Letter: Tourism can benefit from catering to Japan seniors
Jul 16, 2026
The image from Japan’s ad campaign promoting senior Japanese tourism caught my attention on Friday (“Fuel-price shock hits the islands as Iran strikes push fares higher,” Star- Advertiser, July 10). In June 2000, the University of Hawaii Center on Aging, the Foundation for Senior Renaissance (
Tokyo), and the Hawaii Tourism Authority coordinated with the state Department of Business, Economic Development and Tourism to promote Japanese senior tourism. ...read more read less