
The Japanese-German Center Berlin (Japanisch-Deutsches Zentrum Berlin JDZB) is a non-profit organization. It has two governing bodies, the Board of Executives and the Foundation Council. Both countries are equally represented in the governing bodies, which meet annually, alternating between Germany and Japan. The meetings are preceded by government consultations on the contributions of both countries to the JDZB’s annual budget.

JDZB Board of Executives
President | Ambassador NAKANE Takeshi Ambassador for Science and Technology Cooperation Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Tōkyō |
Vice President | Prof. em. Dr. Werner PASCHA Prof. em. for East Asian Economic Studies / Japan and Korea Institute of East Asian Studies (IN-EAST) and Mercator School of Management University of Duisburg-Essen, Duisburg |
Secretary General | Dr, Julia MÜNCH |
Deputy Secretary General | KIYOTA Tokiko |
Other Members |
Michael MÜLLER, The Governing Mayor of Berlin |
(As of 1 January 2021)

JDZB Foundation Council
Chairman | Gerhard WIESHEU, Partner B. Metzler seel. Sohn & Co. Holding AG, Frankfurt a.M. |
Vice-Chairman | Dr. Eng. MORI Masahiko, President DMG Mori Co., Ltd., Nagoya |
German Members |
Johannes EBERT, Secretary General Prof. Dr. Gesine FOLJANTY-JOST Prof. Dr. Ute KLAMMER, Managing Director Ina LEPEL, German Embassy, Tôkyô Gerda MEUER, Director of Programming Julia SCHNITZLER, Managing Partner Prof. Dr. Klaus SEMLINGER, Fmr. President Dr. Sabine STRICKER-KELLERER, Attourney at Lawy Prof. Dr. Margret WINTERMANTEL, Fmr. President Thomas WITTY, Lawyer, ARQIS Foreign Law Office, |
Japanese Members |
Prof. Dr. AGATA Kōichirō, Faculty of Political Science and State Secretary AKIBA Takeo Dr. ANZAI Yūichirō, Senior Advisor of the Prof. Dr. IWAMA Yōko, National Graduate Institute of KIDA Tetsuhiro, Advisor of T&D Holdings, Inc. and Daido Prof. em. Dr. Dr. hc. MAE Michiko, Institute of Modern Japan MIYOSHI Norihide, Senior Writer ŌKAWARA Akio, President & CEO TAKAHASHI Yōko, President TAKEUCHI Noriko, President UMEMOTO Kazuyoshi, President |
(As of 1 January 2021)