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Welcome
to our CAPE website!
The Center for Asia-Pacific
Exchange (CAPE) is
a non-profit, publicly-supported, educational institution which was
established in
Honolulu, Hawai`i, in
November 1980.
CAPE's mission
is to promote mutual respect, understanding, and cooperation among the
people of the region by providing opportunities for professional collaboration,
interchange, educational exchange and scholarly research.
Since its inception, CAPE has brought over 7,000 people together
under the auspices of its various programs covering language study, area
studies, professional development and cross-cultural training.
CAPE has hosted participants from 16 countries in the Asia Pacific area
in its various programs, including Australia,
Burma, Canada, Indonesia, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Micronesia, Fiji, New
Zealand, the Philippines, Singapore, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Thailand, and
the United States.
Approximately 500 international
participants from the Asia-Pacific region and approximately 400 Hawai`i
residents currently take part in CAPE's programs in Hawai`i each year.
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