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DIJ Tokyo

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German Institute for Japanese Studies ドイツ日本研究所 Deutsches Institut für Japanstudien | research on Japan from Japan | developing scholars | building networks www.dijtokyo.org www.linkedin.com/company/dijtokyo www.youtube.com/c/dijtokyo

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Congratulations to our publishing partner Iudicium Verlag, Aimée Dornier & its entire team on receiving one of the prestigious Japan Foundation Awards 2026! With a wide range of publications Iudicium has actively promoted Japanese-German relations for more than 40 years www.jpf.go.jp/e/about/awar...

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"Expo 2025 Overexposure: Tracing Mega-Event Media Narratives and Official Discourses of the Expo and the Olympics in Japan" by DIJ's Isaac Gagné and @barbtokyo.bsky.social studies how the #Expo2025 in Osaka was marketed to the public vis-à-vis the news media discourse apjjf.org/2026/9/gagne...

Asia-Pacific Journal: Japan Focus@apjjf.bsky.social

Nostalgia and fantasy: Isaac Gagné and Barbara Holthus present a creative and insightful interpretation of mega-events in Japan, revealing the importance of storytelling in Japan’s formation of its own legacy. apjjf.org/2026/9/gagne...

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REMINDER You can still sign up to join us this Thursday at the DIJ for Xiaoling Chen's #DIJStudyGroup talk “Walking on Two Legs”: Decision-Making among High-Skilled and Elite Chinese Immigrants in Tokyo 📆 Thursday, October 29 / 6.30 pm (JST) ▶️ www.dijtokyo.org/event/walkin...

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You are invited to join our next #DIJStudyGroup “Walking on Two Legs”: Decision-Making among High-Skilled and Elite Chinese Immigrants in Tokyo 🎤 Xiaoling CHEN, @arinus.bsky.social / DIJ Tokyo 📆 Thursday, October 29 / 6.30 pm (JST) 🏠 onsite only @DIJ Tokyo ▶️ www.dijtokyo.org/event/walkin...

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Heute im ZEIT WISSEN³ Newsletter @zeit.de: Unsere neue Direktorin @verenabt.bsky.social über ihren Kulturschock in Japan, die Erfahrung des Fremdseins, ihre aktuelle Lieblingslektüre und worauf sie sich in den nächsten Jahren als Direktorin des Deutschen Instituts für Japanstudien besonders freut

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【DIJ Libraryが見学ツアーを開催】ドイツ日本研究所図書室（DIJ Library)は、図書館総合展の展示企画「あなたも使える専門図書館」の協力を得て、見学ツアーを開催しました。昨年初めてDIJ Libraryが同企画に参加したことをきっかけに実現したこのツアーには、専門図書館や図書館システムメーカーから9名が参加。参加者たちは、所蔵資料や閲覧スペースだけでなく、副所長によるDIJの使命や研究テーマの紹介にも大きな関心を示してくれました。 @libraryfair.bsky.social 1/2

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「ドイツ日本研究所に対する印象が変わった！」という参加者からのフィードバックは、研究所のメンバーにも新鮮な気づきをもたらしたようです。 #図書館総合展「あなたも使える専門図書館」 #交通経済研究所資料室　#公益財団法人大宅壮一文庫 #BICライブラリ　#日仏会館図書室　#防災専門図書館 📖DIJ Libraryはご予約いただければどなたでもご利用・ご見学いただけます！ www.dijtokyo.org/ja/library/ 2/2

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We were overwhelmed by the number of guests who joined Franz Waldenberger’s Farewell Lecture "What I have learned from studying Japan". Your presence made his departure as DIJ director a very memorable event. Please enjoy photos of the evening & a short report here ➡️ www.dijtokyo.org/event/franz-...

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Thank you to Minoru Kiuchi, Minister of State for Economic and Fiscal Policy, and Hidenao Yanagi, former Japanese Ambassador to Germany, for taking the time to exchange opinions on Japanese-German relations with outgoing DIJ director Franz Waldenberger and incoming DIJ director @verenabt.bsky.social

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Join our upcoming #DIJStudyGroup “Serial Solitudes: Exploring Loneliness in Japanese Discourses and Screen Culture” 🎤 Denis Newiak (Brandenburg University of Technology Cottbus-Senftenberg) 📆 Wed, October 7 / 6.30 pm (JST) 🏠 onsite only @DIJ Tokyo ▶️ www.dijtokyo.org/event/serial...

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Big thank you also to the entire @eajs.eu team & the local organising team at Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań led by Beata Bochorodycz for putting together such an excellent, friendly & well-organised conference – the largest in EAJS's history. Congratulations & see you at #EAJS2029 in Bergamo!

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Thank you to the @scripts-berlin.eu team for visiting the DIJ and the stimulating exchange with DIJ researchers on the future of liberal democracy, sustainability & resilience, and the global order. We look forward to intensify our exchange, bringing together our expertise in comparative perspective

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It was a great pleasure to meet Aimée Dornier of Iudicium Verlag at the #EAJS2026 @eajs.eu & to learn that Iudicium is the first foreign publishing house ever to be awarded the prestigious Japan Foundation Award. Congratulations to our long-standing publishing partner! www.jpf.go.jp/e/about/awar...

