{"id":72279,"date":"2026-04-21T07:55:15","date_gmt":"2026-04-21T12:55:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/21\/george-ariyoshi-first-us-governor-of-asian-american-descent-dies-aged-100\/"},"modified":"2026-04-21T07:55:15","modified_gmt":"2026-04-21T12:55:15","slug":"george-ariyoshi-first-us-governor-of-asian-american-descent-dies-aged-100","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/21\/george-ariyoshi-first-us-governor-of-asian-american-descent-dies-aged-100\/","title":{"rendered":"George Ariyoshi, first US governor of Asian American descent, dies aged 100"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Democrat led Hawaii from 1973 to 1986, coinciding with the party\u2019s rise to power in the state<\/p>\n<p>George R Ariyoshi \u2013 Hawaii\u2019s former governor and the nation\u2019s first Asian American governor \u2013 has died at age 100.<\/p>\n<p>Ariyoshi, a Democrat who led the state from 1973 to 1986, died peacefully while surrounded by family on Sunday night, according to a statement Monday from the current governor, Josh Green.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2026\/apr\/21\/george-ariyoshi-former-hawaii-governor-dies\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Democrat led Hawaii from 1973 to 1986, coinciding with the party\u2019s rise to power in the state George R Ariyoshi \u2013 Hawaii\u2019s former governor and the nation\u2019s first Asian American governor \u2013 has died at age 100. Ariyoshi, a Democrat who led the state from 1973 to 1986, died peacefully while surrounded by family on &#8230; <a title=\"George Ariyoshi, first US governor of Asian American descent, dies aged 100\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/21\/george-ariyoshi-first-us-governor-of-asian-american-descent-dies-aged-100\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about George Ariyoshi, first US governor of Asian American descent, dies aged 100\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-72279","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72279","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=72279"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72279\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=72279"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=72279"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=72279"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}