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Pearl Harbor: A Personal History Of Triumph And Success

Although picking coffee beans on her family’s Hawaiian farm was what Sumiko did each day as a…

Francesca Yukari Biller • July 10, 2012

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Nikkei Chronicles #1—ITADAKIMASU! A Taste of Nikkei Culture

Health, Happiness, and Bear Hanakuso with the Wine Gang

While other women look forward to getting their nails done or a spa day on the weekends, the high p…

Jayne Hirata • June 20, 2012

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Honoring Japanese American World War II Veterans

My Japanese American uncle just turned 90 this weekend, and here is his story about how he fought i…

Francesca Yukari Biller • June 6, 2012

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Stories United: The Japanese American Journey and Maui Taiko

“As we share our culture and learn about others, we can choose to live harmoniously,” K…

Elizabeth Ishida • May 7, 2012

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Are You For Real?

At a recent gathering at my children’s school, one of the parents came up to me and said, &ld…

Jayne Hirata • Feb. 15, 2012

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Airborne Dreams: Christine R. Yano

During the postwar era in the mid 1950s, in the midst of gender and racial politics, globalism, and…

Susan Osa • Jan. 19, 2012

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A House is Not A (Clean) Home

Now that Christmas is over (albeit our family is in the final day of Chanukah), a powerful force ha…

Jayne Hirata • Jan. 4, 2012

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Da Kine Dreidel, Dreidel, Dreidel

Even though I will always manage to work into any conversation that two of my three children are in…

Jayne Hirata • Dec. 22, 2011

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Hanafuda Hawaii: Helen Nakano Brings Generations Together

One look at the website, HanafudaHawaii.com, makes it evident that Helen Nakano is an ambassador wi…

Leslie Yamaguchi • Oct. 26, 2011

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Sweeping the Nation with Sweetbread: The Past and Present of the Founders of King’s Hawaiian

Blending deep into the market Ramen, tofu, soy sauce, miso—though there are many types of f…

Keiko Fukuda • Sept. 13, 2011

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