Komaru Transportation Company together with Hiroshima University Lithuanian Center and VMU Center for Asian Studies is organizing the Fifth and already traditional Japanese Language Speech Contest. Participants from schools and universities who are studying Japanese language in Lithuania are welcome. Traditionally, the organizers are going to surprise participants with special prizes. The year 2022 is […]
This month VMU Centre for Asian studies successfully concluded the project with the objective to create a Japanese language textbook for guides. The material for conversations provided in the textbook “Vienas vienas… キコエマスカ” allows to gain necessary communication skills and knowledge needed for the tourism sector in Lithuania. This is the first Japanese language textbook […]
Senior Coordinator of the Centre for Asian Studies, Japanese language lecturer Ms. Kayako Takagi has participated in the recent International Conference on Japanese Language Teaching (日本語教育連絡会議) that was held on September 6-7, 2019 in University of Vienna (Austria). Ms. Takagi made a presentation (“A case report of Tadoku in Reading Club of Vytautas Magnus University”) […]
In the past few months the Centre for Asian Studies (CAS) together with VMU’s Japanese language teachers and international partners were working on a project financed by Japan Foundation’s “Sakura Network” program. The project was focused on expanding japonukalba.vdu.lt – a page that provides freely accessible Japanese language lessons in Lithuanian language for independent learning.
On April 16th one of the biggest newspapers in Japan Asahi Shimbun published an article based on VMU Centre for Asian Studies head Dr. Aurelijus Zykas. Article mainly contains information about newly published Japanese-Lithuanian dictionary. Article can be found here. Akiyoshi Komaki, author of the article, recently visited Kaunas and talked with some of the Japanese-Lithuanian […]
Students are encouraged to apply for Japanese Language Program for Overseas Students (Outstanding Students) 2015 organized by Japan Foundation. All the applicants must first fill out the form that can be found at the Centre for Asian Studies (Vaizganto st. 30, Kaunas) until the 24th of April.
As most of you already know, November in HASHI club is dedicated to the Japanese language and other related aspects. One of the aspects is dialects. Depending on the size of a country and the number of regions, they can differ only a little or may have so many differences that people who live in […]
Most people who love Japan dream about seeing this country with their own eyes. Every year at least one HASHI club member sets on a long journey for even just a moment to look into this dream land. This Friday Joana Vaitkutė, who lived in Japan for one year, will tell us about her experience.
This Friday in HASHI club we will watch a Japanese movie.
Spalio 18 d. VMU japanese culture club ‘Hashi’ invites you all to Japanese language reading contest „Fairytales from Japan and Lithuania in Japanese“. The best contestants will be rewarded with presents from Japan! Participants will be divided into 3 levels according to their Japanese language skills and will face different tasks. Beginers will have to […]