Joint Press Release From the Sister State and Sister City Summit

On July 27 and 28, 2023, the Hawaiʻi-Japan Sister State & Sister City Summit was convened by the State of Hawaiʻi Department of Business, Economic Development and Tourism (DBEDT), and the Japan-America Society of Hawaiʻi (JASH) in Honolulu, Hawaiʻi with the theme of “The Ties that Bind”.

3 Questions With Lisa Pakele of INPEACE

The Institute for Native Pacific Education and Culture, a Nonprofit With the Mission of Improving the Quality of Life for Native Hawaiians, Opened Its Center for Entrepreneurship in Kapolei on March 31.

Japan is Open for Hawaiʻi Business!

State of Hawaii Seal

The Department of Business, Economic Development and Tourism (DBEDT) is Recruiting Hawaiʻi Companies to Promote and Sell Hawaiʻi-made Products at the Autumn 2023 Tokyo International Gift Show (TIGS).