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Japan–Lithuania relations are the bilateral foreign relations between Japan and Lithuania. Japan has an embassy in Vilnius. Lithuania has an embassy in Tokyo. On February, 1992, Embassy of Japan to Lithuania was established in Denmark, and on January, 1997, it moved to Vilnius, Lithuania. On June, 1998, Embassy of Lithuania to Japan was established in Tokyo.〔http://www.mofa.go.jp/mofaj/area/lithuania/data.html〕 Ambassador to Lithuania is Kazuko Shiraishi, ambassador to Japan is Egidijus Meilūnas. == History == January 3, 1919, the date when Japan recognized Lithuania ''de facto''〔Gintaras Kaselis, Ramojus Kraujelis, Stasys Lukšys, Arūnas Streikus, Mindaugas Tamošaitis "Istorijos vadovėlis. 12 kl. II dalis.", page 14〕 is considered the beginning of the bilateral relations. On February 8, 1929 the agreement by which visas were abolished was signed between Japan and Lithuania, while in 1930 the Trade and shipping agreement was signed. On November 23, 1939 Japanese consulate was established, led by Vice Consul Chiune Sugihara. However, due to the occupation, the consulate was shut the following year. During World War II, in 1940 a Japanese diplomat named Chiune Sugihara assisted the flight of Jewish refugees by issuing them transit visas in Kaunas, Lithuania.〔https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=rdERAAAAIBAJ&sjid=huwDAAAAIBAJ&pg=7037,4769490&dq=japan+lithuania+-russia+-china+-latvia+-estonia&hl=en〕 Sugihara was then a vice-consul at Japan's diplomatic mission had ignored instructions from the Japanese Government by issuing transit permits to Japan for Jewish families fleeing from Poland in the wake of the Nazi invasion. Up to 10,000 refugees were saved from this action. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Japan–Lithuania relations」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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