Book Donation Ceremony at VMU Asian Books Space

VMU Centre for Asian Studies together with Fukuyama Transporting. Co and its Komaru Kotsu Foundation invites everyone to the official ceremony of donation of books that will mark the opening of Komaru Bunko – a special collection of books dedicated to Japanese studies and curated by the Foundation. The event will be taking place on Tuesday 10 December, 11.30 a.m., at Asian Books Space (Vaclovas Biržiška Reading Room, K. Donelaičio st. 52, Kaunas).

CAS has been cooperating with Komaru Kotsu Foundation for several years already – together we organized Japanese Speech Contests in 2018 and 2019. The winners of these contests participated in special programs in Japan. In order to promote interest in Japanology studies at VMU and in Kaunas, the CAS partner Komaru Kotsu Foundation decided to donate books and more than 300 publications to the Asian Books Space. In addition to the academic literature, readers will also find manga – Japanese comic books that are very popular in the world – as well as publications adapted to the reading levels of Japanese language students. These publications will  contribute to the activities of the Japanese reading club at VMU.

During the ceremony, director of Komaru Kotsu Foundation Mr. Shigehiro Komaru (the president of Fukuyama Transporting) will officially announce the opening of Komaru Bunko. Ambassador of Japan in Lithuania. H. E. Shiro Yamasaki will say a greeting speech.