Das Thema der Behinderung in japanischer & deutschsprachiger Gegenwartsliteratur: Literaturwissenschaftlicher Abend mit einem Vortrag von Carolin Fleischer-Heininger zu Ichikawa Saous Porträt einer Körperbehinderung 🏢 Hörsaal H112, Universität zu Köln 📅 27.01.26, 19 Uhr co.jpf.go.jp/veranstaltun...

REMINDER You can still sign up to join our "Hita Workshop: Machizukuri Initiatives and Adaptive Governance in a Rural Japanese City" to learn about revitalization initiatives, community building, governance and vigilance in the city of Hita (Ōita Pref.) ▶️ this Friday, online & in-person at the DIJ

You are invited to join the next session of the Contemporary Tokyo Seminar Series 🎤 Mihye CHO (Rikkyo University) "What world is this? Students’ urban ethnography of Tokyo" 📅 Jan 28, 2026 (Wed) / 18:00-20:00 JST 🏚️ Rikkyo University, Bldg one, Room 1203 Registration docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Join our next #DIJStudyGroup "Haga Yaichi and the Kokuminsei jūron: A Fragmentary Imagination of National Identity" with Alberto Zizza (LMU Munich/DIJ) who will discuss identity & self-imagination in prewar Japan 📅 Feb 5, 2026 / 6.30pm JST/10.30am CET 🏚️ online & DIJ www.dijtokyo.org/event/haga-y...

"Training the Heart, the Head, and the Hand: Colonial Education, Missionaries, and Industrial Schools in Korea, 1906–30": new chapter exploring industrial education in colonial Korea by @daneuhaus.bsky.social in Charbonneau & Walther, The Gospel of Work & Money (UPenn Press) doi.org/10.9783/9781...

Sind Japans Corporate Governance-Reformen nur Kosmetik? Nein, argumentiert DIJ-Direktor Franz Waldenberger in seiner Analyse der Revisionen des Stewardship Codes & Corporate Governance Codes für #ACQuarterly. Japan setze auf Konsens als Reformprinzip audit-committee-institute.de/html/de/quar...

How does loneliness affect longevity & disability-free life expectancy? New research by Yvanna Simon, Yuka Minagawa, Karine Pérès finds that impact of loneliness is stronger in Japan than France but Japanese spend more years disability-free than French counterparts sustainability.hypotheses.org/1993

REMINDER You can still sign up for Thursday's hybrid #DIJStudyGroup on the political economy of U.S. military bases and its impact on Japan’s local economy www.dijtokyo.org/event/the-po...

Auch Lust auf ein #Praktikum innerhalb der Max Weber Stiftung? Unter 🔗 gab.hypotheses.org/p...#Praktikumgibt es eine aktuelle Übersicht über die einzelnen Angebote der Auslandsinstitute und der Geschäftsstelle. #Auslandspraktikum #Internship #WeltweitForschen #MWS 2/2

Debatten um digitale Souveränität übersehen oft Japans konsensorientierte Initiative 'Data Free Flow with Trust' (DFFT) erklärt Harald Kümmerle in "Datenströme und Raumordnung. Japans Regulierungsmodell im globalen Kontext" (Zeitschrift für Digitalisierung und Recht 4/25) rsw.beck.de/zeitschrifte...

NEW #OA article "REALIGN Toolkit" @wellcometrust.bsky.social, co-authored by @celiaspoden.bsky.social, discusses how to make research and innovation more ethically responsible for societal needs. It includes a discussion of Celia's research at Tokyo's Avatar Robot Café DAWN ▶️ doi.org/10.12688/wel...

You are invited to join our "Hita Workshop: Machizukuri Initiatives and Adaptive Governance in a Rural Japanese City" 📅 Jan 23, 2026 / 4–6.30 pm JST / 8-10.30 am CET 🏚️ DIJ and online 🎤 Sebastian Polak-Rottmann, Timo Thelen, Masahiko Nishioka, @paul-jokr.bsky.social ▶️ www.dijtokyo.org/event/hita-w...

📖 NEW book chapter by DIJ's Harald Kümmerle examines the reception of Felix Klein’s school of mathematical productivity in Japan "Bridging Göttingen and Tokyo: Oral Culture and the Dynamics of Mathematical Knowledge" @springernature.com link.springer.com/chapter/10.1...

