Japanese literature students prepare to catalog rare book collection
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
Students in the “Introduction to Classical Japanese” class were able to view a set of pre- and early-modern materials called kotenseki.
Rare Japanese scrolls gifted to Hamilton Library
The scrolls will become part of the popular Sakamaki/Hawley Collection located in Hamilton Library’s Asia Collection.
UH Mānoa Library contributes to groundbreaking Japanese migration exhibit
The exhibit in Chiba, Japan, Hawaii: 150 Years of Japanese Migration and Histories of Dream Islands, features about 50 items from the UH library including rare documents and photos.
Japanese language student awarded prestigious scholarship
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
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.
JTB Goodwill Foundation donates to new UH tourism scholarship
The donation was made in recognition of Gannenmono, the 150th anniversary of Japanese immigration to Hawaiʻi in 2018.
Prestigious Japanese scholarship awarded to two UH students
JiaJie He and Yunmi Kim are the only U.S. award recipients of the Monbukagakusho Scholarship from the Japanese government’s Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology.
UH Mānoa professor 1st to earn prestigious Japan fellowship
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.
UH student receives only Kobe graduate fellowship in the nation
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.
