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SUMMARY:Vortrag von Prof. Dr. Carola Hommerich: „Between Alarm and Apathy: Mapping Environmental Orientations in the Japanese Public“
DESCRIPTION:Das Japan-Zentrum der Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München lädt Sie im Rahmen des Forschungskolloquiums im Sommersemester 2026 zu folgendem Gastvortrag herzlich ein: \nProf. Dr. Carola Hommerich (Sophia University\, Tokyo\, presenting) \nDr. Joanna Kitsnik (Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei) \n11. Juni 2026: 18:15 – 19:45 Uhr  \nJapan presents a striking paradox: public concern about climate change is high and rising\, yet the country consistently underperforms on international climate policy indices\, and the sense of urgency to act remains comparatively low. This gap between concern and mobilisation raises a fundamental question — not just about policy\, but about society: how do different groups in Japan actually understand\, evaluate\, and relate to climate change\, and what does this mean for the prospects of a just and cohesive transition to a carbon-neutral society? \nThis talk presents findings from the Sophia University Climate Survey\, a large-scale representative online survey of 5\,000 respondents conducted in Japan in autumn 2025. Drawing on latent class analysis across multiple dimensions of climate orientations — concern\, beliefs and attribution\, affective and moral response\, efficacy beliefs\, and techno optimism — we identify five distinct climate orientation types within the Japanese population\, ranging from the deeply engaged and empowered to the sceptical and the indifferent. We then further examine how these types differ in their sociodemographic and socioeconomic composition\, their political orientations\, and their patterns of information consumption and trust. Understanding what defines these different orientation types — and what divides them — has implications not only for climate communication and policy\, but for social cohesion more broadly. \nCarola Hommerich is Professor at the Department of Sociology\, Faculty of Human Sciences\, Sophia University\, Tokyo. In the past\, she has served as Associate Professor of Sociology at the Graduate School of Letters of Hokkaido University\, and as Senior Research Fellow at the German Institute of Japanese Studies (DIJ)\, Tokyo. Her research focuses on the interrelation of subjective well-being and social status\, as well as on the interlinkage of environmental attitudes and behaviour. Her research has appeared in Social Indicators Research\, Applied Research in Quality of Life\, Journal of Happiness Studies\, Social Sciences Japan Journal\, among others. \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-dr-carola-hommerich-between-alarm-and-apathy-mapping-environmental-orientations-in-the-japanese-public/
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SUMMARY:Vortrag von Dr. Ruth Effinowicz: "Japan\, Jura und Justiz - Wirklichkeit\, Wandel und Wissenschaft des Rechts"
DESCRIPTION:Das Japan-Zentrum der Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München lädt Sie zu folgendem Gastvortrag herzlich ein: \nDr. Ruth Effinowicz (Max-Planck-Institut) \n18. Juni 2026: 10:15 – 11:45 Uhr  \n\nWarum interessieren sich eigentlich deutsche Jurist:innen für Japan? Der Vortrag gibt einen Einblick in die rechtswissenschaftliche Beschäftigung mit Japan und dem japanischen Recht. Gründe\, Themen und Methoden werden beleuchtet. \nRuth Effinowicz ist Leiterin des Kompetenzzentrums Japan am Max-Planck-Institut für ausländisches und internationales Privatrecht. Sie ist zudem verantwortliche Schriftleiterin der Zeitschrift für Japanisches Recht. Sie hat neben ihrer juristischen Ausbildung ein Studium der Japanologie absolviert. \nDer Vortrag findet in Präsenz statt. Ort: Japan-Zentrum der LMU\, Seminargebäude am Englischen Garten\, Oettingenstr. 67\, 80538 München\, Raum L155. Eine vorherige Anmeldung ist nicht erforderlich. \nFoto: © MPIPRIV Johanna Detering
URL:https://www.blog.japan.uni-muenchen.de/event/vortrag-von-dr-ruth-effinowicz-japan-jura-und-justiz-wirklichkeit-wandel-und-wissenschaft-des-rechts/
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SUMMARY:Vortrag von Dr. Vincent Lesch: "18 and Exposed: Regulating Youth Vulnerability and Risk in Japan’s  Amusement and Adult Video Industry"
