Event News Preview Screening and Discussion “Ushiku: Inside Japan’s Immigration Centers” Japan only accepts very few refugees and recent incidents in refugee detention centers have put the legislation and the practice of detention and deportation on the political agenda. After a screening of the Movie “Ushiku”, which depicts...
Event News Lecture "The Battle of Okinawa in Two Photographs” The Battle of Okinawa is one of the most violent combats in the history of modern warfare. Two newly discovered photographs show the extreme civilian suffering during this time and will be analyzed and discussed during this event. ...
Event News Panel Discussion “Die Zukunft der Demokratie: Postpandemische Demokratie in Japan und Deutschland” (The future of democracy: Post-pandemic democracy in Japan and Germany) In welche Richtungen bewegen sich die Demokratien Deutschlands und Japans seit dem Beginn der Pandemie – und wie wird es nach den deutschen Bundestagswahlen im September und den japanischen Unterhauswahlen im Herbst 2021 weitergehen? ...
Event News Discussion ”Japan and Germany—Democratic Partners” Matthias Bartke, a member of the German Bundestag, and Sven Saaler discuss recent developments in Japanese politics, Japanese-German relations, and Germany‘s foreign policy in the Asia-Pacific region.
Event News Panel Discussion “Gender (In-)Equality in Japan and Germany” Gender equality is a human right, but Japan and Germany are still facing a gap when it comes to opportunities for women and men. Equal pay remains a challenging issue, and many women still find it difficult to combine a career with...
Event News Online-Symposium "Aktuelle außen- und sicherheitspolitische Herausforderungen für Japan und Deutschland" (Current foreign and security policy challenges for Japan and Germany) Japan und Deutschland stehen außen- und sicherheitspolitisch vor ähnlichen Herausforderungen. Rolf Mützenich, Vorsitzender der SPD-Bundestagsfraktion im Deutschen Bundestag, und Tetsuro Fukuyama, Generalsekretär der Konstitutionellen...
Event News Virtual Global Conference for a Nuclear Free, Renewable Energy Future: Ten Years Since Fukushima Ten years have passed since the Great East Japan Earthquake and the accident at the Fukushima Nuclear Power Plant. In the meantime, many countries around the world have learned their lessons from the disaster and taken major steps...
Event News Virtual Conference „Overcoming the Exotic: Central Europeans and Japanese Studying each other’s Languages and Cultures“ After the Cold War, Central Europeans took an increasing interest in Japanese culture, and student exchanges in both directions expanded. This conference aims to evaluate where Japan and the countries of Central Europe stand in their...
Event News Virtual Symposium „Nuclear Disarmament, Arms Control, and Non-Proliferation. German and Japanese Perspectives ahead of the NPT Review Conference“ Nuclear weapons still pose an imminent threat to mankind, and, as some experts have argued, may enter a renaissance. Ahead of the next Review Conference of the Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) in 2021, this virtual symposium aims at...
Event News Panel Discussion „Media freedom, populism and democratic resilience“ The Digital Age has brought new opportunities for civic expression and participation. However, Social Media also facilitates the spread of manipulative content such as propaganda, hate speech and fake news. How resilient are open and...
Aus Fehlern gelernt Faus, Jana ; Knaup, Horand | Tokyo : Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung, [2021] [der Erfolg der SPD bei der Bundestagswahl war kein Zufall] Download publication
Analyse zur Bundestagswahl 2021 Schläger, Catrina ; Güttler, Martin ; Engels, Jan Niklas | Tokyo : Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung, [2021] eine historische Bundestagswahl mit einem roten Comeback Download publication
