DFG Office Japan

Japan is one of the DFG’s main partners in the Asia-Pacific region. The partnership with the funding agencies Japan Agency for Medical Research and Development (AMED), Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) and Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST) is based on shared interests and values, as pursued jointly on global platforms such as the Global Research Council and the Funding Agencies Presidents Meeting.

In recent years, the DFG has been able to expand its bilateral collaborative activities into trilateral initiatives. Together with other European organisations and their local branch offices and also through the Delegation of the European Union to Japan, we are endeavouring to establish lasting and stable links between Europe and Japan. Currently there is also growing interest in multilateral approaches to broaden the network in the region by linking up with additional partners. The DFG aims to contribute to increasing the opportunities available to the German research community in the region.

News

15th Anniversary of DFG Office Japan in Tokyo

The DFG opened its office in Japan 15 years ago in response to keen interest within the German research communities in engaging in collaborations with Japanese partners.

DFG President Katja Becker and Vice President Kerstin Schill Visit Kyoto

In October, celebrations of the 50th anniversary of German-Japanese cooperation in science and technology and the STS forum took place.

Ein in blau, schwarz und weiß gehaltenes Portrait von Immanuel Kant neben dem Veranstaltungstitel

Kant’s political philosophy in times of globalization

To commemorate the year of the 300th anniversary of Immanuel Kant’s birth Prof. Dr. Dr. Lutz-Bachmann will give a lecture in Tokyo.

Further News from the DFG Office Japan

To serve as a point of contact for scientists, scientific organisations and funding bodies in Japan.
To maintain and intensify contacts with partner organisations and establish networks with other stakeholders located in Japan.
To prepare and provide German science with analyses, evaluations, and reports regarding developments in Japanese science policy that are relevant to the DFG.
To develop a “strategic philosophy of collaboration” with Japanese science, in consultation with the DFG Head Office in Bonn.
To initiate collaborative projects, bilateral workshops and symposia in Japan and Germany to allow scientists to get acquainted with each other and to establish networks.