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January 14, 2025

DIJ expertise in German TV and radio

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DIJ deputy director Barbara Holthus and historian Torsten Weber have contributed their expertise to German TV and radio features. For the ZDF documentary “The truth about our pension” (in German), Barbara Holthus explains how Japanese society has adapted to having the world’s oldest population and the lessons that Germany may learn from Japan’s experience. Barbara was also interviewed for the Nippon Navigator podcast series on a broad range of issues, including work-life balance, social movements, pets, the Tokyo Olympics, and the upcoming Expo 2025. In the history podcast “John Rabe: ‘The good German of Nanjing'” (in German), broadcast by the German radio station WDR, Torsten Weber explains the role the German businessman John Rabe played in providing help to Chinese civilians during the Japanese-Chinese War and in documenting the Japanese atrocities in Nanjing in 1937/38.