Japanese-Armenian Friendship: A Personal...

Anna Muradyan June 5, 2014 Photo: Hideharu Nakajima, his wife Melanya, and their daughter Anahit Hideharu Nakajima has been to Armenia many times, most recently to participate in a meeting of regional representatives tasked with coordinating events to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide. However, his familiarity with Armenian culture and history dates back to the 1950s when in Japan, as a junior high school student, his class was studying the Soviet Union. “I was placed in a group given the Caucasus,” he tells Hetq. “We studied the...

Japanese “Haiku” with Armenian Rendering...

27 June 2014 Armenia has participated in “Haiku” international competition for the first time: the best 6 works will be exhibited in Japan.  Anna Ambardanyan has heard of Japanese “Haiku” art, but she hadn’t even thought that one time she will be infatuated with it and will represent Armenia at “Haiku” international competition. Just during the class at  “Hikari” Armenian-Japanese scientific-cultural center she thought of a three-lined poem in “Haiku” style, committed it to paper and now she is one of the winners of the Armenian participants. The...

Cultural dialogue among Armenian, Russia...

30/09/2013 International conference on «Cultural dialogue among Armenian, Russian and Japanese countries. Comparative analysis» was launched by  RAU (Russian-Armenian (Slavonic) University)   on September 27 and 28. The conference was organized with the contribution of Japanese Fund and with the help of  Humanitarian Science Institute of World History and International Cooperation Department of Russian-Armenian Slavonic University.                the material is taken from the http://www.gazeta.rau.am/index.php?bid=1467 Thanks to  Karine Karamyan for the...

Little Japanese kids play Armenian Aram ...

Japan is provide more than one million d...

12.08.2014 YEREVAN, August 12. /ARKA/. The Japan International Cooperation Agency will earmark more than one million dollars to Armenia’s emergency ministry for controlling landslides in the country, Representative of JICA Office in Uzbekistan Iida Jiro told journalists on Tuesday after signing an appropriate agreement with Armenian Emergency Minister Armen Yeritsyan. Prevention of landslides is very important to Armenia, he said answering ARKA News Agency’s question. He said many disasters relating to landslides happen here, and therefore the JICA has decided to...

Sakurada Japanese restaurant located in ...

櫻田 SAKURADA ՍԱԿՈՒՐԱԴԱ Japanese Restaurant Nalbandyan 23, 0001 Yerevan, Armenia translated from Armenian into English by M.Vardanyan Menu                 the material is taken from...

New lecturer of “Armenian Course” In Jap...

Starting from July 14, Astgik Hovanisyan, was appointed as a new lecturer of “The Armenian language course” in “Asahi” cultural centre. the material is taken from...

About Japan

Japan Japan (in Japanese Nihon or Nippon (kanzi-日本), officially–Nihon-koku or Nippon koku (kanzi-日本国), literally–the Country of Japan) is an island-country in East Asia. The Nippon variant is often used as an official form on the stamps and banknotes, while the Nihon variant is mainly used in everyday life. The Japanese call themselves Nihondzin (in Japanese-日本人), and the language-Nihongo (in Japanese-日本語). Nihon literally means “the motherland of sun”, and from here comes the name “Country of the Rising Sun”. Until the 700-ies the...

Interesting Japanese laws

The 9th Article of the Japanese legislation forbids the country to have an army and to participate in wars. In Japan there functions one of the most liberal laws concerning smoking: it is allowed to smoke everywhere, besides the airports and the stations. In Japan the prisoners have no right to participate in the elections. There is capital punishment in Japan. Last year 8 prisoners were sentenced to death. There isn’t an appropriate law, but it is an established order in Japan always to serve men first. At the restaurant man is the first to make an order and he is the...

Which city to go in the spring. The firs...

We recommend you to follow one of the Japanese cities tracks. There are months and periods when some areas are especially beautiful and attractive. Events, international events, seasonal affordable prices, or the monsoon rains: all these factors determine the choice of final destination, but in some cases, there are seasonal nature’s wonders which we offer you to see this spring. And why to  Japan just in this period? In one of the local small towns, Kitakyushu, which is about 4-5 hours away from Tokyo, one of the wonderful gardens is located. Every year, from...

Traditional Japanese painting «siborizom...

17/02/2013 In the History Museum of Armenia a seminar has been launched with the contribution of　The Japan Foundation. The seminar has an aim for the restoration of the canvas. The seminar will last until February 22 within the framework of the 20th anniversary of the diplomatic relations between Armenia and Japan. Traditional Japanese painting «siboridzom» method was presented within the framework of this seminar. Dr. Mie Ishi has spent practical work and master classes. The seminar and Mie Ishi’s master classes have an aim of strengthening the ties between Japan...