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Connecting Japan and Germany.
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Our Mission in Japan

The Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung (FES) is the oldest political foundation in Germany with a rich tradition in social democracy dating back to its foundation in 1925. The foundation owes its formation and its mission to the political legacy of its namesake Friedrich Ebert, the first democratically elected German President.

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Lecture: „Fifteen Years After 3.11: A Dramatically Changed World and Japan’s Energy Landscape“

The world is undergoing a civilizational energy transformation—what Iida calls the “Ei Revolution” (Electricity × intelligence).

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Symposium: Ten years since lowering the voting age to 18: Where does "Citizenship Education" stand now?

How should schools address politics? Learning from the Japan-Germany Dialogue: The future of democracy.

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Symposium: „Verteidigung des Rechtsstaats“

Die Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung (FES) und die Deutsch-Japanische Juristenvereinigung (DJJV) laden am 25.11.2025 zu einem internationalen Symposium in Tokyo ein.

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International Symposium: Worlds Seen from Utoro

The collective historical experiences of the Utoro community in Kyoto give rise to numerous issues, such as the legacies of colonialism, war, discrimination, racism, class, gender, diaspora, settlement, subsistence, community...

Topics

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Energy security

Has become a major issue for the industrialized nations. Not only the guarantee of supply, but also the environmental impact and socioeconomic development increasingly have to be taken into account.

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Immigration and the integration of foreign citizens

Is one of the major challenges the societies of Japan and Germany are facing in the twenty-first century.

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Demographic change and ageing society

In Japan and Germany is another topic of pressing urgency shared by the two countries.

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Regional integration in East Asia and Europe

FES Japan seeks to introduce the experience of the EU integration into policy-debates on East Asian regional integration, which have been developing since the inception of the ASEAN+3 framework.

Publications

Aus Fehlern gelernt

Faus, Jana ; Knaup, Horand | Tokyo : Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung, [2021]

[der Erfolg der SPD bei der Bundestagswahl war kein Zufall]

Analyse zur Bundestagswahl 2021

Schläger, Catrina ; Güttler, Martin ; Engels, Jan Niklas | Tokyo : Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung, [2021]

eine historische Bundestagswahl mit einem roten Comeback

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FES in Asia

Through regional activities, FES creates synergies between its work on national and global level.

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IPS Journal

The IPS Journal is an active debate platform addressing questions of international and European politics.