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The societies of Japan and Germany face many common issues, such as global climate change, energy security issues, and an aging society. FES Japan office aims at promoting and deepening Japanese-German dialogue on these important issues. In its activities, FES Japan cooperates with a variety of political groups, government agencies, non-governmental organizations, think tanks, universities, as well as labor-related organizations.

FES Japan activities focus on the following topics:

Energy Security
Dialogue about the Legacies of History and Reconciliation
Regional Integration in East Asia and Europe
Immigration and the Integration of Foreign Citizens
Demographic Issues
Consumer Protection
Labor issues in Japan and Germany
The Role of Civil Society in Japan and Germany

Solar panels at the Solarpark Altötting / Oberkastl — Creator: Windwärts Energie GmbH, licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 2.0

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.

An elderly man sitting in a field — Creator: Aaron Shumaker, licensed under CC BY-NC 2.0

Demographic change and ageing society

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

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.

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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.