TOKYO -- Jake Shimabukuro is perched on the verge of stardom. He still does the little clubs, but he can also fill arenas, pulling in thousands of raptured admirers. And he's a darling of the critics, ...

Perhaps no single instrument is as closely associated with one place as the ukulele is with Hawaii. While it might seem like a caricature to so closely tie it to the Hawaiian people, Jake Shimabukuro ...