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SUMMARY:Vortrag von Anne-Sophie L. König\, M.A.: "The so-called narite busoku problem: Understanding why the shortage of candidates for town and village assembly elections in Japan is worsening"
DESCRIPTION:Since the nation-wide unified local elections in 2019\, the buzz word narite busoku (shortage of candidates) has become common in news reports on Japan’s municipal election. This shortage consequently leads to a rise of uncontested elections – elections that end without voting as there are not more candidates than seats up for election. Both trends have become part of the public debate about dwindling voting rates of and interest in local elections in Japan. The issue is framed as narite busoku mondai (lack of candidates’ problem) in Japanese literature and media. From the first democratic local elections in Japan in 1947\, there has always been a low percentage of uncontested winners among assembly members of town and village assemblies. Though uncontested elections are no new phenomenon\, since the 2011 election cycle\, the percentage of walkover winners is steadily increasing from 20.2 percent to its all-time high of 30.3 percent in 2023. In a liberal democracy\, uncontested elections are problematic as competitiveness is undermined and a ’natural‘ exchange of politicians as well as an evaluation of a politician’s term through the ballot do no longer occur. \nIn my thesis project I want to find out how the lack of candidates in town and village assembly elections affects Japanese democracy and what kind of countermeasures are feasible and effective. To answer these questions\, I identified the important actors involved in the political and academic debate surrounding narite busoku. I also conducted not only a documentary analysis but also fieldwork in form of semi-structured expert interviews and participant observation in 2022 and 2023 with a focus on municipalities in Nagano\, Hokkaidō\, and Kyōto prefectures. Through a preliminary content analysis of my data the following points become evident: 1) Though the cited reasons for the lack of candidates often overlap\, the evidence they are based on is convincing to different degrees. 2) The plethora of solutions are either still untested\, or do not show immediate results. 3) There is a gap between viable solutions discussed in academia and the central state\, and the practice in the municipalities. In my thesis\, I identify hurdles in the political system and imbalances in the debate that lead to the differences between these levels. In this talk\, I will present first findings from the analysis of my fieldwork data focusing on reasons for narite busoku. \nAnne-Sophie L. König is a doctoral student at Japan Center LMU Munich under the supervision of Prof. Dr. Gabriele Vogt and research associate in the DFG-funded project „Demography and Democracy: How Population Aging Alters Democracy – The Case of Japan“. Her research interests include local politics\, quality of democracy\, political multilevel system in Japan\, demographic change and\, state risk communication. \nThis is a hybrid event. For participation via Zoom\, please register by following this link: https://lmu-munich.zoom-x.de/meeting/register/u5Urc-utrTsvE9I9V_GjcnyeqThqTN-e2dVx. After registration you will receive a confirmation mail with the participation link. \nLocation: Japan Center of the LMU\, Seminar Building at the English Garden\, Oettingenstr. 67\, 80538 Munich\, Room 151.
URL:https://www.blog.japan.uni-muenchen.de/event/vortrag-von-anne-sophie-l-koenig-m-a-the-so-called-narite-busoku-problem-understanding-why-the-shortage-of-candidates-for-town-and-village-assembly-elections-in-japan-is-worsening/
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CATEGORIES:Allgemein,Forschungskolloquium,Vortrag
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SUMMARY:Poster-Ausstellung "Remembering the War" im Foyer der Oettingenstraße
DESCRIPTION:Nach der erfolgreichen Präsentation unserer Poster-Ausstellung „Remembering the War – How Museums and Memorials of WWII Resonate with the Youth in Tokyo and Munich“ im Dezember 2023\, stellen wir die Ergebnisse des DAAD-Waseda Partnerschaftsprogramms 2022-2023 noch einmal \nvon Montag\, den 05. bis Mittwoch\, den 07. Februar 2024 \nim Foyer der Oettingenstraße 67 aus. \nEine herzliche Einladung an alle\, die die Ausstellung im Dezember verpasst haben!
URL:https://www.blog.japan.uni-muenchen.de/event/poster-ausstellung-remembering-the-war/
LOCATION:Foyer Oettingenstraße 67
CATEGORIES:Allgemein
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SUMMARY:Vortrag von Prof. Anton Schweizer: "Spektakel und Machtdemonstration: Das Toyokuni Fest von 1604 als politische Propaganda"
DESCRIPTION:Im Jahr 1604 richtete die Familie des verstorbenen und inzwischen zur Shinto-Gottheit erklärten Toyotomi Hideyoshi ein einwöchiges Fest aus\, das neue Maßstäbe für propagandistische Großveranstaltungen im frühmodernen Japan setzte. Die Feierlichkeiten wurden im Auftrag der Toyotomi in Wort und Bild (einer Chronik und einem Stellschirmpaar) für die Nachwelt festgehalten und darüber hinaus in zahlreichen Tagebüchern beschrieben. Der Vortrag rekonstruiert das Fest aus diesen Materialien und geht besonders auf die reich ausgestatteten Rundtänze (fūryū odori) ein\, die an einem der zentralen Festtage von fünf Kyotoer Nachbarschaftsverbänden aufgeführt wurden. Die historischen Bezüge des performativen Genres fūryū zur Heian- (794–1185) und Bürgerkriegszeit (1467–1568) sowie der auffällige Einbezug von Tänzern in europäischen Kostümen stehen dabei im Vordergrund. Hideyoshi-Kult\, Fest und Tänze werden interpretiert als integrale Bedeutungsträger politischer Ikonographie zur Zeit eines angespannten Machtkampfes zwischen den Toyotomi und den Tokugawa. \nAnton Schweizer ist Professor für Kunst- und Architekturgeschichte an der Universität Kyushu. Er promovierte 2010 an der Universität Heidelberg und arbeitete dann an der New York University und der Tulane University (New Orleans). Seine Forschungsschwerpunkte liegen auf Architektur als Ausdruck politischer Macht in der Momoyama und Edo-Zeit\, Kurtisanenkultur\, sowie künstlerischen Wechselbeziehungen zwischen Japan und Europa. Zu seinen Publikationen zählt Ōsaki Hachiman: Architecture\, Materiality\, and Samurai Power in Seventeenth-Century Japan (Reimer\, 2016). \nDer Vortrag findet in Präsenz statt. Ort: Japan-Zentrum der LMU\, Seminargebäude am Englischen Garten\, Oettingenstr. 67\, 80538 München\, Raum 151.
URL:https://www.blog.japan.uni-muenchen.de/event/vortrag-von-prof-anton-schweizer-spektakel-und-machtdemonstration-das-toyokuni-fest-von-1604-als-politische-propaganda/
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