COURTESY AND ADVOCACY VISIT

On Wednesday, 29th April 2009, Izumi Seki, Counsellor , and Haru Tsunashima , Second Secretary from the Embassy of Japan to the Republic of Lithuania visited the LNOC quarters in Vilnius, for discussion with the Lithuanian NOC President Arturas Poviliunas and Secretary General Vytautas Zubernis. At the centre of discussions were sport and cultural cooperation, present-day works and plans for the future in the framework of signatured a cooperation agreement between the Japanese and Lithuanian Olympic Committees.

Also discussed was Japanese capital Tokyo City's bid to stage successful Olympic Summer Games in 2016. Positive evaluation was expressed as concerns mutual sport friendship of martial art of combat representatives of both countries.