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The Japan Times
Aug 22 2012
Cultural exchanges a top priority for new Armenian ambassador
Staff report
Grant Pogosyan, who was appointed Armenia's ambassador to Japan in
July, said his mission here is to promote further bilateral cultural
exchanges.
In a courtesy call Tuesday to The Japan Times, Pogosyan, who in the
last 21 years taught computer science and math at Tokyo's
International Christian University, stressed the importance of
cultural and educational exchanges, especially among young people.
Pogosyan said that although Armenia is drawing more Japanese tourists
in recent years, the landlocked mountainous country in the South
Caucasus region of Eurasia is "still not widely known in Japan."
Noting that The Armenian Little Singers choir toured Japan for the
first time in July and sang Armenian folk songs from the fifth century
and religious music - while also singing modern music and jazz -
Pogosyan said Armenia and Japan share a commonality in that "both
countries try to protect its unique traditional culture while building
a modern society."
Armenia was under Soviet rule until its 1991 independence.
Aug 22 2012
Cultural exchanges a top priority for new Armenian ambassador
Staff report
Grant Pogosyan, who was appointed Armenia's ambassador to Japan in
July, said his mission here is to promote further bilateral cultural
exchanges.
In a courtesy call Tuesday to The Japan Times, Pogosyan, who in the
last 21 years taught computer science and math at Tokyo's
International Christian University, stressed the importance of
cultural and educational exchanges, especially among young people.
Pogosyan said that although Armenia is drawing more Japanese tourists
in recent years, the landlocked mountainous country in the South
Caucasus region of Eurasia is "still not widely known in Japan."
Noting that The Armenian Little Singers choir toured Japan for the
first time in July and sang Armenian folk songs from the fifth century
and religious music - while also singing modern music and jazz -
Pogosyan said Armenia and Japan share a commonality in that "both
countries try to protect its unique traditional culture while building
a modern society."
Armenia was under Soviet rule until its 1991 independence.