Japan–Lithuania relations the wake of the Nazi invasion. Up to 10,000 refugees were saved from this action. There is a significant close partnership between the city of Kuji and Klaipėda, established in 1989. Japan "de facto" re-recognized Lithuania on September 6, 1991 and a month later diplomatic relations were re-established between these countries. In 1997 the Embassy of Japan was established in Vilnius and in 1998 the Embassy of Lithuania was established in Tokyo. In March 2016, Japan and Lithuania agreed to cooperate on nuclear safety. In August 2016, Training Squadron vessels of the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force "Kashima", "Asagiri" and "Setoyuki"
(They Long to Be) Close to You remove the extended coda and release it as a 3-minute, 40-second long single in May 1970, it became A&M's biggest hit since Alpert's "This Guy's in Love with You" from 1968. "Billboard" ranked it as the number 2 song for 1970. With "(They Long to Be) Close to You", Carpenters earned a Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Performance by a Duo, Group or Chorus in 1971. It became the first of three Grammy Awards they would win during their careers. Richard had originally written the flugelhorn solo part for Herb Alpert, but when he was unavailable, Chuck Findley was brought