7In March (2013), the Centre for Asian Studies successfully finished the research project “Representation of Japanese Popular Culture in Europe”, supported by Japan Foundation. As result, the 7th issue of the academic periodic journal “Regioninės studijos” was published.

This issue focuses on the acceptance of Japanese Popular culture in Europe, which could be considered as one of the most influential factors in constructing the image of Japan from interdisciplinary point of view, in order to examine how have images of Japan been constructed and developed through Japanese Popular Culture Reception in Europe and if they changed or been consistent before and after Japanese popular culture boom in Europe.