Greek Pianist Panos Karan, currently residing in the U.K., will be visiting Japan on March 16, from 6:30pm to 8:30pm, to give a piano recital at the Ouji Hall for the disaster victims of the Tohuku earthquake. This will be his second visit after performing 11 concerts in August 2011 in the Tohuku area for [...]
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Greek Professor of Computational Mechanics of Structures Distinguished by Japanese University of Kyushu
A Greek Professor, Nikos Aravas, specializing in computational mechanics of structures at the Department of Mechanical Engineering in the University of Thessaly, was presented with the “World Premier International Professor” by the Japanese University of Kyushu. Moreover, the Greek professor will now formally begin his close partnership with the International Institute for Carbon-Neutral Energy Research (I2CNER) of [...]
Greeks of Japan: A Worldwide Phenomenon
One of the most populated countries in the world is Japan. With about 127 million people, it’s hard to get around. It’s even harder for the Greek immigrants that have been living in such a populated country to find other Greek natives to form a community. In spite of the chaos that surrounds Japan, some [...]
Tsolakidis Wins Silver Medal at World Championships
Vassilis Tsolakidis won the silver medal in the Artistic Gymnastics World Championships in Tokyo on the 16th of October, ranking second in the parallel bars final. The Greek champion shared his medal with the Chinese Zhang Chenglong. Tsolakidis performed his routine in excellent fashion, including two moves that bear his name (Tsolakidis and Tsolakidis 2), [...]
Greek Atomic Energy Agency Issues List of Precautions for Greeks in Japan
The Greek Atomic Energy Agency considers the nuclear situation in Japan to be declining. Recently the agency has issued a new list of precautions for all Greeks in Japan, especially at its ports. Taking into consideration the state of emergency following the accident at the power station Fukushima Daiichi, on the eastern coast of Japan, [...]
Greek Embassy of Japan Urges Greeks to Leave the Country
The Greek Embassy of Japan, realizing the serious problems that the nuclear reactors leak may cause, urged Greeks who are around the dangerous area to leave. The spokesman of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said that they have already booked tickets for those who want to return to Greece. Mr. Delavekouras, talking on TV, explained [...]
Greek-Japanese Christos Makiyama Talks about How He Experienced the Devastating 8.9-Magnitude Earthquake
Christos Makiyama, a Greek-Japanese resident of Yokohama – a city about 15 miles south of Tokyo- talks about how he experienced the 8.9 magnitude earthquake. In our video call he also told us that most Greeks of Japan are in good health. Fay Savaidis and Christos Makiyama have created a website for Greeks in Japan, [...]
Japan Forum on International Relations Urges Nation’s Acceptance for Skilled Immigration
A leading international think tank is urging Japan to open up its traditionally restrictive immigration system to incoming skilled immigration. The proposal by the Japan Forum on International Relations (JFIR) proposes that Japan adopt a skills-based immigration system. One similar to immigration systems in leading immigration destination countries in the West. In addition, JFIR proposes that [...]
A Greek Taverna in Tokyo
Translated by Anna Maria Delinasiou I found myself in the country of the rising sun. I was a guest at a Japanese friend’s house and thus found myself cut off from everything Greek. One evening, Tokyo, where I was, was hit by a hurricane. Since we could not leave the house we were surfing the [...]
“Aegean” in Tokyo
If gyros, moussaka and tzatziki all sound Greek to you, it’s time to visit The Aegean, Tokyo’s only Greek restaurant, owned and operated by a Greek. Here you can chat with sculptor and restaurateur Nik Biniari and perhaps discover why Greek people always seem a notch more genki than the rest of us. But before [...]
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02 / 03 Panos Karan To Give Charity Classical Piano Recital for Disaster Victims of Tohuku
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