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ドイツ日本研究所

ドイツ日本研究所は東京に拠点を持つドイツの研究機関である。現代日本をグローバル化する世界というコンテキストにおいて研究することがDIJの研究課題である。

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2025年3月18日

Franz Waldenberger and Barbara Holthus in German radio feature on poverty in Japan

Weak Yen and high inflation: as a consequence, poverty is spreading in Japan, a country previously known as ‘middle class society’. For the radio feature “Armut in Japan: Wenig Akzeptanz, wenig Hilfe”, Deutschlandfunk Kultur interviewed DIJ director Franz Waldenberger and deputy director Barbara Holthus about the causes of poverty in Japan and countermeasures taken by society and politics. Elderly people, children, and single mothers are particularly vulnerable to slip below the poverty line. According to Holthus, one reason is the lack of social security for people working part-time. However, poverty is not a major issue in Japanese politics, Waldenberger explains. “Because there is little pressure from the population on the government, poverty is not much discussed in the public and not a priority for Prime Minister Ishiba’s government”. The radio feature (in German), part of Deutschlandfunk’s Weltzeit series, is available here.

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Deutschsprachiges Kaffeekränzchen „Philosophie-Jause“

Die Jause geht weiter! In Frankreich ist das café philosophique eine Veranstaltung zum Philosophieren, an der jede Person teilnehmen kann. Auch in Japan gibt es bereits ähnliche Programme auf dem Land. The University of Tokyo Center for Philosophy (UTCP) und das Deutsche Institut für Japanstudien (DIJ) organisieren nun gemeinsam ein philosophisches Café auch in Tokyo, allerdings mit einer kleinen Besonderheit: Wir möchten deutschsprachigen Personen die Möglichkeit des Austauschs bieten und daher das Café auf Deutsch abhalten. Das Organisationsteam (Yukiko Kuwayama, UTCP und Sebastian Polak-Rottmann, DIJ) freut sich, Sie einzuladen, gemeinsam in entspannter Atmosphäre über ein Thema zu diskutieren. Fachliche Vorkenntnisse benötigen Sie nicht. Das Diskussionsthema entscheiden wir gemeinsam vor Ort. Bei Interesse melden Sie sich bitte bis zum 28. März an. Weitere Informationen hier

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2025年3月30日

Deutschsprachiges Kaffeekränzchen „Philosophie-Jause“

Die Jause geht weiter! In Frankreich ist das café philosophique eine Veranstaltung zum Philosophieren, an der jede Person teilnehmen kann. Auch in Japan gibt es bereits ähnliche Programme auf dem Land. The University of Tokyo Center for Philosophy (UTCP) und das Deutsche Institut für Japanstudien (DIJ) organisieren nun gemeinsam ein philosophisches Café auch in Tokyo, allerdings mit einer kleinen Besonderheit: Wir möchten deutschsprachigen Personen die Möglichkeit des Austauschs bieten und daher das Café auf Deutsch abhalten. Das Organisationsteam (Yukiko Kuwayama, UTCP und Sebastian Polak-Rottmann, DIJ) freut sich, Sie einzuladen, gemeinsam in entspannter Atmosphäre über ein Thema zu diskutieren. Fachliche Vorkenntnisse benötigen Sie nicht. Das Diskussionsthema entscheiden wir gemeinsam vor Ort. Bei Interesse melden Sie sich bitte bis zum 28. März an. Weitere Informationen hier

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Open access article co-authored by Sébastien Lechevalier studies impact of digitalization on job satisfaction

A new open access paper, co-authored by DIJ’s Sébastien Lechevalier and Malo Mofakhami analyses the diverse effects of the first wave of digitalization on job satisfaction through a comparison between Japan and France. The study neither finds substantial differences between the two countries regarding the impact of digital use on work organization practices nor a direct effect of digital use on job satisfaction. However, digital use is correlated to some work organization practices, such as autonomy, flexibility, and learning, through which it has positive mediated effects. The major source of the digital divide, in terms of satisfaction, is, in both countries, related to the perceived absence of digital skills by some workers. “Assessing job satisfaction in the era of digital transformation: a comparative study of the first wave of tasks digitalization in Japan and France” is published online first in the European Business Review (Springer). 

