Events

At the symposium, experts discussed the actual tensions and disputes in Europa and East Asia. This symposium served to deepen the network and intensify the exchange on the topic “conflict prevention”.

70 years have passed since the Battle of Okinawa. Until today, the fight against the bases, such as Henoko, continues. On this Forum, we discuss current issues related to the position of Okinawa in East Asia.

During the visit of Matthias Bartke MP, the Japanese-German dialogue on energy policy was deepened. Dr. Bartke met with Diet Members in Tokyo and with representatives of NGOs and concerned citizens during a visit to Fukushima Prefecture.

EPRIE is a concept aiming to bring together young scholars and professionals from three Asian and three European countries, respectively. This year’s EPRIE participants have been challenged with many complex abstract ideas.

2015 marks the 70th anniversary of the end of World War II in Europe and in Asia. While the process of European post-WWII reconciliation is regarded as a successful case, progress has been thorny at times and challenges remain.

Recently, the rights for workers are often neglected, the inequality in the society widens more and more, and the spirit of tolerance is in crisis.

From 9 to 12 February 2015, Yasushi Kudo of "Genron NPO", President of a an independent and not-for-profit Japanese think tank, was invited to Berlin for lectures and an intensive dialogue program with representatives of German politics, diplomacy, academia, media and civil society.

The Friedrich-Ebert-Foundation and the University of Tsukuba hosted the symposium “Robo-Ethics and ‘Mind-Body-Schema’ of Human and Robot”. Researchers from around the world gathered to discuss the new field of robo-ethics and the related challenges we will need to address in the future.