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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
November 21, 2025 at 1:44 AM
💴"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...
November 20, 2025 at 12:49 AM
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
November 19, 2025 at 1:53 AM
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
November 19, 2025 at 1:00 AM
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...
November 14, 2025 at 1:05 AM
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
November 13, 2025 at 3:04 AM
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...
November 13, 2025 at 2:54 AM
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...
November 12, 2025 at 12:14 AM
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...
November 10, 2025 at 12:43 AM
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...
November 5, 2025 at 12:41 AM
October 31, 2025 at 3:00 AM
Registration is open for our next #DIJForum
"The Politics of the Past and Memory Culture in Germany and Japan"
🎤 Norbert Frei, University of Jena & Yoshinori Katori, Japan-Korea Cultural Foundation
📅 Monday, 10 Nov, 18.30h JST
🏚️ onsite only @ DIJ Tokyo
Registration ➡️ www.dijtokyo.org/event/the-po...
October 30, 2025 at 1:38 AM
Join our next #DIJStudyGroup with Liliane Höppe @jstudiesvienna.bsky.social who will present her research on “The Construction of Culture & Identity in Shimao Toshio's Writings About the Ryūkyū Islands”, online & onsite at the DIJ.
📅 Nov 6, 6.30 pm JST/10.30 am CET
www.dijtokyo.org/event/the-co...
October 24, 2025 at 7:25 AM
Wir laden Sie herzlich ein zu "Wahr oder Falsch – Eine Schreibexpedition auf der Grenze zwischen Fakt und Fiktion" mit der Autorin & Kulturwissenschaftlerin Regina Klein
📅5. November 2025 / 17:20–19:00 Uhr
🚪Sophia-University, Yotsuya
Anmeldung und Details:
www.dijtokyo.org/de/event/wah...
October 23, 2025 at 6:52 AM
Check out the brand-new Autumn issue of our #DIJNewsletter for the latest on our institute, research, publications, events, alumni, and much more @barbtokyo.bsky.social @daneuhaus.bsky.social @torweber.bsky.social @merlekar.bsky.social @cj-jrnl.bsky.social www.dijtokyo.org/publication/...
October 16, 2025 at 2:33 AM
You can enjoy the Osaka Kansai #Expo2025 even after it will close its doors on Monday: watch our presentation at the German Pavilion and learn about our institute and our research projects in the fields of Sustainability and Digital Transformation @barbtokyo.bsky.social
🎬 youtu.be/NVbOsSdP51s
October 10, 2025 at 5:37 AM
Neuerscheinung #OpenAccess Kommunikative Orte für ländliche Räume, hg. C.Neu, N.Okada, Y.Yama & S.Polak-Rottmann, untersucht soziale Prozesse in Japan & Deutschland zur Stärkung sozialer Bindungen & Schaffung eines lebendigen Umfelds für innovative lokale Aktivitäten www.dijtokyo.org/de/project/s...
October 8, 2025 at 6:47 AM
Beyond ramen and fast food: new blog post by Patricia Hein and Ragnar Riesenkampff introduces a unique approach to reconnect food practices with the land, traditions, and seasons and explains 'What Japanese Chefs Can Teach Us About Sustainability' sustainability.hypotheses.org/1080
October 7, 2025 at 2:50 AM
Registration is open for our hybrid #DIJForum "Writing a Global History of the Second World War by Taking Japan Seriously"
🎤Sheldon Garon @princeton.edu & Sebastian Conrad @freieuniversitaet.bsky.social
📅Oct 14, 6.30-8pm, onsite&online
➡️https://dij.tokyo/globalhistory
#EndsOfWar @maxweberstiftung.de
September 29, 2025 at 5:45 AM
Wir laden Sie herzlich ein zur 4. Session des deutschsprachigen Kaffeekränzchens „Philosophie-Jause“, organisiert von Sebastian Polak-Rottmann (DIJ) & Yukiko Kuwayama (UTCP)
📅 Samstag, 18. Oktober 2025, 15:30-17:30 Uhr
🏢 DIJ Tokyo
Details & Anmeldung
▶️ www.dijtokyo.org/event/kaffee...
September 12, 2025 at 4:10 AM
Gerade erschienen: Band 68 der #DIJMonographien „Schwarze Löcher im Gewebe der Sprachen“: Kulturelles Übersetzen in der japanischen Literatur, hg. Carolin Fleischer-Heininger und Kevin Schumacher-Shoji, untersucht das Kulturelle Übersetzen anhand von neun Fallstudien www.dijtokyo.org/publication/...
September 10, 2025 at 5:18 AM
Vielen Dank an die interdisziplinäre Studiengruppe @lmumuenchen.bsky.social, geleitet von Aki Narutomi, für den Besuch am DIJ. Wir haben uns gefreut, unser Institut vorstellen zu können & über den spannenden Austausch zum demographischem Wandel, Nachhaltigkeit, Höflichkeit uvm @barbtokyo.bsky.social
September 9, 2025 at 7:31 AM
NEW on our YouTube channel
📽️ @barbtokyo.bsky.social "Stumbling upon furry friends in Aso: Transitioning to studying Japan’s urban-rural divide" youtu.be/HAq8dszJSKk
📽️ S. Polak-Rottmann "From well-being to spaces of resilience in the Aso region" youtu.be/ZQaSla0KnUQ
Thanks @jstudiesvienna.bsky.social
September 9, 2025 at 5:11 AM
You are invited to join the next session of the Contemporary Tokyo Seminar Series, a FRIJ-MFJ, DIJ, Waseda, Rikkyo, Sophia & Temple collaboration
🌊 History of Human-Water Interaction in Tokyo during the 20th Century
🎤 NAKAMURA Shin'ichirō (Nagoya U)
📅 5 Sep, 6-8pm, MFJ
www.mfj.gr.jp/evenement/hi...
September 3, 2025 at 6:49 AM
Heute vor 80 Jahren kapitulierte das Japanische Kaiserreich & der 2. Weltkrieg endete. Warum spielt der 2. September in Japan heute im Vergleich zu den Jahrestagen der Atombombenabwürfe kaum eine Rolle? DLF-Kalenderblatt mit DIJ-Historiker @torweber.bsky.social www.deutschlandfunk.de/japan-zweite...
September 2, 2025 at 6:01 AM