November 28^th, 2022    Fukuyama Transporting Co., Ltd. (Head office: Fukuyama City, Hiroshima Prefecture; President: Shigehiro Komaru) and the Komaru Koutsu Foundation (Chief Director: Shigehiro Komaru) held a Japanese book donation ceremony to the Komaru Library at Vytautas Magnus University (the Republic of Lithuania) on November 21st. The ceremony was attended by Mr. Aurelius Zikas, Ambassador of Lithuania to Japan, Mr. Tetsu Ozaki, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Embassy of Japan in Lithuania, and Mr. Toyohide Shigeeda, former Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Embassy of Japan in Lithuania. Since the opening of the Komaru Library in 2019, a donation of approx. 600 Japanese books have been made for Japanese language education. Through the Komaru Library, we will continue to offer a good place for mutual exchange between students, further deepen understanding and strengthen friendly relations between the Republic of Lithuania and Japan.
President Komaru was appointed as Honorary Consul of the Republic of Lithuania in Fukuyama in January 2017 and Honorary Consul General in February 2021. Through such projects as a goodwill visit to Lithuania on Japan's first direct flight by chartered airplane, he is promoting cultural and academic exchanges in addition to the economic field. This time, he made a second goodwill visit by chartered plane. He will continue to make efforts for the stable development of both countries by further deepening interaction in a wide range of fields, such as culture and personnel.
Komaru Koutsu Foundation was established on September 9th, 2013, to promote traffic safety awareness, hosting various traffic safety lectures in elementary schools across Japan and carrying out educational activities to prevent traffic accidents. Furthermore, the foundation supports the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by providing opportunities for students overseas studying Japanese to present the results of their studies and organizing Japanese composition speech contests to raise traffic safety awareness and promote cultural exchange with Japan.

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(From left to right: President Komaru and Ms. Lina Blovesciuniene, the director of the VMU library)

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