A Small Town Gears Up For A Big Storm
By: Shara Yuki Enay Birbirsa Hawai‘i Herald Columnist Preparing for an approaching hurricane is a very different experience when you live in a town with three small markets that rely on a once-a-week...
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Urasenke Celebrates Conclusion of 42nd Hawaii Tea Seminar
Dr. Genshitsu Sen, president of the Urasenke Foundation of Hawaii and Urasenke’s 15th grand tea master, hosted a dinner banquet celebrating the conclusion of the 42nd annual tea seminar at the...
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Totoki Family, Davis Higa Honored by HJCC
The Honolulu Japanese Chamber of Commerce held its membership meeting and 10th annual Generational Awards luncheon on July 22 at the Hilton Hawaiian Village. Gov. Neil Abercrombie installed the...
View ArticleHiroshima Bombing Commemorated With Peace Ceremony
The 69th anniversary of the dropping of the atomic bomb on Hiroshima, ending World War II, was commemorated on Aug. 6 at the Izumo Taishakyo Mission in downtown Honolulu. The tragic act of war was...
View ArticleFundraising Campaign Launched For Hiroshima Landslide Victims
The “Hawai‘i for Hiroshima Fundraising Committee” recently kicked off a campaign to raise funds to aid the people of Hiroshima City following the massive landslides of Aug. 19. Seventy-two residents...
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How I Think David Beat Goliath
By: Karleen C. Chinen Commentary The 2014 Rainbow Warriors football season opened last weekend with the University of Hawai‘i taking on the University of Washington. It felt good to hear our team’s...
View ArticleTraditional Bon Odori Gets Modern Spin
TÖKYÖ — Choreographed dances have long been part of Japan’s obon festival, which, each summer, welcomes the spirits of the ancestors back to the world of the living. But organizers of some events this...
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Summer in Ōshima
By Loren Ke‘alaaumoe Fujitani Special to The Hawai‘i Herald It has been a year since I arrived here on the island of Suo-Öshima in Yamaguchi Prefecture. Although it doesn’t feel like a year has passed,...
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Ken Inouye Remembers
By: Averie’ Soto Special to The Hawai‘i Herald This past May, the University of Hawai‘i at Mänoa released the concept designs for the planned Daniel K. Inouye Center for Democratic Leadership. The...
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