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JDZB Governing Bodies

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 Senate Chancellery – Higher Education and Research, Berlin Ambassador YANAGI Hidenao, Embassy of Japan, Berlin State Secretary Miguel BERGER, Federal Foreign Office, Berlin Director HANADA Takahiro, Foreign Ministry of Japan, Tōkyō

(As of 1 July 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., Tōkyō
German Members	Johannes EBERT, Secretary General Goethe-Institut, Head Office, Munich Prof. Dr. Gesine FOLJANTY-JOST Institute for Political Science and Japanese Studies Martin-Luther-University Halle-Wittenberg, Halle Ambassador (designated) Dr. Clemens von GOETZE German Embassy, Tōkyō Prof. Dr. Ute KLAMMER, Managing Director Institute for Work, Skills and Training University of Duisburg-Essen, Duisburg Gerda MEUER, Director of Programming Deutsche Welle, Bonn/Berlin Julia SCHNITZLER, Managing Partner STRASSBURGER Filter GmbH & Co KG, Westhofen Prof. Dr. Klaus SEMLINGER, Fmr. President HTW University of Applied Sciences, Berlin Prof. Gereon SIEVERNICH, Fmr. Director of Museum Curator of Capitan Cultural Fund, Berlin Dr. Sabine STRICKER-KELLERER, Attourney at Lawy SSK ASIA, Munich Prof. Dr. Margret WINTERMANTEL, Fmr. President German Academic Exchange Service, Bonn Thomas WITTY, Lawyer, ARQIS Foreign Law Office, Foreign Law Joint Enterprise with TMI Associates, Tōkyō
Japanese Members	Prof. Dr. AGATA Kōichirō, Faculty of Political Science and Economics, Waseda University, Tōkyō Dr. ANZAI Yūichirō, Senior Advisor of the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science; Director of the Center for Science Information Analysis, Tōkyō Prof. Dr. IWAMA Yōko National Graduate Institute of Policy Studies (GRIPS),Tōkyō KIDA Tetsuhiro, Advisor of T&D Holdings, Inc. and Daido Life Insurance Company, Tōkyō Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. MAE Michiko, Institute of Modern Japan Heinrich-Heine-University, Düsseldorf MIYOSHI Norihide, Senior Writer The Yomiuri Shimbun, Tōkyō State Secretary MORI Takeo Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Tōkyō ŌKAWARA Akio, President & CEO Japan Center for International Exchange, Tōkyō TAKAHASHI Yōko, President Japan Philanthropic Association, Tōkyō Prof. h.c. Dr. TANABE Reiko Kyōto University UMEMOTO Kazuyoshi, President The Japan Foundation, Tōkyō

(As of 7 September 2021)