We would like to invite you to the online international premiere of a new documentary movie „Visas for Life. The Chain of Courage“ on May 30 (Sunday) at 16:00 Japan time. Working language of the event: English

Prior registration is required! Please, register your participation in the following link: https://forms.gle/gXLFKx46rbRHd4x19

On April 14 2021, Mr. H. Nakasone, Chairman of Japan-Lithuania Friendship Parliamentary League, and Mr. M. Shimizu, Member of the House of Councilors of the Diet, paid a visit to the Lithuanian Embassy in Tokyo. During the meeting, participation of Lithuanian athletes in the Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games, as well as inter-parliamentary relations were discussed.

Ambassador of Lithuania in Japan Gediminas Varvuolis participated in Tokyo 2020 Olympic Torch Relay in Yaotsu Town. He is the only Lithuanian representative to carry the Olympic torch in this relay. The Olympic Torch Relay started on March 25 in Fukushima and will last for four months until the opening of the Olympic Games on July 23.

On April 1, 2021, Minister of Health Mr. Arūnas Dulkys together with the President of the Japan Agency for Medical Research and Development (AMED) Mr. Yoshinao Mishima signed a Memorandum of Cooperation on the implementation of joint research projects during a remote conference. After the signing, the meeting was attended by Ambassador of Lithuania to Japan Mr. Gediminas Varvuolis, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Mr. Egidijus Meilūnas and Deputy Minister of Health Ms. Danguolė Jankauskienė, and Ambassador of Japan to Lithuania Mr. Shiro Yamasaki.

On March 31, Ambassador G. Varvuolis took part in the Seminar at the Japanese Diet “Gender Equality and the Young Generation”. In his intervention Ambassador presented Lithuania's achievements in gender equality, especially the changed situation in the field of political mandate after the last parliamentary election. He highlighted the work of European Institute for Gender Equality (EIGE) in its potential in sharing good practices with Japan, which could be particularly useful in the field of digitization (#WomenGoTech and other mentoring programs).

Ambassador G. Varvuolis participated in the unveiling ceremony of a monument to Chiune Sugihara in Nagoya. The monument was erected on the grounds of Mizuhogaoka Junior High School, where Sugihara studied. The event was attended by Nagoya Mayor T. Kawamura, other local authorities, the author of the monument, famous Japanese sculptor  M. Yamamoto, as well as Ch. Sugihara's granddaughters Madoka and Haruka, school management, students and the media.

On March 20 Ambassador Gediminas Varvuolis visited Fukuyama, Hiroshima Prefecture. During the visit, Ambassador attended of the ceremony of appointing Shigehiro Komaru the rank of Honorary Consul General of Lithuania. The event was attended by representatives of local government, business, and the leadership of Hiroshima University. Shigehiro Komaru is the first honorary consul of Lithuania in Japan to be given the title of Honorary Consul General.