Hawaii’s John John Florence, who won his third world title last year, is taking the year off tour but will compete as a wildcard at the season opener in Hawaii. Read more
Beijing could hold more military exercises to coincide with Taiwanese President Lai Ching-te’s Pacific tour, which will also include a stopover in Guam. Read more
Lai, on his first trip abroad since taking office in May, will stop over in Hawaii as he visits Taiwan allies Marshall Islands, Tuvalu and Palau. Read more
Lai Ching-te will depart Saturday for a visit to the Marshall Islands, Tuvalu and Palau — the only Pacific island nations among Taiwan’s 12 remaining allies. Read more
Defense Minister Minoru Kihara is considering visiting Hawaii to meet his U.S. counterpart, Lloyd Austin, as early as the beginning of May, Japanese Defense Ministry officials said Thursday. Read more
Eleven high school students from a Hawaii community devastated by wildfires last August have learned about postdisaster reconstruction during a weeklong visit to northeastern Japan areas hit... Read more
One by one, the American soldiers slid down a muddy hillside to a river deep in the Hawaiian jungle. With guns on top of rucksacks, they kicked their way across, wobbling in the current, try... Read more
The U.S. state of Hawaii is working with its national authorities and Japanese immigration to create a system that allows Japanese tourists to complete immigration and customs procedures bef... Read more
In the corner of the Hachiman Shrine in the Arai district of the city of Fukushima, there stands a tall and unusual red-brick tower. It is a monument with the names of those who emigrated ov... Read more
To the outside world there has been no more vivid symbol of the storied history of Lahaina, and its potential for rebirth, than a 150-year-old banyan tree in the center of town whose scarred... Read more
