The Hawaii Association of Teachers of Japanese (HATJ) is a non-profit, non-political organization dedicated to the promotion and development of Japanese teaching in the state of Hawaii. In order to foster an understanding of the Japanese language and culture, HATJ strives to create an active network of faculty and administrators throughout the state to facilitate the exchange of knowledge and resources related to the study of Japanese.

Our group has been growing steadily over the past few years and now has many members from all around the state. We host a wide variety of events including our biannual conferences and small group workshops (勉強会).

Please enjoy looking around the website and discovering the many benefits that come along with being a member of HATJ.

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2012 Board Elections

Elections for the 2012 HATJ Board will be held online through Survey Monkey in early January. Keep posted for details on how to access the poll. All current paid members have voting rights. The candidates are listed below. Click here to read their profiles or click here to download the PDF version.

President: Yukio Kataoka

Vice President/Membership: Saori Sato

Secretary: Yoko Yamaguchi

Treasurer: Noriko Okimoto

Web Master: Brian Look

Representative K-12 (Private): Noriko Fujimoto-Vergel

Representative College/University (Public): Shioko Yonezawa

Representative College/University (Private): Mayumi Hirata

 

Thank you to those who attended HATJ's Fall Symposium. It was nice to see you all and be able to exchange ideas. The slideshow presented at the symposium can be viewed here.