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Groundbreaking Hawaii congresswoman recognized on the quarter. The United States Mint began ship…

The Rafu Shimpo • April 11, 2024

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Sumida Farm: Cultivating A Sense of Community for Nearly a Century—Part 2

Read Part 1 >> LK: Can you explain the purpose of the UH ‘Ike Wai project? ES: &lsq…

Lois Kajiwara • April 3, 2024

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Sumida Farm: Cultivating A Sense of Community for Nearly a Century—Part 1

It may be surprising to learn that in June 2014, a study published in the Preventing Chronic Dise…

Lois Kajiwara • April 2, 2024

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Wea You Stay! Laurel Nakanishi on da importance of da poetry of place

Waimea Valley IV We enter the valley silently, without shaking the branches. We enter without s…

Lee A. Tonouchi • March 29, 2024

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Hawaii’s Uta-Sanshin Master Grant “Masanduu” Sadami Murata: An Incredible Story about Identity—Part 2

Read Part 1 >> Up until Grant’s divorce and his son’s illness, for about 30 year…

Jodie Chiemi Ching • March 22, 2024

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Hawaii’s Uta-Sanshin Master Grant “Masanduu” Sadami Murata: An Incredible Story about Identity—Part 1

A typical night at Grant “Masanduu” Sadami Murata’s house consists of a group of …

Jodie Chiemi Ching • March 21, 2024

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An Unsung Humanitarian - Battle of Okinawa

Morimasa Kaneshiro was born and raised in Hilo where his family ran a barbershop. After graduating …

Dan Nakasone • March 15, 2024

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#45 Interview with Maeda Ippei, translator of "Anshu" - Part 2

Juliet S. Kono's novel "Darkness" depicts a Hawaii-born second-generation Japanese-Am…

Ryusuke Kawai • March 8, 2024

Big in Hawai‘i—Artist Kris Goto shares how she levels up

She nevah really thought about ‘em, but artist Kris Goto, 36, she been living in Hawai&lsqu…

Lee A. Tonouchi • Feb. 29, 2024

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The Overlooked Story of the Incarceration of Japanese Americans from Hawaii During World War II

In the months and years following Japan’s bombing of Pearl Harbor in Hawaii on Dec. 7, 1941…

Olivia Tasevski • Feb. 28, 2024

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