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International Symposium "Entangled Trajectories of Modernization: Medicine, Science, and Technology in Transwar East Asia" 📍 @ DIJ Tokyo & online 🗓️ 17-18 Sept 2026 ℹ️ Programme & registration details www.dijtokyo.org/event/entang... Supported by Toshiba International Foundation & DWIH Tokyo (1/2)

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Als Faktoren nennt sie geringe Gehälter, lange Arbeitszeiten und die eigene, kleine Wohnung. Gleichzeitig bieten Tiercafés und Haustiere zunehmend mehr als nur Unterhaltung. Sie können auch soziale und körperliche Nähe ermöglichen: "ein bisschen Austausch mit etwas Lebendem" (2/2)

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NEW on the Sustainability in Japan and Beyond blog: "Encountering Sustainability at the Setouchi Triennale (2025) in Japan“ by Carolin Fleischer-Heininger, exploring how the art festival addresses social, cultural, and ecological aspects of sustainability ▶️ sustainability.hypotheses.org/2963 (1/2)

sustainability.hypotheses.orgEncountering Sustainability at the Setouchi Triennale (2025) in JapanThis blog article is the second part on my trips to regional art festivals in Japan in 2025. In the first part, I focused on the Aichi Triennale. This time, I will share my observations of the Setouch...
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Carolin Fleischer-Heininger visited two different festival sites: While Naoshima is renowned for contemporary art and architecture, Ōshima reflects a history of social marginalization. She concludes that the festival expands sustainability discourse, highlighting its social dimension. (2/2)

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We are delighted to announce our new director from October 1, 2026: Verena Blechinger-Talcott @verenabt.bsky.social, Professor of Japanese Politics and Political Economy @freieuniversitaet.bsky.social. We are looking forward to welcoming you back at the DIJ in October!

Max Weber Stiftung@maxweberstiftung.de

Neue Direktorin am DIJ Tokyo 🇯🇵 Verena Blechinger-Talcott übernimmt zum 1. Oktober 2026 die Leitung des Instituts. Wir freuen uns auf die Zusammenarbeit! 🔗 Mehr unter: tinyurl.com/3mmmpjbh #Personalie #Wissenschaftsmanagement #WeltweitForschen #MWS #DIJTokyo

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Thank you to our speaker Simone Decker (@lmu.de / DIJ Tokyo) and all participants who joined Wednesday’s #DIJStudyGroup on “Independent Bookstores and Zine Communities as Third Spaces in Post-Corona Japan“ ➡️ www.dijtokyo.org/event/indepe... (1/2)

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Registration is now open for the upcoming #DIJStudyGroup "Independent Bookstores and Zine Communities as Third Spaces in Post-Corona Japan" 🎤 Simone Decker (LMU Munich / DIJ Tokyo) 📅 Wednesday, July 29, 2026 / 6:00pm (JST) 🏚️ onsite only @ DIJ Tokyo ▶️ www.dijtokyo.org/event/indepe...

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Some preliminary findings: New structural opportunities, together with diverse personal motivations are driving this new generation of bookstores. Rather than being places to buy books, they are becoming cultural hubs & create spaces where communities — and sometimes even social movements — can grow

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NEW on the Sustainability in Japan and Beyond blog: "Embedding Biodiversity in the Built Environment: The Gohon no Ki Initiative“ Sarah Stark examines Sekisui House's "Gohon no Ki" (five plants) initiative, and its ecological & sociological implications ▶️ sustainability.hypotheses.org/2898 (1/3)

sustainability.hypotheses.orgEmbedding Biodiversity in the Built Environment: The Gohon no Ki InitiativeIn 2001, the Japanese homebuilder Sekisui House began planting five carefully selected native plants in every new home it built. Over twenty-five years, this has resulted in more than 20 million plant...
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Introduced by Japanese home-builder Sekisui House in 2001, the initiative builds on the model of planting five native plant species around each newly built home. Since 2001, the initiative has resulted in more than 20 million plants across suburban and urban residential areas. (2/3)

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Its guiding principle is to "reinforce rather than override local ecological character,“ with homeowners serving as long-term stewards. Despite its limitations, Sarah Stark argues that the initiative demonstrates how the construction industry can deliver ecological interventions at scale. (3/3)

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REMINDER You can still sign up to join us this Wednesday for the #DIJStudyGroup "Independent Bookstores and Zine Communities as Third Spaces in Post-Corona Japan" with Simone Decker (LMU Munich / DIJ Tokyo). Onsite only @ DIJ Tokyo ▶️ www.dijtokyo.org/event/indepe...

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Registration is now open for the upcoming #DIJStudyGroup "Independent Bookstores and Zine Communities as Third Spaces in Post-Corona Japan" 🎤 Simone Decker (LMU Munich / DIJ Tokyo) 📅 Wednesday, July 29, 2026 / 6:00pm (JST) 🏚️ onsite only @ DIJ Tokyo ▶️ www.dijtokyo.org/event/indepe...

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Thank you to our speaker @arnabduttahist.bsky.social and all participants who - despite the heat - came out to join last night's #DIJStudyGroup "The Indo-Pacific Knowledge in Indian Anticolonialism: Geopolitical Imaginaries from Pan-Asianism to Pacific Affairs, 1920s–40s" dij.tokyo/anticolonial...

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REMINDER You can still sign up for Wednesday's #DIJStudyGroup "The Indo-Pacific Knowledge in Indian Anticolonialism: Geopolitical Imaginaries from Pan-Asianism to Pacific Affairs, 1920s–40s" with MWS mobility fellow Arnab Dutta (Univ of Groningen) 📅 July 22 / 6.30 pm (JST); onsite only @ DIJ Tokyo

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Fascinating insights by our MWS Global Indo-Pacific Mobility Fellow @maxweberstiftung.de Arnab Dutta (Groningen) into the historical roots of Indo-Pacific as a linguistic, racial, cultural, and (geo)political concept in the framework of Pan-Asianism, anti-colonialism & post-imperialism