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.
An agreement between UH Manoa and the National Institute for Japanese Language and Linguistics resulted in institute's first international symposium that explored endangered language research.
Andre Haag is the first UH Mānoa faculty member to receive an international fellowship for research in Japan from the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science.
Vera Hanaoka, a PhD student in Japanese language and linguistics at UH Mānoa, was selected as the Kobe College Corporation Japan Education Exchange Graduate Fellow for 2018–19.
The UH Mānoa College of Languages, Linguistics & Literature and Japan’s National Institute for Japanese Language and Linguistics have entered into a collaboration that expands endangered language research endeavors.
In addition to extensive overseas study and intensive courses at UH Mānoa, flagship students earned scholarships to continue their academic work at UH and abroad.