Maui

A Heartwarming Documentary About Hawai‘i and Fukushima Jodie Chiemi Ching Like most of us who grew up in Hawai‘i, my fondest memories are from “small-kid-time.” On Hayden Street in Kapahulu, I met my first best friend — Leimana, learned to swim and fish for ‘oama at Waikiki Beach and heard about Hawaiian Night Marchers that....

Keeping Old Nisei Values Relevant Jodie Chiemi Ching For the past 60 years, Seki Machine Works has serviced every industry in Maui County. “Name any industry,” challenged 55-year-old yonsei Tom Seki, and they’ve done it — including automotive, marine, medical, hotel, astronomy, heavy equipment, water, sewage and the highway. The metal fabrication and automotive shop....

The Story of a “Gutsy” Woman in a Changing Hawai‘i Karleen Chinen Commentary Former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton and her daughter Chelsea Clinton have been making the rounds of the news and talk shows, promoting their new book from big-time New York publisher Simon & Schuster, “The Book of Gutsy Women: Favorite Stories....

REAL POSSIBILITIES By Craig Gima

Ethan R. Okura Hawai‘i Herald Columnist If you are about to retire, I have some good news — and some not so good news — for you. The good news is that as a result of advances in science and health care treatments, today’s generation of retirees is living longer than ever before. At age....

GENERATION GAP by Jon J. Murakami

8•0•8 By Dennis Fujitake

by Rev. Paul S. Osumi Reprinted with permission HE DIED CLIMBING In the Alps there is a monument erected to the memory of a man who lost his life seeking to ascend the mountain. The stone bears...

Bishop Ryokan Ara Tendai Mission of Hawaii Oya wa osanai ko o daki Ko wa oita oya o ou, sore ga kou to iu ji nanda nä. Parents will care for their child. The child in turn will care for his elderly...

WHO/WHAT: Dr. Robert Huey, professor of Japanese Literature, will present “Uncovering the Sakamaki-Hawley Collection.” In an ongoing collaboration between UH and the University of the Ryukyus, roughly half of the collection’s items have been...