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1-2 Global Health Governance Issues
3 Interview: Cooperation in Higher Education
4 Conference Report: Psychosocial Impacts of the Pandemic
5 Exchange Program: Bridge Walker
6 Other Events
7 Preview of Events 2021
8 Event Formats of the Pandemic

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"Brückengängerinnen" (bridge walkers)– Pauline BOEHM & Ariane HEROLD

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Finally to Japan! A big dream for many young adults in Germany. In addition to the Japanese-German Center Berlin (JDZB), the German-Japanese Youth Society (DJJG) also runs exchange programs. These are supported 100 percent voluntarily, take place annually in Germany and Japan and are aimed at 18- to 30-year-olds.

Points of interaction through digitization - New events series of the Alumni Association of the German-Japanese Young Leaders Forum

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In the "Sustainablility Talks", our YLF-alumni now meet regularly to shed light on sustainability from the perspective of Japan and Germany. The topic of the first meeting was "Sustainable Mobility".

Digital formats complement youth exchange

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The Japanese-German youth exchange is close to the heart of JDZB Secretary General Julia MUENCH. In this article, which also appeared in the current edition of our quartely publication echo, she appeals to join all available forces in order to create even more attention for existing exchange programs.

“Song of Autumn“ in early summer

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On June 9, for the first time since the beginning of the Corona crisis one year and five months ago, a concert took place at the JDZB. It was streamed live. In this blog post, Deputy Secretary General KIYOTA Tokiko recounts the events of this memorable day.

"Brückengängerinnen und Brückengänger" (bridge walkers – people who fulfill (or fulfilled) the Japanese-German friendship with life) – Rolf ANSCHÜTZ

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Have you ever heard of the film "Sushi in Suhl", which was released in Germany in 2012 and is based on a true story? This article is about the main protagonist of the film, Rolf ANSCHUETZ, who ran a Japanese restaurant in the former DDR. The author is Gero SEIFERT, who was president of the German-Japanese Society Halle in Saxony-Anhalt from 1998 to 2020 and was in contact with ANSCHÜTZ before he died.

jdzb echo 135

jdzb echo 135

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1-2 160 Years German-Japanese Friendship, Miguel BERGER
3 Interview: Future of Democracy
4 Conference Report: Gender Equality
5 Austauschprogramme
6 Exchange Programs
7 Preview of Events 2021
8 Tōkyō Olympics 2020

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"Brückengängerinnen und Brückengänger" (bridge walkers – people who fulfill (or fulfilled) the Japanese-German friendship with life) – Kai WINTER

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Our colleague MAKINO Hitomi describes in this article how a participant of the German-Japanese Youth Leaders Exchange started his own exchange program with Japan for Hamburg's youth fire department

"Brückengängerinnen und Brückengänger" (bridge walkers – people who fulfill (or fulfilled) the Japanese-German friendship with life) – KOENUMA Nobutsugu

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On the occasion of the 160th anniversary of Japanese-German diplomatic relation, we or our friends and partners, on the initiative of SEKIKAWA Fujiko (Head of Language Services at JDZB), present in this column people from both countries who have filled or are still filling the partnership relations between our two countries with life. In a joint publication by the Japanese-German Society Tōkyō and the JDZB, "Bridge Builders - Pioneers of Japanese-German Cultural Exchange" (2005, IUDICIUM Verlag), many people who have actively shaped German-Japanese relations have already been honored. This is where this column picks up. In addition to famous personalities, also those who are less in the media-spotlight will be introduced. Stay curious!