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Joint DIJ @core-rwth.bsky.social workshop 𝗗𝗶𝗴𝗶𝘁𝗮𝗹 𝗧𝗲𝗰𝗵𝗻𝗼𝗹𝗼𝗴𝘆 𝗶𝗻 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗲𝘅𝘁 examines digital technologies, digital capitalism&scientific cultures @inqualia.bsky.social @janpassoth.bsky.social @taiyolab.com @nicolemmueller.bsky.social
📅 Mar 12, 10-17:30 JST live-stream
▶️ www.dijtokyo.org/event/worksh...
REMINDER You are invited to join our DIJ Roundtable "Big in Japan? Recruitment & training strategies of German companies in Japan" with Matthias Pilz, Shigeki Egami & Carolina Kawakubo, next Monday, 2 March, 18-20h JST onsite at the DIJ
Registration ➡️ www.dijtokyo.org/event/big-in...
"Sustainability is inherently tied with community resilience and vitality, particularly in the depopulating and aging areas." New post on the DIJ's 'Sustainability in Japan and Beyond' blog by Pilvi Posio (Turku) examines Japan-Finland City Climate Collaboration
➡️ sustainability.hypotheses.org/2201
Thank you to the University of Tokyo & organizers of the "Toward New Science with AI and Beyond" symposium for fascinating insights into AI in physics, brain research & society incl. panel discussion “AI and Society: Imagination and responsibility for the future” with DIJ's @celiaspoden.bsky.social
📖 New book chapter "A kingdom 'one and indivisible'. A (non-)history of political decentralization in Thailand" by DIJ's David M. Malitz www.taylorfrancis.com/chapters/edi...
In: From Empire to Federation in Eurasia @routledgebooks.bsky.social, eds. Ivan Sablin & @egasmb.bsky.social
NEW blog series "De-centering academia: InterAsian Perspectives" on TRAFO Blog for Transregional Research examines recent transformations in higher education across Asia. First article by Claudia Derichs, Riho Isaka & Joanna Pfaff-Czarnecka on Shaping Asia network event
trafo.hypotheses.org/64183
Wir laden Sie herzlich ein zur 6. Session des deutschsprachigen Kaffeekränzchens „Philosophie-Jause“, organisiert von Sebastian Polak-Rottmann (DIJ) & Yukiko Kuwayama (UTCP)
📅 Sonntag, 1. März 2026, 15:30-17:30 Uhr
🏢 Komaba Campus 1, Universität Tokyo
Details ▶️ www.dijtokyo.org/de/event/kaf...
In Japan stehen 14 Prozent aller Wohngebäude leer. Bis 2030 könnte es ein Drittel sein. Auch Europa droht dieses Problem. DIJ-Anthropologe Sebastian Polak-Rottmann erklärt, wie Menschen im ländlichen & städtischen Japan mit dem "akiya mondai" umgehen @fr-zeitung.bsky.social www.fr.de/panorama/jed...
Thank you to the speakers Sebastian Polak-Rottmann, Timo Thelen, Masahiko Nishioka, @paul-jokr.bsky.social and our in-person & online audiences for stimulating discussions at our Hita Workshop: Machizukuri Initiatives & Adaptive Governance in a Rural Japanese City
▶️ www.dijtokyo.org/event/hita-w...
6th Int'l Symposium of the Institute for AI and Beyond "Toward New Science with AI and Beyond"
📅 Tue, 10 Feb, 14:30-18:30 JST
🏚️ University of Tokyo & online
incl. session “AI and Society: Imagination and responsibility for the future” with DIJ's @celiaspoden.bsky.social
➡️ beyondai.jp/contents/eve...
"Such events help to create more awareness to the #SDGs in Japan and to make these goals more accessible for students." Showcasing Sustainable Development Goals on the Ground: Report of the DIJ's participation in Musashi University’s SDGs 17 Partnership Fair
▶️ sustainability.hypotheses.org/2061
REMINDER You can still sign up for our next #DIJStudyGroup "Haga Yaichi and the Kokuminsei jūron: A Fragmentary Imagination of National Identity" with Alberto Zizza (LMU Munich/DIJ), this Thursday, 5 February, online & @ DIJ
Save the date DIJ Roundtable "Big in Japan? Recruitment & training strategies of German companies in Japan"
📅 March 2, 2026 / 18–20h JST / @ DIJ
🎤 Matthias Pilz, University of Cologne / Shigeki Egami, NOK Corporation / Carolina Kawakubo, NRW.Global Business Japan
➡️ www.dijtokyo.org/event/big-in...
Verhandlung von Fragen der nationalen Identität, Hierarchie in den Außenbeziehungen, Modernität & politischen Legitimität in der buddhistischen Welt.
In: Wege, Sehepunkte, Panoramen: Japanologische Festschrift für Klaus Vollmer (hg. Steffen Döll, Hamburg 2025) www.oag.uni-hamburg.de/moag/moag-15...
