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The voting members of the Boy Scouts of America Aloha Council have elected KTA Super Stores’ chairman & chief executive officer, Barry K. Taniguchi, as the new president and board chair, a voluntary position.

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MEDIA RELEASE Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda welcomed the 2012 Japanese American Leadership Delegation (JALD) in a rare meeting between the country’s highest ranking government official and a select group of Japanese American leaders March 7. Noda expressed his deep appreciation for the delegates’ contributions to U.S.-Japan relations, including their various assistances in the restoration […]

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Ten Japanese American leaders from across the country will travel to Japan March 3rd-10th to meet with top officials to further develop the U.S.-Japan relationship and establish a meaningful role for Japanese Americans. Barry Taniguchi will represent Hawaii in the 2012 Japanese American Leadership Delegation Program (JALD).

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Given to the people in the name of store founders Koichi and Taniyo Taniguchi, these kits are located in strategic places around the WHCC campus, and could one day save the life of a person suffering from cardiac arrest.

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MEDIA RELEASE PBS Hawaii has received a $10,000 gift from Hilo-based KTA Super Stores to support participation in HIKI NO: The Nation’s First Statewide Student News Network. Presented by KTA Super Stores President and CEO Barry Taniguchi in memory of his parents and company co-founders Koichi and Taniyo Taniguchi, and K Taniguchi, Ltd., the donation […]

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MEDIA RELEASE A new resource has been established for the people and communities of East Hawaii, from Waipio to Waiohinu. With the help of KTA Superstores, the estate of Frederick Yokoyama and a group of local citizens serving as an advisory committee, the East Hawaii Fund was established to provide a stronger link between charitable […]

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MEDIA RELEASE April is Tsunami Awareness Month, and the Pacific Tsunami Museum’s 7th Annual Story Festival raises awareness by sharing the lessons and stories of the past. This year, first responders to the 1946 and 1960 tsunamis that devastated Hilo, and killed 220 people statewide, will relate their stories through master storyteller Jeff Gere.  The […]

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