Am 11. März 2011 erlebte die Tōhoku-Region im Nordosten Japans mit einem Erdbeben der Stärke 9.0 auf der Richterskala, Tsunami mit einer Wellenhöhe von bis zu 40 Metern und dem...
Feminist perspectives have long been integral to the study of international relations and the practical shaping of foreign and security policy among nations. While traditional norms and values have historically...
The Russian invasion of Ukraine elicited what is widely seen as a ‘Zeitenwende’ in security policy not only in Germany, but also in Japan - despite the country’s geographical distance...
For several decades now, the health care sector in Japan has been experiencing a severe labor shortage. The gap between a growing demand for health care services and a shrinking...
Public transport providers often attempt to prevent passenger behaviours they consider dangerous, deviant, or otherwise undesirable through the use of media technologies. For example, railway companies worldwide employ posters and...
Am Freitag, den 14. Juni 2024 von 10:30 bis 16:30 Uhr stellen sich die Bewerber:innen um die W3-Professur Japanologie in wissenschaftlichen Probevorträgen den Studierenden und dem Berufungsausschuss vor. In den Vorträgen geht...
Wie haben die neuen Frauenbewegungen in Japan und in Deutschland das Denken über Geschlecht und die Gesellschaft verändert? Oft wird Feminismus weiterhin eurozentrisch mit dem „Westen“ gleichgesetzt und Ostasien weithin...
This study investigates what attracts career-oriented women to foreign subsidiaries and how they experience this work context. Based on 125 interviews with career-oriented women in Japan, we find that their...
Haga Yaichi (1867-1927) was a scholar of literature and kokugaku , who significantly contributed to creating the national literary canon in the Meiji period. In 1907, at a time of national glorification...
After the Second World War, Japan adopted Article 9 in its constitution, which renounced using force in its foreign policy. The use of the military was strictly limited to Japan’s...