Wir freuen uns auf Ihre Bewerbung bis zum 8. Januar! Direkter Link zum Bewerbungsportal: karriere.maxweberstiftung.de/jobposting/a...

Join our first #DIJStudyGroup in 2026 "The political economy of U.S. military bases and its impact on Japan’s local economy" with Chatchada Kumlungpat (National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies) 📅Jan 15, 2026 / 6.30pm JST / 10.30am CET 🏚️ online & onsite @ DIJ ➡️ www.dijtokyo.org/event/the-po...

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Das Deutsche Institut für Japanstudien wünscht erholsame und frohe Festtage und einen guten Start in ein erfolgreiches Jahr des Pferdes! The German Institute for Japanese Studies wishes you a happy holiday season and a successful Year of the Horse! ドイツ日本研究所一同、皆様のご多幸と来るべき新年が成功の年になることを祈念いたします。

Innovation, games, machizukuri, climate & ‘the mouse’: check out the winter issue of our #DIJNewsletter for the latest on our institute, research, publications, events, alumni, jobs & more @barbtokyo.bsky.social @nicolemmueller.bsky.social @paul-jokr.bsky.social 📑 www.dijtokyo.org/publication/...

DLF-Radiofeature "Leerstand in Japan - Ideen für verlassene Häuser" von Felix Lill 🎤 DIJ-Anthropologe Sebastian Polak-Rottmann erklärt das Phänomen der verlassenen Häuser (akiya) in Japan: "ein Symptom des demographischen Wandels und von Wanderungsbewegungen" www.deutschlandfunk.de/leerstand-in...

🗑️Waste disposal rules in Japan are complicated. The board game Gomi-Gē helps people understand the disposal system through play ▶️ “Gomi-Gē” – A Game for Workshops on Waste Management by Shinichi Ichino, Chika Hirashima, Nodoka Tsuru (Tokyo Metropolitan University) sustainability.hypotheses.org/1736

Why Japan's economic woes spark global market concern @deutschewelle.dw.com DIJ director Franz Waldenberger comments on Japan's debts and the country's high share of net foreign assets: "I call it 'rich country, poor government'" www.dw.com/en/japan-san...

REMINDER Join us for this year's last #DIJStudyGroup, this Wednesday, 17 December, 6.30 pm JST onsite at the DIJ and online www.dijtokyo.org/event/the-co...

ドイツ日本研究所(DIJ Tokyo🇩🇪🇯🇵)のチームメンバーになりませんか？ 💻 事務職員1～2名募集 （正規職員)）、フルタイム（週40時間） 📁 業務内容：イベントマネジメント、秘書業務等 👉 日本語ネイティブで、 ドイツ語・英語ビジネスレベル、類似業務経験者歓迎 勤務開始は2026年4月1日からの予定です。 📅 応募締切日：2026年1月8日 詳細 ➡️ www.dijtokyo.org/job-openings/ ➡️ karriere.maxweberstiftung.de/jobposting/9...

REMINDER You can still sign up for tomorrow's hybrid #DIJStudyGroup "Rape as a theme in contemporary Japanese women's literature" with Marija Tomic @jstudiesvienna.bsky.social / DIJ ➡️ www.dijtokyo.org/event/rape-a...

Werden Sie Teil des DIJ-Teams! ➡️ Stellenausschreibung Verwaltung (m/w/d) www.dijtokyo.org/de/job-openi... u.a. für Eventmanagement & Sekretariatsaufgaben 👉 Ihr Profil: muttersprachliche Japanisch-, sehr gute Deutsch- & Englischkenntnisse; relevante Berufserfahrung 📅 Bewerbungsfrist: 8. Januar 2026

A big thank you to the DWIH Tokyo for bringing together scientists, businesses & policy makers to discuss innovations, research, knowledge in society, future policies & action plans at the 'Sustainable Consumption & Production' symposium, incl. DIJ's @barbtokyo.bsky.social & Sebastian Polak-Rottmann

Can you read hazard maps? Check out the latest article on our Sustainability Blog "Enhancing Resilience Playfully – Designing the Sawakuru! Game" by Rino Ikedo, Sora Kobayashi & Kotaro Shigeta (Tokyo Metropolitan U) whose game helps to improve disaster preparedness sustainability.hypotheses.org/1679

Registration is open for the last #DIJStudyGroup in 2025 "The Coordination State: Industrial Policy & Technology Transfer During Japan’s Postwar Economic Boom, 1950-76" 🎤 Jonathan Krautter, Hitotsubashi Univ 📅 Dec 17 / 6.30pm JST / 10.30am CET 🏚️ DIJ Tokyo & online www.dijtokyo.org/event/the-co...

