Adaptation of Japanese thriller novel to premiere on stage January 10, 2023 UH News Directed by UH Mānoa MFA candidate Maggie Ivanova, the play blurs the lines between various realities framed by magical realism.
Classical Japanese poetry contest inspires UH Mānoa students December 20, 2022 UH News The literary contest resembled a modern take on traditional poetry competitions in Japan known as utaawase.
Origami, hanafuda and more featured at return of annual Nippon event December 6, 2022 UH News Nippon Day featured workshops such as origami, hanafuda, calligraphy and tea ceremony.
From snakebite venom to authoritarianism, doctoral research abroad awards November 15, 2022 UH News Each awardee received funding to cover expenses, such as travel, living costs and research activities.
Japanese literature students prepare to catalog rare book collection November 1, 2022 UH News EALL students will help the Honolulu Museum of Art catalog one of the most important archives of Japanese rare books and prints in Hawaiʻi.
‘Speed-dating’ with ancient Japanese artifacts in UH class October 3, 2022 UH News Students in the “Introduction to Classical Japanese” class were able to view a set of pre- and early-modern materials called kotenseki.
UH Mānoa Korean Language Flagship Center funding renewed May 4, 2020 UH News The funding, which includes a grant and additional student support, is worth approximately $4 million.
Annual graduate conference finds new life online April 23, 2020 UH News The graduate students presented through four virtual webinar rooms.
Japanese language student awarded prestigious scholarship September 12, 2019 UH News UH Mānoa student Joseph Iseri is one of only three United States award recipients of the 2019–20 Monbukagakusho Scholarship.
Japan grants high honor to UH professor July 10, 2019 UH News Bob Huey, professor of Japanese literature, was honored with the Order of the Rising Sun for his contribution to the development of Japanese studies in the U.S.