UH Manoa Professor Emerita of East Asian Languages and Literatures and former COS Director, Dr. Kyoko Hijirida, received the Order of the Sacred Treasure from the Government of Japan. Dr. Hijirida was one of three people in Hawai‘i awarded the decorations in the 2011 Autumn Conferment of Japanese Imperial Decorations. She taught Japanese at the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa from 1970 until her retirement in 2010 and was responsible for developing and teaching the Okinawan Language and Culture class at UHM. Please click here to see more about Professor Hijirida’s award. Congratulations, Dr. Hijirida!!!