October 15^th, 2024    The Komaru Koutsu Foundation (Headquarters: Fukuyama City, Hiroshima Prefecture, Chief Director: Shigehiro Komaru) co-sponsored with Fukuyama City University and Vytautas Magnus University held the 7th Japanese Composition Speech Contest on October 14th at Vytautas Magnus University in the Republic of Lithuania. Attended guests of honor were H.E. Tetsu Ozaki, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Embassy of Japan in Lithuania, and Fukuyama City Mayor Mr. Naoki Edahiro. A special sponsor of this contest is Fukuyama Transporting Co., Ltd. (Head office: Fukuyama City, Hiroshima Prefecture; President: Shigehiro Komaru).

The theme of the contest was "transportation." The 1st place winner in the advanced level was Ms. Emilija Jurolaic, an alumna of Vilnius University. She delivered a speech on the importance of ensuring the safe and smooth use of public transportation for children.　Through a Japanese Composition Speech Contest, we will continue to raise traffic safety awareness, further deepen understanding, and strengthen friendly relations between Lithuania and Japan.

President Komaru has been serving as the Honorary Consul of the Republic of Lithuania in Fukuyama since January 2017 and as the Honorary Consul General since February 2021. He has been working to strengthen the friendship and goodwill between Lithuania and Japan by organizing Japan's first direct chartered flight to Lithuania. President Komaru will continue to promote cultural, academic, and economic exchanges between the two countries.

The Komaru Koutsu Foundation was founded on September 9th, 2013, to promote traffic safety and prevent accidents. The foundation conducts various traffic safety lectures in schools throughout Japan and engages in educational activities to promote road safety. Additionally, the foundation supports the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by providing opportunities for students studying Japanese overseas to present the results of their studies. They also organize Japanese composition speech contests to raise traffic safety awareness and encourage cultural exchange with Japan.

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(Venue of the 7th Japanese Composition Speech Contest in the Republic of Lithuania) (Vilnius University alumna Ms. Emilija Jurolaic, the 1st place winner in the advanced level)

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