Japan

In most parts of the world, starting a conversation with references to the weather is considered pretty banal. Not so in countries like Canada or Lithuania, where spring has been late to come.

This week, Kevin Rudd, president of the Asia Society Policy Institute and former Australian prime minister, will be visiting Moscow. Speaking at the Carnegie Moscow Center on February 18, 2016, Kevin Rudd outlined Chinese foreign policy under Xi Jinping. In a new article written exclusively for Carn...

Lithuanian scientist, professor Arminas Ragauskas has been nominated for the European Inventor Award, the first Lithuanian ever to be nominated for this award.

Lithuania ambassador to Japan Egidijus Meilūnas handed over credentials to South-East Asian Nations (ASEAN) Secretary General Le Luong Minh on March 28, saying Lithuania wanted to become a gateway to Europe for ASEAN countries.

Vilnius was visited by almost a million tourists last year, up 5% on 2014, according to the latest figures from the Department of Statistics.

Lithuania expects to see the rapid growth of its tourism sector continue well into 2016. With a Lithuanian delegation travelling to the US later this month to promote the country, the award from the UNTWO for the Treetop Walking Path in Anykšciai, and the buzz that the Kaunas-set Japanese WWII film ...

Lithuania may soon be able to export its dairy products to China as the country is due to receive certificates that allows entry of its dairy products into Chinese markets.

Lithuania's diplomatic consulates abroad invited Lithuanians and friends of Lithuania to honour the 25th anniversary of the January 13, 1991, events on Wednesday.

Japonijos aukštųjų mokyklų pirmenybėse - labai neįprastas derinys ir puikus įvartis. Prieš atliekant baudos smūgį, puolančioji komanda suformavo trijų žaidėjų sienelę, kuri visiškai paslėpė kamuolį nuo varžovų akių.

Lithuania is shortly to receive a response from Japan about whether the country will allow Lithuanian beef imports.

We meet Japanese Ambassador Toyoei Shigeeda in his office. On the little table next to him, there are first-day stamp souvenirs of Lithuania's most famous Japanese, Chiune Sugihara. The Embassy is located on Čiurlionio Street in Vilnius, named after the famous Lithuanian composer and painter. Mikalo...

In an interview with the Lithuania Tribune, Egidijus Meilūnas, Lithuania's Ambassador in Tokyo, says people in Japan are starting to discover the Baltic country for its culture, tourism and investment opportunities.

Walking through Tokyo Station on a weekday morning with tens of thousands of people leaves the impression of a well orchestrated ballet where the dancers manage to find their way through what looks like a labyrinth of train lines, subway, shopping areas and high speed train lines. Most of these peop...

Spalio 29 d. visą mėnesį Vilniuje trukusį III-ąjį tarptautinį M. K. Čiurlionio muzikos festivalį Valdovų rūmuose vainikuos pianizmo žvaigždė iš JAV Kevin Kenner. Kevin Kenner – pasaulio prestižiškiausių tarptautinių F. Šopeno Varšuvoje, P. Čaikovskio Maskvoje, G. Bachauer Solt Leik Sityje pianistų k...

Trečiadienį Piano.lt koncertų salėje Martynas Levickis su akordeonistų duetu iš Japonijos Taca ir Aco atidarys pirmą kartą organizuojamą Japonijos – Baltijos dizaino savaitę „Made in Japan“. Koncerto dalyviai kartu atliks po vieną kūrinį iš Lietuvos ir Japonijos folkloro, taip parodydami kaip šios d...

Jis paperka paprastumu ir nuoširdumu, nuo jo dvelkia ir ramybe, ir nevaržoma laisve. Saulius Petreikis yra būtent tas muzikantas, kurį kone rimtai būtų galima pavadinti žmogumi orkestru. Retas yra įvaldęs tiek skirtingų instrumentų, priklausančių spalvingoms pasaulio kultūroms. Su Sauliumi Petreikiu...

On 14 October, Lithuanian Minister of Foreign Affairs Linas Linkevičius attended the première of the film Persona Non Grata about a Japanese ambassador in Lithuania who issued visas to Jews during World War Two, saving thousands of people from death.

Kaip ir kiekvieną rudenį Prancūzijos sostinė vos prieš keletą dienų mirgėjo visomis madingiausiomis sezono spalvomis – čia vyko Paryžiaus mados savaitė. Įspūdingiausius mados pasaulio renginius aplankė ir modelių agentūros „Lama Model Management” bei mokymo centro „Mokslo džiaugsmas” vadovė Marija L...