Reception on the occasion of Sugihara Chiune year in Lithuania
On the occasion of Sugihara Chiune year in Lithuania that is coming to an end and to take stock of series of events dedicated to his heroic legacy, reception at Lithuanian Embassy in Japan took place. It was attended by Mr. H. Nakasone, Chairman of Japan-Lithuania Parliamentary Friendship League, Mr. M. Takei, Mayor of Tokyo Minato-ku, representatives of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan, Mr. Sh. Komaru, Honorary Consul of Lithuania, representatives of Waseda and Meijo Universities, journalists.
In his address, Ambassador G. Varvuolis reviewed the main events of the Sugihara Year 2020 in Lithuania and Japan. Mr. H. Nakasone expressed gratitude to the Embassy and to Lithuania for cherishing memory of Ch. Sugihara.
At the reception, Japanese translation of the book “The Good, the Bad, and the Miserable: Ch. Sugihara and the Refugees of the Second World War in Lithuania ” by Lithuanian historian Simonas Strelcovas was presented. It has just been published by Japanese Akashi Shoten publishing house.
Participants of the reception were addressed by the author of the book through a video recording, and Lithuanian music was played by violinist M. Fukuda.
