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.
Japan royal couple visits with UH Mānoa students, programs
Japan’s Prince Akishino and Princess Kiko visit to the UH Manoa campus included a tour of Ka Papa Loʻi ʻo Kānewai and the Lyon Arboretum.
Mānoa students selected for intensive language study in Japan
Raymond DeLang and Jake Yasumori were awarded the 2017–18 Monbukagakusho Scholarship.
UH Mānoa hosts Imayō: Japan’s New Traditionists
The unique, contemporary art exhibition features six Japanese artists on display from October 2—December 2.
Japanese language major earns Japan government scholarship
UH Mānoa senior Joseph Cardello will study for a year in Kyoto to gain a deeper appreciation of traditional Japanese arts.
Japanese language students create UH Mānoa Japanese campus map
Students in Professor Yumiko Tateyama’s English-Japanese translation class produce a Japanese language version of UH Mānoa’s campus map.
