JOURNALISTS' EXCHANGE: East-West Center 1997 Jefferson Fellowship journalists share travel experiences at a luncheon.

Asia journalists spent four weeks on the mainland; American counterparts were in Asia. Noon Thursday, Pacific Club. Members of Friends of the East-West Center, EWC Board of Governors, Pacific and Asian Affairs Council $15, nonmembers $17. Reservation deadline today. Call 944-7691.

JAPAN LECTURE: "The Birth Strike, Aging and Other National Security Issues in Japan" by Merry White of Boston University. 11:30 a.m. Wednesday, Outrigger Prince Kuhio Hotel.

Cost for Japan-America Society of Hawaii members $22, nonmembers $24. Reservation deadline today. Call 524-4450.

WESTERN SAMOA READING: 1997 Commonwealth Writer's Prize for Best First Book in Southeast Asia and South Pacific Region, "Where We Once Belonged."

Author Sia Figiel will read from her work, 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, University of Hawaii-Manoa, Orvis Auditorium. Free. Call 956-7700.