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During the 1980s and 1990s, the team from the JACL Honolulu — all in their 20s and 30s and mostly volunteers — worked to get redress for 3,000 to 4,000 Japanese in Hawaiʻi who were unlawfully evacuated and incarcerated. HPR’s Jayna Omaye spoke with them about their reunion and their experiences as young leaders.
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Divers from the Department of Land and Natural Resources investigated and identified probable World War II munitions off the south shore of Lana‘i on…
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HILO — A veterans group is conducting a search for relatives of a World War II soldier from Hawaii whose dog tag was found on a French battlefield, the…
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Thousands of people attended a ceremony over the weekend marking 78 years since the Pearl Harbor attack, despite two recent mass shootings at Navy bases,…
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A dozen frail survivors of the 1941 attack on Pearl Harbor returned Saturday to honor those who perished when Japanese planes pierced a quiet sunny…
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A historic dry dock at the Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard turned 100 years old this week. But to last another 100 years, it will need billions of dollars in…
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Diplomatic tensions between Japan and South Korea are rising again, after South Korean courts allowed lawsuits to proceed against Japanese companies,…
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Although it has been 77 years since the surprise attack on Pearl Harbor that brought the United States into World War II, many American servicemen killed…
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Community-driven recovery efforts are nothing new to Hawaiʻi. Whether it be massive flooding, a volcanic eruption or wildfires... the community finds a way to rally and rebuild. HPR’s Kuʻuwehi Hiraishi sheds some light on a little-known recovery effort that began in Hawaiʻi 70 years ago.
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Today marks the 73rd anniversary of the first use of a nuclear weapon in war. In 1945, the “Little Boy” bomb was dropped detonated over the Japanese city…