The Hawai‘i Herald

The Hawai'i Herald’s name has been connected with several different publications since Hawai'i Hochi founder Fred Kinzaburo Makino first came up with it in October 1942. In an attempt to “Americanize” The Hawaii Hochi’s name to deflect anti-Japanese sentiment during World War II, Makino renamed it The Hawai'i Herald. It kept its new moniker for almost 10 years before returning to its original bann

er of The Hawaii Hochi in January 1952. In 1962, when Japanese newspaperman Konosuke Oishi of the Shizuoka Shimbun purchased Hawaii Hochi, he decided that Hawai'i’s Japanese American community needed a publication of its own for the growing population of Nisei, Sansei and Yonsei who could not read Japanese. Oishi and Hawaii Hochi’s then-president and publisher Paul S. Yempuku created a new Hawai'i Herald in March 1969 as a weekly eight-page tabloid. Since 1980, The Hawai'i Herald has been published twice a month. The Herald’s comprehensive and varied coverage chronicles the past achievements, current concerns and future aspirations of its distinguished community.