Japanese decoration bestowed to Ms.Dalia Švambarytė
Ms.Dalia Švambarytė On November 3rd, the Japanese government announced that Ms. Dalia Švambarytė, the Associate Professor of the Institute of Asian and Transcultural Studies (former Center of Oriental Studies) at Vilnius University (VU), was bestowed with the decoration of “The Order of the Rising Sun, Gold Rays with Rosette” for her contribution in promoting academic exchanges and mutual understanding between Japan...
Japan is one of the most important trade partners for Lithuania in Asia
The Lithuanian government’s First Deputy Chancellor Deividas Matulionis has met with chairman Osamu Nagayama of the Japan bioindustry association. During the meeting, it was emphasized that Japan is one of the most important trade partners for Lithuania in Asia. Since 2010 trade between the two countries grew more than tenfold (from 38.82 million euros in 2010 to 355.2 million in 2018). In addition, these countries also share a...
A story how Bubble tea was brought to Lithuania
To open up a successful and popular teashop in Vilnius city center would be a pretty challenging goal for anybody. Especially, when you are offering a very authentic product from a different part of the world, which have never been introduced to Lithuania’s market before. In 1980’s Tapioca balls and authentic flavors of milk tea were mixed together in the island of Taiwan and called bubble tea, which now is one of the most popular and...
Lithuanian guy in Korea received millions of views on his “Youtube” channel
World traveler, Vilius Vasiliauskas, was born from a small city in Lithuania – Kretinga. After graduating secondary school, he then chose to continue his studies in Aston University, England, UK. There he received Politics and International Relations higher education, but after moving to South Korea, he turned to an unexpected path – creating a “Youtube” channel. What’s the story behind you living so far away from home? Was South...
16 th Japanese Film Festival
The Embassy of Japan in collaboration with the Japan Foundation and “Forum Cinemas Vingis“ is proud to announce its 16th annual Japanese Film Festival. The festival will take place on February 3 – 8 at “Forum Cinemas Vingis“ in Vilnius. This is the perfect opportunity for cinema enthusiasts to experience a breath of fresh air that the modern Japanese film industry has to offer. This time the festival will bring movies of...