📖 Neues Buchkapitel “‘Länder der gleichen Religion’? Der Buddhismus und die japanisch-siamesischen Beziehungen im Zeitalter der absoluten Monarchie Siams” von David M. Malitz untersucht die Rolle des Buddhismus in der frühen Phase der modernen jap.-thailänd. Beziehungen und seine Rolle bei der 1/2
日文研(主催)ドイツ日本研究所(共催）シンポジウム「動物愛護運動研究の現在」
📅2月14日 13:30-17:10
🖥️オンライン視聴可能
🎤 伊勢田 哲治「「いただきますの倫理」の由来と日本的動物愛護」
W. Puck Brecher: Livestock Care Within and Beyond Japanese “Society”
春藤 献一「動物愛護」という言葉が使われ続けてきたのはなぜか
@barbtokyo.bsky.social 人とペットの社会学：幸福、孤独、Multispecies Families
www.nichibun.ac.jp/ja/events/ot...
Internat'l Conference "Southeast Asia & Indo-Pacific Imaginaries" with two DIJ panels incl papers on Japanese-Indian Relations (David M. Malitz) & Japan’s Educational Aid Programs @daneuhaus.bsky.social
📅 29–30 Jan 2026, Nat'l Museum of the Philippines, Iloilo
▶️ indopacificimaginaries.wordpress.com
Das Thema der Behinderung in japanischer & deutschsprachiger Gegenwartsliteratur: Literaturwissenschaftlicher Abend mit einem Vortrag von Carolin Fleischer-Heininger zu Ichikawa Saous Porträt einer Körperbehinderung
🏢 Hörsaal H112, Universität zu Köln
📅 27.01.26, 19 Uhr
co.jpf.go.jp/veranstaltun...
REMINDER You can still sign up to join our "Hita Workshop: Machizukuri Initiatives and Adaptive Governance in a Rural Japanese City" to learn about revitalization initiatives, community building, governance and vigilance in the city of Hita (Ōita Pref.)
▶️ this Friday, online & in-person at the DIJ
You are invited to join the next session of the Contemporary Tokyo Seminar Series
🎤 Mihye CHO (Rikkyo University)
"What world is this? Students’ urban ethnography of Tokyo"
📅 Jan 28, 2026 (Wed) / 18:00-20:00 JST
🏚️ Rikkyo University, Bldg one, Room 1203
Registration docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Join our next #DIJStudyGroup "Haga Yaichi and the Kokuminsei jūron: A Fragmentary Imagination of National Identity" with Alberto Zizza (LMU Munich/DIJ) who will discuss identity & self-imagination in prewar Japan
📅 Feb 5, 2026 / 6.30pm JST/10.30am CET
🏚️ online & DIJ
www.dijtokyo.org/event/haga-y...
"Training the Heart, the Head, and the Hand: Colonial Education, Missionaries, and Industrial Schools in Korea, 1906–30": new chapter exploring industrial education in colonial Korea by @daneuhaus.bsky.social in Charbonneau & Walther, The Gospel of Work & Money (UPenn Press) doi.org/10.9783/9781...
Sind Japans Corporate Governance-Reformen nur Kosmetik? Nein, argumentiert DIJ-Direktor Franz Waldenberger in seiner Analyse der Revisionen des Stewardship Codes & Corporate Governance Codes für #ACQuarterly. Japan setze auf Konsens als Reformprinzip
audit-committee-institute.de/html/de/quar...
How does loneliness affect longevity & disability-free life expectancy? New research by Yvanna Simon, Yuka Minagawa, Karine Pérès finds that impact of loneliness is stronger in Japan than France but Japanese spend more years disability-free than French counterparts sustainability.hypotheses.org/1993
REMINDER You can still sign up for Thursday's hybrid #DIJStudyGroup on the political economy of U.S. military bases and its impact on Japan’s local economy
www.dijtokyo.org/event/the-po...
Auch Lust auf ein #Praktikum innerhalb der Max Weber Stiftung? Unter 🔗 gab.hypotheses.org/p... gibt es eine aktuelle Übersicht über die einzelnen Angebote der Auslandsinstitute und der Geschäftsstelle.
#Auslandspraktikum #Internship #WeltweitForschen #MWS
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Debatten um digitale Souveränität übersehen oft Japans konsensorientierte Initiative 'Data Free Flow with
Trust' (DFFT) erklärt Harald Kümmerle in "Datenströme und Raumordnung. Japans Regulierungsmodell im globalen Kontext" (Zeitschrift für Digitalisierung und Recht 4/25) rsw.beck.de/zeitschrifte...
Citation:
De Togni G, Catanzariti B, Christou A et al. REALIGN Toolkit: Reflexivity, Adaptability, Leadership, and Inclusion as Pillars of Responsible Research and Innovation [version 1; peer review: awaiting peer review]. Wellcome Open Res 2026, 11:8 (doi.org/10.12688/wel...)
NEW #OA article "REALIGN Toolkit" @wellcometrust.bsky.social, co-authored by @celiaspoden.bsky.social, discusses how to make research and innovation more ethically responsible for societal needs. It includes a discussion of Celia's research at Tokyo's Avatar Robot Café DAWN
▶️ doi.org/10.12688/wel...
You are invited to join our "Hita Workshop: Machizukuri Initiatives and Adaptive Governance in a Rural Japanese City"
📅 Jan 23, 2026 / 4–6.30 pm JST / 8-10.30 am CET
🏚️ DIJ and online
🎤 Sebastian Polak-Rottmann, Timo Thelen, Masahiko Nishioka, @paul-jokr.bsky.social
▶️ www.dijtokyo.org/event/hita-w...