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 | Former Ambassador YAGI Takeshi |
| 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 | MATSUMOTO Kenji |
| Other Members |
Dr. Ina CZYBORRA |
(As of 31 May 2023)
JDZB Foundation Council
| Chairman | Gerhard WIESHEU, Member of the Executive Board 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 Prof. Dr. Gesine FOLJANTY-JOST Ambassador Dr. Clemens von GOETZE Prof. Dr. Ute KLAMMER, Managing Director Gerda MEUER, Director of Programming Julia SCHNITZLER, Managing Partner Prof. Dr. Klaus SEMLINGER, Fmr. President Dr. Sabine STRICKER-KELLERER, Attourney at Lawy Thomas WITTY, Lawyer, ARQIS Foreign Law Office, |
| Japanese Members |
Prof. Dr. AGATA Kōichirō, Faculty of Political Science and Dr. ANZAI Yūichirō, Senior Advisor of the Prof. Dr. IWAMA Yōko KANŌ Isao, President & CEO KIDA Tetsuhiro, Advisor of Daido Life Insurance Company, Tōkyō Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. MAE Michiko, Institute of Modern Japan MIYOSHI Norihide, Journalist, Tōkyō State Secretary MORI Takeo TAKAHASHI Yōko, President Prof. em. Dr. TANABE Reiko UMEMOTO Kazuyoshi, President |
(As of 31 May 2023)