First Japanese-Lithuanian online dictionary launched
The very first Japanese-Lithuanian and Lithuanian-Japanese language online dictionary was launched on February 26th during Vilnius Book Fair’16.
Job hunting in Japan: a Lithuanian girl’s success story
After finishing her studies Oksana Jaciuk, now a graduate of Japanese studies at Vilnius University’s Center of Oriental Studies, has succesfully undergone the grueling job hunting marathon in Japan. The 5 month long search did not go to waste – the girl is now overjoyed after Toshiba – one of the largest corporation in Japan invited her to work there.
Chiune Sugihara. A Hero or a Speculator of Visas?
One of the most famous Japanese diplomats who worked in Lithuania, Chiune Sugihara (jap. 杉原千畝, Sugihara Chiune), became a part of history as a person who saved thousands of people of Jewish origin during the uneasy times of World War II. On January 1st we were commemorating the 115 year anniversary of the birth of Sugihara and 31 year since he was announced as the Righteous among the Nations in Yad Vashem, the Israeli Holocaust...