A new cultivar of Japanese haskap plant, ‘Kawai’, that is characterized by its upright and spreading plant habit, its vigorous growth habit, its high fruit yields, its early mid-season fruit harvest, its fruit that are medium in size, ovate-rectangular in shape with a blunt concave apex, medium in firmness with a sweet/tart juice flavor, and its fruit attachment to the stem that is strong enough to prevent pre-harvest drop and loose enough to permit easy picking without tearing the fruit flesh.