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Remembering Japanese Incarceration: A Legacy of Resilience and Awareness

History has a way of being selective in its storytelling. Some narratives are prominently featured …

Shelby Taguchi • March 23, 2025

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A Choice

This little glass persimmon and bark is captured from my Jichan and Bachan’s home (my grandparents;…

Michelle Michiko Sherer • Oct. 31, 2024

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Bon Odori in the American Concentration Camps — Part 2

Read Part 1 >> Manzanar The Obon festival at the Manzanar concentration camp in 1943 opened with …

Wynn Kiyama • June 27, 2024

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Keeping the Beat: The Story of Legendary Drummer Paul Togawa

As part of my ongoing series on Japanese American jazz musicians, I now turn to the fascinating sto…

Jonathan van Harmelen • Oct. 31, 2023

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Rediscovering Poston

There’s a familiar adage that when Nisei get together, one of the first questions asked is “What ca…

Sharon Yamato • Sept. 15, 2023

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Nikkei Incarceration

Writer’s note: This is part of a series of articles in The Hawai‘i Herald on Hawai‘i families that …

Byrnes Yamashita • Aug. 20, 2023

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The Power of Irei

Coming Home: My Family’s Journey to Ireichō

And what we see is our life moving like that along the dark edges of everything, headlights sweep…

Sharon Yamato • Aug. 15, 2023

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The Power of Irei

A Humble Man: 442nd Veteran Hiroshi Kunimura Honored at Ireichō

When Dennis Kunimura suggested to his father, 98-year-old former 442nd Regimental Combat Team (RCT)…

Sharon Yamato • July 4, 2023

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American Dream

For professional opera singer Nina Yoshida Nelsen, the path of life has been full of unexpected twi…

Jackie Kojima • March 1, 2023

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Reflections on a Pilgrimage: The Dust of Poston

My mother’s memories of Poston are thick with dust. When I ask my 93-year-old mother about Poston,…

Janis Hirohama • Jan. 24, 2023

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