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.
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.
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.