YEREVAN.- Armenia will host a festival of Japanese cinema. The festival will be held in Yerevan on November 2-4 and Gyumri on November 5-6.

The event is organized by the Armenian-Japanese scientific, educational and cultural center Hikari in cooperation with the Embassy of Japan in Armenia, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Ministry of Culture of Armenia as well as in partnership with the Armenian representation of JT International Luxembourg S.A.

It is the second festival of Japanese cinema held in Armenia. The program features five movies, head of the center Karine Piliposyan told reporters on Wednesday.

This year marks the 20th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between Armenia and Japan and the festival will be the fifth event organized by Hikari center.

In his turn representative of Culture Ministry Aram Gyurjyan noted that Armenian and Japanese nations have different original cultures but there is also commonality dictated by similar history.

“This is a historical path that changed peoples’ way of thinking making them soldiers, a special set of values ​​and a code of honor,” he emphasized.