Achievers

Alyson Kusatsu, a graduate student at Hawai'i Pacific University, has been named the first recipient of the Laura Jean Armstrong Scholarship, a $1,000 tuition award.

The Japan-America Institute of Management Science and the University of Hawaii-Manoa College of Business Administration presented the first Akira and Mari Ohtomo Entrepreneurial Spirit Award to Joseph Kushi of Maui last month in Tokyo. Kushi received a $5,000 scholarship for a three-month internship at The Queen's Medical Center.

The winners of the Japan-America Society of Hawaii's fifth annual Japan Bowl were: level 2 — Adrian Martin, Kekoa Kuamoo-Peck and Noelle Lum of Kamehameha Schools; level 3 — Brandon Yoshimoto, Kendrick Kunichika and Glenn Shigetomi of Punahou School; level 4 — William Lee, Julian Chun and Janelle Fukumoto of Iolani School. The winners, among 108 students statewide who competed, will represent Hawai'i in the National Japan Bowl Japanese Language Competition in March in Washington, D.C.