Consulate Activities
2025/5/16
Crown Prince Akihito Scholarship Presentation Ceremony
Mr. Joseph Iseri
Mr. Shion Sasaki
On May 13, a ceremony was held at the Official Residence of the Consul General to honor the 2025 recipients of the Crown Prince Akihito Scholarship.
The Crown Prince Akihito Scholarship Foundation was established in 1959 with the cooperation of groups from the Nikkei community in Hawaii, the Honolulu Japanese Chamber of Commerce, and the Japanese economic community at large in order to commemorate the marriage of then Crown Prince Akihito (now the Emperor Emeritus of Japan) and to celebrate the imperial couple's visit to Hawaii. Administered by the Japan-America Society of Hawaii since 1992, the purpose of the foundation is to promote mutual understanding and goodwill between the United States and Japan by offering scholarships for graduate studies to students in Japan and Hawaii.
This year’s recipients of the Crown Prince Akihito Scholarship are Mr. Joseph Iseri, a Ph.D. Candidate at the University of Hawaii at Manoa who plans to conduct research at the University of Osaka, and Mr. Shion Sasaki, who will be graduating from Keio University and entering the master’s program in the Department of History at the University of Hawaii at Manoa. The ceremony was attended by two former scholars, Ms. Hiroko Saito and Mr. Ryo Dobashi (both are currently Ph.D. candidates at the University of Hawaii at Manoa), as well.
The Crown Prince Akihito Scholarship Foundation was established in 1959 with the cooperation of groups from the Nikkei community in Hawaii, the Honolulu Japanese Chamber of Commerce, and the Japanese economic community at large in order to commemorate the marriage of then Crown Prince Akihito (now the Emperor Emeritus of Japan) and to celebrate the imperial couple's visit to Hawaii. Administered by the Japan-America Society of Hawaii since 1992, the purpose of the foundation is to promote mutual understanding and goodwill between the United States and Japan by offering scholarships for graduate studies to students in Japan and Hawaii.
This year’s recipients of the Crown Prince Akihito Scholarship are Mr. Joseph Iseri, a Ph.D. Candidate at the University of Hawaii at Manoa who plans to conduct research at the University of Osaka, and Mr. Shion Sasaki, who will be graduating from Keio University and entering the master’s program in the Department of History at the University of Hawaii at Manoa. The ceremony was attended by two former scholars, Ms. Hiroko Saito and Mr. Ryo Dobashi (both are currently Ph.D. candidates at the University of Hawaii at Manoa), as well.