Schrumpfende Bevölkerung, steigende Erwerbsquote: Im Wirtschaftspodcast „Im Loop“ spricht DIJ-Direktor Franz Waldenberger über den demografischen Wandel, US-Zölle, Konjunkturprogramme, Kampf um Talente und China als zentrale Herausforderungen der Wirtschaft Japans www.finanzfluss.de/podcast/im-l...

2025 SDGs 17 Partnership Fair 📅 Wednesday, Nov 26, 12-18h 🏚️ Musashi University (Bldg 8, 3F in front of Career Services) This year too the DIJ will participate with its research cluster 'Sustainability in Japan' www.dijtokyo.org/project/sust... Meet our team members at the 2025 Fair this Wednesday!

Wir laden Sie herzlich ein zur 5. Session des deutschsprachigen Kaffeekränzchens „Philosophie-Jause“, organisiert von Sebastian Polak-Rottmann (DIJ) & Yukiko Kuwayama (UTCP) 📅 Sonntag, 14. Dezember 2025, 16:30-18:30 Uhr 🏢 DIJ Tokyo Details & Anmeldung ▶️ www.dijtokyo.org/de/event/kaf...

8th EU-Japan Young Scholars Workshop "‘Revisiting’ Transnational Relations between Japan and the West" 📅 online & onsite (Hosei U), Nov 28-30 incl. paper by DIJ's Alberto Zizza on Japan–West Intellectual Exchange through Haga Yaichi & Okakura Yoshisaburō ▶️ hijas.hosei.ac.jp/en/news/2025...

What role did Japan play in World War 2? How does our understanding of Global History change if we consider Japan more seriously? You can now re-watch the #DIJForum with Sheldon Garon (Princeton) & Sebastian Conrad (FU Berlin) on our YouTube channel 🎬 youtu.be/7pFlPRW8tHU @maxweberstiftung.de

💴"The Impact of AI on Macroeconomy and Financial Stability" Joint Banque de France-Fondation France-Japon Lab (BdF-FFJ), Canon Institute for Global Studies (CIGS), Bank of Japan & DIJ et al Winter Conference 📅 Dec 1, 13:30-18:00 🏚️ Japan Industrial Club 日本工業倶楽部 ▶️ www.dijtokyo.org/event/the-im...

Great to catch up with #DIJAlum Jasmin Rückert, Harald Conrad, Ralf Windhab, Sonja Ganseforth, @hajent.bsky.social, Florian Grosser, Frank Rövekamp, Steve Entrich as well as Ina Hein at the #VSJF conference @jstudiesvienna.bsky.social. More Alumni meetings scheduled for 2026! @barbtokyo.bsky.social

Next lecture in the Contemporary Tokyo Seminar Series Lecture "Reclaiming Tokyo: Design Alternatives Beyond Redevelopment" 🎤Jorge ALMAZAN (Keio Uni) 📅 Friday, Nov 28, 18:30-20:00 🏚️ room 410, Temple Uni Jointly organized by Temple Uni, Waseda Uni, Rikkyo Uni, Sophia Uni, FRIJ-MFJ & DIJ Tokyo

This Thursday! Join our DIJ-Sophia Sustainability Forum "Who Is Scared of the Climate Crisis – And Who Just Doesn’t Care?" with Carola Hommerich and Sighard Neckel, hybrid at the DIJ Tokyo and online

REMINDER You can still register for Wednesday's #DIJStudyGroup "The Political Economy of Trading States and the Renaissance of Japanese Industrial Policy in the Global Chip War" with Steven Schwarz (Heidelberg Academy of Sciences and Humanities), hybrid at the DIJ and online

Registration is now open for our next #DIJStudyGroup on "Rape as a theme in contemporary Japanese women's literature" 🎤 Marija Tomic @jstudiesvienna.bsky.social / DIJ Tokyo 📅 December 9, 2025 / 6.30 pm (JST) / 10.30 am (CET) 🏚️ onsite @ DIJ and online ➡️ www.dijtokyo.org/event/rape-a...

