Homebuilder D.R. Horton and the Campbell Estate are contributing land and money to help the state Department of Education build an elementary school in Kapolei.

They will donate 12 acres of land, valued at $1.2 million. In addition, Horton will contribute $1.6 million toward the construction of school facilities and another $1 million or more worth of improvements to the site before it is turned over to the DOE. The school is expected to open in 2009, subject to legislative funding.

JAPAN STICKS WITH STARR SEIGLE

Starr Seigle Communications, a Honolulu-based advertising and public-relations company, has won its third consecutive contract from the Japanese government to market travel to Japan in the U.S.

The one-year contract focuses on continuing the Visit Japan Campaign that began in April 2003 to balance Japan's inbound and outbound tourism. The campaign is intended to double the number of visitors to Japan to 10 million by 2010. Starr Seigle and the Japanese government were still negotiating the contract amount.

Statistics show 16.5 million Japanese tourists traveled abroad in 2002 while only 5 million international tourists visited Japan, Starr Seigle said.

DESIGNER OPENS A RETAIL OUTLET