The UH Mānoa Center for Japanese Studies is thrilled to announce that we have received a $3 million gift from the estate of the late Ina Goodwin Tateuchi of Seattle, Washington. The gift establishes the Tateuchi Memorial Endowed Scholarship fund to provide full tuition and related expenses to select UH Mānoa undergraduate Japanese language majors, Asian Studies students with a focus on Japan, and students in other disciplines who demonstrate a strong interest in Japanese Studies within their major.

CJS Director Mark Levin, a Professor of Law at the William S. Richardson School of Law, comments: “Undergraduates represent the foundation of everything we do. This scholarship award will foster workforce development for the state and beyond and help populate the academic community across disciplinary boundaries into the future.”

Dean of the College of Arts, Languages, and Letters, Peter Arnade, added, “We are profoundly grateful to the estate of Ina Goodwin Tateuchi for providing this vital contribution, which will allow the Center to remain a vibrant hub for academic programming concerning Japan.”

For more information, please see the press release from UH Foundation here and story from UH News here.