NEW on the DIJ's Sustainability Blog: "Community-based integrated care in rural Japan—Impressions from Okutama (Tokyo)". Jonah Gamarra travels 2 hours by train to Western Tokyo to learn about community-based integrated care in the small & shrinking town of Okutama sustainability.hypotheses.org/1531

Haustierfriseure, Igelcafés, Tieraltersheime: „In Japan ist die Anthropomorphisierung von Haustieren extrem“, sagt DIJ-Soziologin @barbtokyo.bsky.social im Gespräch mit Janosch Schobin @soziopolis.bsky.social Volltext ➡️ www.soziopolis.de/in-japan-ist...

Onsite only lecture in Vienna by DIJ's @barbtokyo.bsky.social "Pets in Contemporary Japan: Between Commodification, Family Membership, and Animal Welfare Challenges" 🏚️ University of Vienna @jstudiesvienna.bsky.social 📅 19 Nov 2025, 18–20h CET ▶️ www.viennaanimalstudies.com/event-detail...

Join our next #DIJStudyGroup with Steven Schwarz @hadw-bw.bsky.social 🎤 "The Political Economy of Trading States and the Renaissance of Japanese Industrial Policy in the Global Chip War" 🏚️ online & onsite at the DIJ 📅 Nov 19, 6.30 pm JST/10.30 am CET ▶️ www.dijtokyo.org/event/the-po...

We still have a few seats left for our onsite only #DIJForum "The Politics of the Past and Memory Culture in Germany and Japan" on Monday, 10 November, 6.30 pm at the DIJ. Registration www.dijtokyo.org/event/the-po...

Harald Kümmerle (Japanese Studies in Tokyo) and Johannes Thumfart (BSoG) have co-authored a new article titled 📄 “From Data Universalism to Data Particularism: Epistemologizing Digital Sovereignty Based on Germany's and Japan's COVID-19 Responses”. 🔗 Read it here: academic.oup.com/isagsq/artic...

What does sustainable food look like in #Japan ? A new study offers insights from chefs, farmers, ramen makers, and food entrepreneurs working to reconnect meals with nature, seasonality, and community. The biggest challenge: Busting silos 👇 sustainability.hypot...#Japanvia @dijtokyo.org #SlowFood

Registration is now open for our DIJ-Sophia Sustainability Forum "Who Is Scared of the Climate Crisis – And Who Just Doesn’t Care?" 🎤 Carola Hommerich & Sighard Neckel 📅 November 20, 2025 / 18.30–20.00 (JST) 🏚️ DIJ Tokyo & online ▶️ www.dijtokyo.org/event/who-is...

日本の「合意主導型」デジタル行政、米国やEUと異なる第4モデルへの期待: 　高市早苗首相がトランプ米大統領との初の首脳会談が世界に報じられました。トランプ流は各国のデジタル政策の議論に影響を与え、日本のデジタル政策は「合意主導型」として期待もされています。「日本のデジタル政策は欧米とも中国などとも異なる合意主導型」。こう指摘するのは、東京に拠点を置くドイツの研究機関であるドイツ日本研究所のハラルド・クマレ主任研究員だ。 記事▶️ xtech.nikkei.com/atcl/nxt/col... クマレ主任研究員 ▶️ www.dijtokyo.org/ja/people/ha...

REMINDER You can still register for Thursday's hybrid #DIJStudyGroup with Liliane Höppe @jstudiesvienna.bsky.social

#CfA "Mobility Fellowships - Global Indo-Pacific" to conduct research for 1-2 months at @arinus.bsky.social @dijtokyo.org @ghilondon.bsky.social @mwfdelhi.bsky.social @dhi-paris.fr @ghiwashington.bsky.social or IAAS @humboldtuni.bsky.social Details ➡️ karriere.maxweberstiftung.de/jobposting/7...