As the societies of the Pacific Islands rapidly succumb to the wave of Westernization, the studies of Hisakatsu Hijikata, an ethnographer who made intensive field observations in Micronesia before and during World WarⅡ, are regarded as a vital contribution in the recording and preserving of Micronesia's traditional cultures. Funding was provided to translate one volume of his works into English and donate 1,000 copies of it to institutes, libraries and universities in the Pacific Islands and around the world.