CHINA LECTURE: "Current Developments in Greater China and Their Potential Impact on Hawaii," 7:30 to 8:30 a.m. Tuesday, Plaza Club, Crown Room, 20th floor. Call 521-8905 for reservations. Cost: $9. Co-sponsored by the Plaza Club and the Pacific and Asian Affairs Council.
JAPAN DAY: The Japan-America Society of Hawaii co-sponsors a day of cultural classes and events for high school students. Taiko, crafts, bon dance, bonsai, kimono, calligraphy and tea ceremony, 9 a.m. to 12:20 p.m. Wednesday, Tokai University, 2241 Kapiolani Blvd. Call 524-4450 or e-mail jash@aloha.net.
BOOK SIGNING: Lilikala Kame'eleihiwa will sign her translation of "Kamapua'a: The Hawaiian Pig God" 5:30 to 8:00 p.m. Thursday, University of Hawaii-Manoa, Kamakauokalani Building, Center for Hawaiian Studies, 2645 Dole St. Call 956-2665 or e-mail: valliant@hawaii.edu. Sponsored by the UH School of Hawaiian, Asian and Pacific Studies.
ASIAN SECURITY: "Asian Conceptions of Security: Ideational and Material" by Muthiah Alagappa, 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Friday, University of Hawaii-Manoa, Moore Hall, Room 319, Tokioka Room. Call 956-2688.
SMITHSONIAN CONTROVERSY: Martin Harwit, former director of the Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum, will talk about his book "An Exhibit Denied: Lobbying the History of Enola Gay" and his resignation from the Smithsonian after pressure to alter the museum's exhibit on the dropping of atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, 4:30 p.m. Friday, University of Hawaii-Manoa, Center for Korean Studies Auditorium, East-West Road. Sponsored by the East-West Center. Call 944-7343.
ASIA SEMINARS: "The Eighth Annual Language and Culture Seminar," three separate seminars for Japan, Korea and China will familiarize the business or leisure traveler with the language and culture of these regions, 8:45 a.m. to 12:15 p.m. Korea: Saturday; Japan: Nov. 23; China: Dec. 7. Call 942-8553. No fee for Hawaii residents.
POETRY READING: By Haunani-Kay Trask, 1 p.m. Sunday, Borders Bookstore, Ward Center. Call 973-0989. Sponsored by the University of Hawaii-Manoa School of Hawaiian, Asian and Pacific Studies.
EAST-WEST DINNER: East-West Center Association holds its annual dinner and membership meeting.
Speakers: Kelvin H. Taketa, Nature Conservancy; Kenji Sumida, president, East-West Center; Chhany Sak-Humphry, Cambodian language professor at the University of Hawaii-Manoa, 5:30 p.m. Nov. 23, the Cannon Club. Reservation deadline: Friday.