRICS
How a Small Business Helped the Community Sew Their Way Through a Pandemic
Wayne Muromoto
Special to The Hawai‘i Herald
Old timers will remember the name of Kuni Dry Goods, or just “Kuni’s,” but if they haven’t...
Lead Story – JAPANESE-LANGUAGE MEDIA IN HAWAI‘I
A Labor of Love and Devotion
Kevin Y. Kawamoto
Commentary
Like many other fans of KIKU-TV, I binge-watched Japanese-language television shows last month knowing that the station’s multi-cultural programming was coming to an end on June 28....
Cover Story – KALAUPAPA
A Place of Contradiction and Contemplation
Dan Nakasone
Special to The Hawai‘i Herald
Kalaupapa. A place of contradiction: stunning beauty and serenity, haunted by stories of deep sorrow. The worst and the best of humanity are portrayed...
Cover Story – BRENNAN’S BILL
Twelve-Year-Old Brennan Yamaguchi Co-Creates Bill to Bring in Awareness of Epilepsy
Renelaine Pfister
Special to The Hawai‘i Herald
When I was 12 years old growing up in the Philippines, I was reading “Sweet Valley Twins” and playing...
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