Health and Sports Day (Taiiku no hi) is a national holiday in Japan, held annually on the second Monday in October. “Hashi” club is also planning to celebrate it this year, and thus we present two events: Friday 6pm – the usual event at Sugihara House. We will introduce you to the history and traditions […]

The visiting lecturer Dr. Hyun Jeong-im from Sogang University (Seoul, South Korea) will deliver public lecture “The third way of doing politics: Pro-democracy movements in South Korea from 1960s to nowadays” for all University’s students on October 06. The lecture will be held at the History Hall of the Rector’s Office (Donelaičio 58). Lecture’s time: […]

How much do you know about the famous Japanese clothing, kimono? It is definitely beautiful to watch, but it also requires lots of patience and knowledge to wear it. This Friday “Hashi” has invited a guest from the Japanese Culture Centre “Tsuru”, Augustė Juraškaitė, who will tell us more about the ritual of putting on […]

The Centre for Asian Studies invites to the International Symposium Japanology within Asian Studies in Lithuania: Historical Perspective and Present Situation, which will take part on November 3-4 in Kaunas, at the Historical Presidential Palace (Vilniaus g. 33, Kaunas). The Symposium is dedicated to discuss and to evaluate the situation of Asian Studies in Lithuania. […]

New website “Japonų kalba VDU” for learning Japanese language from Lithuanian resources has been launched! Sponsor – Japan Foundation. Accessible through the following links: japonųkalba.vdu.lt/ japonukalba.vdu.lt/ Facebook: Japonų kalba VDU Website is designed for self-studies. Includes materials required for preparing for the JLPT-5 and JLPT-4. Now only several lessons added but by the end of […]

The doctoral disertation “Policy of Country’s Image: the Experience of Japan’s 21st Century Public Diplomacy” by Aurelijus Zykas will be defended on 20 June, 14:00 at the Faculty of Political Science and Diplomacy (202 aud.). The dissertation investigates the peculiarities and changes of Japan’s public diplomacy during late 1900’s and early 2000’s, and identifies the […]

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At 6 p.m., Tuesday, on March 26, in the VMU Aula Magna (Gimnazijos g. 7), a charity concert will be held and donations will be accepted in support of Japanese people. Japan extended a helping hand to Lithuania many times in the past, but now it needs our help. Donations can also be transferred to […]

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Merry Christmas and Happy New year! VMU Japanese culture club “Hashi” wishes you all the best! Have a warm evening at home, laugh with friends and think positive 🙂 “Hashi” is thankful to everybody who visited us this year. We hope to meet you again next year 🙂 See you in February!