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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	Former Ambassador YAGI Takeshi
Vice President	Prof. Dr. Verena BLECHINGER-TALCOTT First Vice President, Freie Universität Berlin
Secretary General	Dr. Julia MÜNCH
Deputy Secretary General	MATSUMOTO Kenji
Other Members	Dr. Ina CZYBORRA Senator for Science, Health and Care, Berlin Ambassador-designate SHINO Mitsuko, Embassy of Japan, Berlin State Secretary Dr. Thomas BAGGER, Federal Foreign Office, Berlin Director ISHIKAWA Wataru, Foreign Ministry of Japan, Tōkyō

(As of 14 November 2024)

JDZB Foundation Council

Chairman	Gerhard WIESHEU, CEO 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 Prof. Dr.-Ing. Anke KAYSSER-PYZALLA, Chair of the Executive Board German Aerospace Center, Cologne Prof. Dr. Ute KLAMMER, Managing Director Institute for Work, Skills and Training University of Duisburg-Essen, Duisburg Gerda MEUER, Fmr. 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, Berlin Dr. Sabine STRICKER-KELLERER, Attourney at Lawy SSK ASIA, Munich Ambassador Petra SIGMUND German Embassy, Tōkyō 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 Prof. Dr. IWAMA Yōko National Graduate Institute of Policy Studies (GRIPS),Tōkyō KANO Isao, President & CEO Japan Center for International Exchange, Tōkyō KIDA Tetsuhiro, Honorary Advisor of Daido Life Insurance Company, Tōkyō KUROSAWA Shinya, President The Japan Foundation, Tōkyō Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. MAE Michiko, Institute of Modern Japan Heinrich-Heine-University, Düsseldorf MIYOSHI Norihide, Journalist, Tōkyō State Secretary OKANO Masataka Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Tōkyō TAKAHASHI Yōko, President Japan Philanthropic Association, Tōkyō Prof. em. Dr. TANABE Reiko Kyōto University

(As of 14 November 2024)