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2025年4月23日

Hybrid DIJ Study Group on Death and the Cat in Japanese Folklore

Kasha (Nichibunken Collection)

As in many cultures, the imagery of the cat in Japan is highly ambiguous: it is marked both as protective kami and ferocious yôkai that haunts the house and kills its owners to take on their shape. But Japan’s felines are also viewed as necromancers, soul stealers, body snatchers. This presentation will take a closer look at the cat’s strong association with death through the lens of the Kasha, a former Buddhist demon that took on the shape of a supernatural cat during the late 17th/early 18th century. Together with the well-known story complex of the “Neko danka” (Cat Parishioner) the motif of the body-snatching Kasha will serve as an example of how cats appear in the popular culture of the Edo period as a representation of Japanese folklore. Details and registration here

Speaker: Jenny Willett, University of Cologne/DIJ Tokyo
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2025年4月22日

Hybrid DIJ Forum on German and Japanese Economies

A rapidly ageing population, global warming, digitalization and AI, heightened geopolitical risks and a U.S.-induced tariff war – entering 2025, the German and Japanese economies confront an increasingly challenging as well as uncertain economic environment. How do they confront the fundamental domestic and international challenges? What possible scenarios do they envisage? These and related questions will be addressed by two leading economic scholars, Monika Schnitzer (German Council of Economic Experts) and Noriyuki Yanagawa (Council on Economic and Fiscal Policy). Their input statements will be followed by comments from two Japanese corporate leaders, Osamu Mogi (Kikkoman Corporation) and Makoto Shiono (Industrial Growth Platform) before the floor will be opened to questions from the general audience. The event will be held in English, admission is free. It is co-organised with Japan Association of Corporate Executives and will be followed by a small reception. Details and registration here

Speakers: 
Monika Schnitzer, German Council of Economic Experts
Noriyuki Yanagawa, Council on Economic and Fiscal Policy
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2025年1月17日

Book chapter by Carolin Fleischer-Heininger studies literary visions of the future

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A new book chapter by DIJ researcher Carolin Fleischer-Heininger analyses the novel ‘Chiryō-tō’ (Therapy Station, 1990) by the Japanese Nobel Prize laureate Ōe Kenzaburō with regard to its two contrasting visions of the future. The first shows a technology-based, exclusive society of the ‘chosen’, the second an inclusive community of ‘failures’. Using the depiction of intellectual disability – particularly through the character of Hikari – the novel criticises destructive narratives of progress and creates a vision of a more humane society. The text is interpreted as a time-critical commentary on Japan’s affinity for technology and as a plea for more inclusion. Carolin’s chapter “Zwischen destruktivem Fortschritt und inklusiver Menschengerechtigkeit: Zukunftsentwürfe als Zeitkritik und Kompass in Chiryō-tō von Ōe Kenzaburō (1935–2023)” is published in the volume Regenerative Zukünfte und künstliche Intelligenz: SDG-Forschung, Konzepte, Lösungsansätze zur Nachhaltigkeit (SpringerVS 2024), co-edited by Kai Gondlach, Birgit Brinkmann, Mark Brinkmann, and Julia Plath.

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2025年3月26日

Hybrid DIJ Study Group on the lived experiences of multilinguals in Japan

Japan is experiencing a growing influx of international migrants. These individuals establish new social connections in both their private and professional lives, which often involves learning Japanese. However, Japanese is just one resource within a broader, multilingual repertoire. This presentation explores the lived experiences of multilingual individuals in Japan, focusing on two spheres that typically require distinct sets of communicative competences: romantic relationships and workplaces. Drawing on data from narrative interviews, our speaker will demonstrate how multilinguals rationalize their interactional partners’ behavior and attribute intentional states to them to make sense of their experiences and their implications for perceptions of language competence. He will argue that competence should be understood as an intersubjective capability that emerges in interactions between individuals, across time and spaces, and institutional contexts, all while being intertwined with emotional expressions. Details and registration here

Speaker: Florian Grosser, University of Vienna/DIJ Tokyo

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