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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...
January 20, 2026 at 6:33 AM
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 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...
January 20, 2026 at 12:56 AM
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...
January 19, 2026 at 4:08 AM
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...
January 19, 2026 at 12:44 AM
"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...
January 15, 2026 at 3:17 AM
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...
January 14, 2026 at 8:22 AM
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
January 14, 2026 at 1:19 AM
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...
Join our first #DIJStudyGroup in 2026 "The political economy of U.S. military bases and its impact on Japan’s local economy" with Chatchada Kumlungpat (National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies)
📅Jan 15, 2026 / 6.30pm JST / 10.30am CET
🏚️ online & onsite @ DIJ
➡️ www.dijtokyo.org/event/the-po...
January 13, 2026 at 8:57 AM
Reposted by DIJ Tokyo
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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Praktika
Deutsche Studierende geisteswissenschaftlicher und benachbarter Disziplinen können sich auf Praktikumsplätze bewerben, die die Institute der Max Weber Stiftung sowie die Geschäftsstelle in Bonn in unterschiedlichem Umfang anbieten. Bewerbungen werden direkt an die Institute der Max...
gab.hypotheses.org
January 9, 2026 at 8:46 AM
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...
January 9, 2026 at 5:38 AM
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...
January 7, 2026 at 1:11 AM
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...
January 6, 2026 at 2:11 AM
📖 NEW book chapter by DIJ's Harald Kümmerle examines the reception of Felix Klein’s school of mathematical productivity in Japan
"Bridging Göttingen and Tokyo: Oral Culture and the Dynamics of Mathematical Knowledge" @springernature.com
link.springer.com/chapter/10.1...
January 6, 2026 at 1:28 AM
Wir freuen uns auf Ihre Bewerbung bis zum 8. Januar!
Direkter Link zum Bewerbungsportal: karriere.maxweberstiftung.de/jobposting/a...
Werden Sie Teil des DIJ-Teams!
➡️ Stellenausschreibung Verwaltung (m/w/d) www.dijtokyo.org/de/job-openi...
u.a. für Eventmanagement & Sekretariatsaufgaben
👉 Ihr Profil: muttersprachliche Japanisch-, sehr gute Deutsch- & Englischkenntnisse; relevante Berufserfahrung
📅 Bewerbungsfrist: 8. Januar 2026
January 5, 2026 at 8:45 AM
Join our first #DIJStudyGroup in 2026 "The political economy of U.S. military bases and its impact on Japan’s local economy" with Chatchada Kumlungpat (National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies)
📅Jan 15, 2026 / 6.30pm JST / 10.30am CET
🏚️ online & onsite @ DIJ
➡️ www.dijtokyo.org/event/the-po...
January 5, 2026 at 2:37 AM
締め切りが8日と近づいております。応募予定の方はお早目にご応募下さい
ドイツ日本研究所(DIJ Tokyo🇩🇪🇯🇵)のチームメンバーになりませんか?
💻 事務職員1~2名募集 (正規職員))、フルタイム(週40時間)
📁 業務内容:イベントマネジメント、秘書業務等
👉 日本語ネイティブで、 ドイツ語・英語ビジネスレベル、類似業務経験者歓迎
勤務開始は2026年4月1日からの予定です。
📅 応募締切日:2026年1月8日
詳細 ➡️ www.dijtokyo.org/job-openings/
➡️ karriere.maxweberstiftung.de/jobposting/9...
January 5, 2026 at 2:20 AM
Das Deutsche Institut für Japanstudien wünscht erholsame und frohe Festtage und einen guten Start in ein erfolgreiches Jahr des Pferdes!

The German Institute for Japanese Studies wishes you a happy holiday season and a successful Year of the Horse!

ドイツ日本研究所一同、皆様のご多幸と来るべき新年が成功の年になることを祈念いたします。
January 2, 2026 at 5:25 AM
Innovation, games, machizukuri, climate & ‘the mouse’: check out the winter issue of our #DIJNewsletter for the latest on our institute, research, publications, events, alumni, jobs & more @barbtokyo.bsky.social @nicolemmueller.bsky.social @paul-jokr.bsky.social
📑 www.dijtokyo.org/publication/...
December 18, 2025 at 5:29 AM
DLF-Radiofeature "Leerstand in Japan - Ideen für verlassene Häuser" von Felix Lill
🎤 DIJ-Anthropologe Sebastian Polak-Rottmann erklärt das Phänomen der verlassenen Häuser (akiya) in Japan: "ein Symptom des demographischen Wandels und von Wanderungsbewegungen"
www.deutschlandfunk.de/leerstand-in...
December 16, 2025 at 6:18 AM
🗑️Waste disposal rules in Japan are complicated. The board game Gomi-Gē helps people understand the disposal system through play
▶️ “Gomi-Gē” – A Game for Workshops on Waste Management by Shinichi Ichino, Chika Hirashima, Nodoka Tsuru (Tokyo Metropolitan University) sustainability.hypotheses.org/1736
December 16, 2025 at 12:37 AM
Why Japan's economic woes spark global market concern @deutschewelle.dw.com
DIJ director Franz Waldenberger comments on Japan's debts and the country's high share of net foreign assets: "I call it 'rich country, poor government'" www.dw.com/en/japan-san...
December 15, 2025 at 1:52 AM
REMINDER Join us for this year's last #DIJStudyGroup, this Wednesday, 17 December, 6.30 pm JST onsite at the DIJ and online www.dijtokyo.org/event/the-co...
Registration is open for the last #DIJStudyGroup in 2025
"The Coordination State: Industrial Policy & Technology Transfer During Japan’s Postwar Economic Boom, 1950-76"
🎤 Jonathan Krautter, Hitotsubashi Univ
📅 Dec 17 / 6.30pm JST / 10.30am CET
🏚️ DIJ Tokyo & online
www.dijtokyo.org/event/the-co...
December 15, 2025 at 1:03 AM
ドイツ日本研究所(DIJ Tokyo🇩🇪🇯🇵)のチームメンバーになりませんか?
💻 事務職員1~2名募集 (正規職員))、フルタイム(週40時間)
📁 業務内容:イベントマネジメント、秘書業務等
👉 日本語ネイティブで、 ドイツ語・英語ビジネスレベル、類似業務経験者歓迎
勤務開始は2026年4月1日からの予定です。
📅 応募締切日:2026年1月8日
詳細 ➡️ www.dijtokyo.org/job-openings/
➡️ karriere.maxweberstiftung.de/jobposting/9...
December 12, 2025 at 12:21 AM
REMINDER You can still sign up for tomorrow's hybrid #DIJStudyGroup "Rape as a theme in contemporary Japanese women's literature" with Marija Tomic
@jstudiesvienna.bsky.social / DIJ
➡️ www.dijtokyo.org/event/rape-a...
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...
December 8, 2025 at 6:06 AM
Werden Sie Teil des DIJ-Teams!
➡️ Stellenausschreibung Verwaltung (m/w/d) www.dijtokyo.org/de/job-openi...
u.a. für Eventmanagement & Sekretariatsaufgaben
👉 Ihr Profil: muttersprachliche Japanisch-, sehr gute Deutsch- & Englischkenntnisse; relevante Berufserfahrung
📅 Bewerbungsfrist: 8. Januar 2026
December 4, 2025 at 5:46 AM