Catch the Japanese Cultural Center of Hawai'i on air! Monday evenings
on Japanese Language radio station KZOO-AM 1210, the Cultural Center
presents an issues-oriented weekly talk-story community forum called Thinking Out Loud: Talking Issues, Taking Action (TOL) hosted by George Tanabe and Christine Yano.
TOL will explore issues of concern to the Japanese American and broader community in Hawai'i. The show's format encourages listeners to call-in with questions and comments, and the latter portion of every show is Thinking Up the Positive, devoted to
brainstorming possible solutions to problems, issues, and concerns.
On the last Monday of every
month, TOL features the JCCH Book Club - host Willa Tanabe will lead a lively discussion with a special guest and the audience on the book of the month.
So tune in, call in, and start thinking out loud! Mondays at 6.30 p.m. on KZOO-AM 1210. Call in your questions or comments live during the program at (808) 941-5966 or email anytime at jcch@am1210kzoo.com.
TOL sponsors include: Hawai'i Committee for the
Humanities, University of Hawai'i Center
for Japanese Studies, University of Hawai'i
College of Social Sciences, and Barnes & Noble.
Upcoming Shows
March 1 On the Movies (Guest: Bob Green, Film Critic and Screen Writer)
March 8
Being Hapa and Issues of Reconciliation (Guest: Momi Cazimero)
March 15 The Future of Mainstream and Alternative Newspapers (Guest: Ragnar Carlson, Editor, Honolulu Weekly)
March 22
Recollections of a World War II Internee (Guest: Lily Hatanaka)
Mark 29 "Kau Kau" (Guest: Arnold Hiura, Author)
April 5 The Future of Hawaiian Music (Guest: Makana)
April 12 Kawaii Kon Anime Convention (Guest: Chris Macedonio)
April 19 World War II Evacuation of Japanese Americans from Puuloa (Guest: Helene Minehira)
April 26
"Love and the Incredibly Old Man" (Guest: Arnold Hiura, Author)
May 3
Hibakusha in Japan, Hawai'i and Abroad (Guest: Darrell Miho)
May 10
Hawai'i Books and Musical Festival (Guest: Roger Jellinek)
May 17
Innovation Based on Tradition in the Japanese Performing Arts (Guest: Kenny Endo, Taiko Master)
May 24
Recalling the 1946 Tsunami in Hawai'i: Survival and Education (Guest: Jeanne Branch Johnston)
May 31
Book Club: TBA
June 14
Reflections of an Activist, Legislator, Pastor (Guest: Rev. Bob Nakata)
June 21
Shin-Issei and the Place in the J-A Community (Guest: Ken Niimura)
August 16
(Guest: Irene Hirano Inouye, Japanese American National Museum)
George Tanabe is a Professor Emeritus of Religion at the University of Hawai'i. He has published widely on religions in
Japan and Buddhism in Hawaii.His books
include Religions of Japan in
Practice (Princeton) and Practically Religious: Worldly Benefits and
the Common Religion of Japan.He has
served on the Board of Governors of the Cultural Center and is President of BDK Hawaii, an
affiliate of the Numata Foundation in Japan.He was a 2007 recipient of the Japanese government's Foreign Minister's
award for the promotion of mutual understanding between Japan and America.
Willa Tanabe served as Dean of the School for
Hawaiian, Asian and Pacific Studies at the University of Hawai'i and as Chair of the Art Department.Her research focus is Japanese Buddhist art
and Japanese crafts.Her published works
include: Paintings of the Lotus Sutra (Weatherhill), SacredTreasures
of Mt. Koya (Koyasan Reihokan), The Lotus Sutra in Japanese Culture
(UH Press) and several exhibition catalogs.
Christine Yano, University of Hawai'i at Manoa Professor of Anthropology, has done considerable research on
Japan, as well as the Japanese American community in Hawaii.Her books include Crowning
the Nice Girl: Gender, Ethnicity, and Culture in Hawaii’s Cherry Blossom
Pageant (University of Hawaii Press) and Airborne Dreams: Race, Gender,
and Cosmopolitanism in Postwar America (forthcoming, Duke University
Press).She serves on the Board of
Directors of the Japanese Cultural Center of Hawai'i.
