Domestic arrivals were up in 2024 compared to pre-Covid levels, while international markets continued to lag — especially Japan.

It's been almost five years since the COVID-19 pandemic halted tourism to Hawaiʻi. While U.S. visitor numbers are strong ...

The number of visitors from Japan who came to Hawaii last year was less than half the number who came to the Islands in 2019, ...

Hawaii Tourism Authority's Interim President and CEO Daniel Nahoopii explains how international tourists from locations like ...

Japan’s Mao Matsuyama, 16, holds no relation to a star fellow countryman – but he’s chasing a similar stature in the game of golf. “I often get asked if we are brothers or related,” he ...

With much sadness we report the passing of John Reed, a long-time DFS Group executive who played an integral role in the ...

The 42nd Pan-Pacific Festival will take place on June 13-15 at various locations from Ala Moana to Waikiki. Organizers say the festival celebrates Hawaii’s ties to Japan and will feature performers ...

Japan Airlines is dramatically increasing flight connections to the U.S. for the summer, which means getting to Japan will be ...

JAL will partner with American Airlines on the new flight from Tokyo Narita, which supplements its existing service from ...

The move was a "last resort" to solve the sunfish's health issues which appeared after the aquarium closed for renovation ...

Owner and Chef of Gyu-Masu Steak and Seafood, Victor Jian, Vice President of Toriyama Farms, Wataru Toriyama, and Chef, Kazuki Arai, joined Brittni Friedlander on Wake Up 2Day to share their ...

I wrote about former judge James Seishiro Burns and how he came to have a Japanese middle name. Burns was a son of Gov. John A. Burns. He married TV journalist Emme Tomimbang.