Diplomat Hovhannes Khan Masehyan: Anna V...

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The YouTube channel of Diana Sargsyan Ko...

Eiichi Shibusawa. The founder of Japanes...

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VIDEO։About the Yokai (Supernatural Bein...

On　on February 23, 2023 at the Iroha Center, as framework of the “lessons related to origami and other interesting Japanese culture” Maiko san conducted an interesting course on the topic “About youkai “ . Author: H....

VIDEO։ Study Rrograms at the University ...

February 11, 2023 (Saturday) at 17:30, the Iroha Center hosted representatives from the University of Tsukuba in Japan, who presented training programs for international students at the University of Tsukuba. Author: H....

The first Persian diplomat in Japan is a...

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VIDEO։ 11th Japanese Speaking Contest

On February 5, 2023, the 11th competition “oral speech in Japanese” was held in the Blue Hall of the Russian-Armenian University. This year, 13 people took part in the competition, of which 10 in the student section and 3 in the student section. Before the start of the ceremony, Deputy Director of the Armenian-Russian University Gagik Sargsyan delivered a welcoming speech. After that,  the Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Ambassador of Japan to Armenia Masanori Fukushima, delivered a welcoming speech. After the speech, the examination committee was...

“The Golden Temple” by Yukio...

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VIDEO։ About Rakugo

On January 19, 2023 at the Iroha Center, as framework of the “lessons related to origami and other interesting Japanese culture” Maiko san conducted an interesting course on the topic “About Rakugo“. Author: H....

The Birth of the “National Languag...

Within the framework of the “Lectures on Japanese Studies” program, on December 20, 2022 (Tuesday), at 2:30 p.m., a lecture of the Hitotsubashi University‘s Professor Toshiaki Yasuda (linguistic policy, intellectual history) took place in the Piotrovsky auditorium of the new building of the Russian-Armenian (Slavonic) University (RAU)  . In Japan, the literary language is called “kokugo”, which translates as “national language”. This name has close conecction to the idea of nation-building or national unity in Japan of the new period....

VIDEO։About Onomatopoeia in the Japanese...

On November 30, 2022 at the Iroha Center, as framework of the “lessons related to origami and other interesting Japanese culture” Maiko and Yoko sans conducted an interesting course on the topic “about onomatopoeia in Japanese“. Of course, at the end they returned to origami. Author: H....

Hakob Arshakyan met with the President o...

28.09.2022 RA National Assembly Deputy Speaker Hakob Arshakyan met Hidehisa Otsuji, President of the House of Councilors of the Japanese Parliament, on September 28 in Tokyo. The Deputy Speaker of the National Assembly conveyed detailed information on the Azerbaijani encroachments on the sovereign territory of the Republic of Armenia on September 13-14, including the civilian and military casualties of the Republic of Armenia, the damage caused to the settlements and infrastructures of the Republic of Armenia. In this context, the deputy speaker of the National Assembly...

Karen Hamada. “Nerses ShnoraluR...

My interlocutor, Karen Hamada , is a Japanese theologian . Studied at Tokyo University Regional Studies Department , Graduate School of Arts and Sciences , now works at Tokyo University ( Komaba Campus ). Interested in theological and literary interactions in the Christian East , he studied  Armenian , Assyrian and Georgian . This year, Karen Hamada published ” One Christ , One Church . The theology of the Armenian Church between the Byzantines and the...

VIDEO ։Lesson Four

The novel of Kenzaburo Oe novel “T...

“The floodinvades my spirit ” is the most famous novel by the modern Japanese writer Kenzaburo Oe, which, thanks to the translation of the Japanese language specialist Astghik Hovhannisyan, is already available in Armenian. At the center of this dystopian parable is the relationship between man and society, adults and children, and the title is a quote from the biblical Book of Jonah, referring readers to the traditions of Japanese Christianity, subtly and piercingly sounded in the novel. the material is taken...

Ճապոնագիտություն / Japanology...

This page presents scientific, cultural, geological research and materials about the Armenian-Japanese relations.

How can people living in Armenia go to J...

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The Ambassador of Armenia to Japan Areg ...

On May 24, the Ambassador Areg Hovhannisyan met the Deputy Head of International Airline Strategy Group of “Japan Airlines” Tatsuro Asami and the Manager of International Airline Marketing Department Aran Sato. The main subject of the meeting was the prospective of making direct flights from Japan to Armenia after the pandemic. In this context the RA Ambassador presented to the interlocutors the attractiveness of the given direction, also highlighting the possibility of making transit flights from Armenia to Europe and other regions. The material is taken...

Visit of Japanese Ambassador Fukushima M...

On May 20, 2022 at 15:30 the Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Ambassador of Japan in Armenia Fukushima Masanori visited “IROHA” Armenian-Japanese educational and cultural exchange center. Author: H....

A Work in Japanese about Nerses Shnorhal...

Last month in Japan there was published the book of theologist Karen Hamada “One Christ, one church: the theology of the Armenian church between the Byzantines and Crusaders”, which mainly refers to the Armenian church figure, theologist, poet, musicologist, composer, historian, Catholicos of All Armenian, saint of the Armenian church – Nerses Shnorhali (Nerses D Klayetsi, 1102-1173). This is the first book about the Armenian Apostolic church published in the Japanese-speaking environment. The first part of the book is dedicated to the life and works of Nerses...