The 20th Anniversary of the Diplomatic Relations
between Japan and Georgia - 2012
The diplomatic relations between Japan and Georgia were established on August 3,1992. The year 2012, marks the 20th Anniversary of this historical event.
The Governments of Japan and Georgia are organizing various events in order to commemorate this 20th Anniversary.
● Greeting from H.E. Masayoshi Kamohara, Ambassador of Japan to Georgia, on 20th Anniversary
● Messages on the day of the 20th Anniversary (August 3, 2012)
● Commemorating Events Calendar (to be held in Georgia)
【Spring of Japan - Japanese cultural month】
February 18: Ballet Concert by Ms. Nina Ananiashvili and Ms. Shinobu Takita March 11-18: Photo exhibition of drawings made by the children affected by the Great East-Japan Earthquake March 11: Violin Concert by Mr. Ken Aiso March 23-25: Japanese Film Festival
March 10: An Evening of Oriental Studies - Book Presentation of 'Georgians in Safavid Iran' by Hirotake Maeda, Associate Professor of Tokyo Metropolitan University August 3-5: Japanese Film Festival September 20: Japanese Classical Music Concert by Trio "Bravo" September 28: Presentation of Tbilisi State University Professor Nana Gelashvili's Monograph "Japan in the Labyrinths of Centuries" September 30: Wadaiko (Japanese traditional drum) Concert by DADADADAN TENKO October 24-27: Japan-Georgia International Exchange Program between Waseda University and Free University/ Tbilisi State University October 24 Japanese Culture Evening at the Free University of Tbilisi November 17-18 Second Japanese Language Education Seminars in Caucasus at the Free University of Tbilisi
【Autumn of Japan - Japanese cultural month】
● For those planning to organize related events in 2012
News
- "Japan-China Relations at a Crossroads" - Article by Koichiro Gemba, Foreign Minister of Japan published in the International Herald Tribune on November 21, 2012 (December 7,2012) ⇒
- Information on the Scholarship Program in Economic and Public Policy Management 2013-2015 at University of Tsukuba (June 4, 2012) ⇒
- Information on the Japanese Government Scholarship for 2013 (Research Students and Undergraduate Students) (April 4, 2012) ⇒
- Opening statement by the Prime Minister of Japan Yoshihiko NODA at the Foreign Press interview on March 3, 2012 - Message to the international society on the occasion of the one-year Anniversary of the Great East Japan Earthquake (March 9, 2012)⇒
- Design Contest for Commemorative Coins for the Great East Japan Earthquake Reconstruction Project (February 29, 2012)⇒
- Information on the Japanese Government Scholarship for 2012 (Japanese Studies Students and Teacher Training Students) (January 17, 2012) ⇒