DESCRIPTION:Das Japan-Zentrum der Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München lädt Sie im Rahmen des Forschungskolloquiums im Sommersemester 2026 zu folgendem Gastvortrag herzlich ein: \nDr. Vincent Lesch (Universität Heidelberg) \n18. Juni 2026: 18:15 – 19:45 Uhr  \n\nIn April 2022\, Japan lowered the legal age of adulthood from 20 to 18\, expanding young people’s contractual capacity while leaving certain age-restricted activities unchanged. This reform heightened concerns about vulnerability\, particularly beyond financial risks\, in sectors such as the amusement and adult video (AV) industries. \nIn response\, the Adult Video Appearance Damage Prevention and Relief Act (2022) was enacted to prevent harm\, provide victim relief\, and protect performers’ dignity and privacy. Evidence points to coercive recruitment practices and structural links between host club businesses and forced AV participation\, often involving debt-based pressure. Complementing this\, the 2025 amendments to the Act on Control and Improvement of Amusement Business strengthened regulatory oversight and adapted legal controls to contemporary practices. \nThis research project adopts a doctrinal legal research approach to examine the regulatory design and protective scope of these legal instruments. It analyzes the harms that prompted legislative intervention\, the structure of the protection mechanisms\, and their capacity to address exploitative practices at the intersection of amusement businesses and the AV industry. The analysis draws on legal texts\, policy documents\, administrative materials\, statistical data\, and case-based reporting\, and evaluates these laws as instruments of youth and consumer protection in contexts marked by power asymmetries and information imbalances. \nVincent B. Lesch has been a research associate at the Department of Japanese Studies at Heidelberg University since April 2022. Prior to that\, he worked at the Department of Global Studies at Aarhus University in Denmark. In 2019\, he received his Ph.D. from the Asia-Africa Institute at the University of Hamburg with a dissertation on NPO-led career guidance at urban high schools in Tokyo. His research currently focuses on consumer education and consumer protection as part of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in the Japanese education system and society. He concentrates on educational policies and frameworks as well as the implementation of consumer education and consumer protection on the micro-level. Since completing his degree\, he has also served as head of the “Education” section of the German Association for Social Science Research on Japan (VSJF)\, promoting exchange between early-career researchers (especially students)\, established scholars\, and the interested public. \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-dr-vincent-lesch-18-and-exposed-regulating-youth-vulnerability-and-risk-in-japans-amusement-and-adult-video-industry/
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SUMMARY:Workshop: "Can rapidly ageing societies achieve social and intergenerational justice? Perspectives from Germany and Japan"
DESCRIPTION:Population ageing is transforming advanced democracies. It raises pressing questions not only about pensions\, healthcare\, and public finances\, but also about social cohesion and fairness between generations. At the same time\, governments must address persistent social inequalities that often intersect with\, but do not always mirror\, generational divides. \n\n\n\nHow can societies balance the needs of younger and older generations? What policy choices are available when fiscal resources are limited and political discontent is growing? Bringing together scholars from political science\, sociology\, economics\, and area studies from Germany and Japan\, these panels explore how the two rapidly ageing societies of Germany and Japan are responding to these challenges. \nWorkshop Program \n3:00 p.m. – 3:15 p.m. Greetings \nKenichi Bessho\, Consulate General of Japan in Munich \nIrene Götz\, Dean\, Faculty for the Study of Culture\, LMU \nKarsten Fischer\, Vice-Dean\, Faculty of Social Sciences\, LMU \n3:15 p.m. – 4:15 p.m. Panel I: State Finances \nchair: Kenneth Mori McElwain \nLaura Seelkopf\, LMU Munich: The Development of the Modern Tax State – Japan and Germany in International Comparison \nSteffen Heinrich\, FU Berlin: Demographic Ageing and the Fiscal Politics of Generational Divides in Japan and Germany \nTakeshi Fujitani\, University of Tokyo: How to Tax the Gray Majority: Justification\, Circumvention\, and Constitutional Limits \n4:15 p.m. – 4:45 p.m. Coffee Break \n4:45 p.m. – 5:45 p.m. Panel II: Politically Contentious Issues \nchair: Laura Seelkopf \nKenneth Mori McElwain\, University of Tokyo: Do We Need to Worry About Silver Democracy? Generational Differences in Policy Priorities \nKikuko Nagayoshi\, University of Tokyo: Japanese Attitudes Toward Immigrants amid Labor Shortage \nGabriele Vogt\, LMU Munich: Aging Democracies\, Silent Youth: How Population Aging Impacts Political Participation in Japan and the Asia-Pacific \n5:45 p.m. – 6:45 p.m. A “world café” session on: Can rapidly ageing societies achieve social and intergenerational justice? \nchair: Gabriele Vogt \ndiscussant: Felix Wrobel\, Georgetown University – McCourt School of Public Policy\, Jugend-Enquete-Kommission e.V. \n6:45 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.Wrap-up and closing remarks \nThe workshop takes place within the framework of the LMU–Tōdai Cooperation in the Sciences Program. Additional funding by the German Research Foundation (DFG) is acknowledged. \nLocation: Internationales Begegnungszentrum (IBZ)\, Amalienstr. 38\, 80799 München \nPlease register with Ms. Saki Nakajima by June 23 via: sak.nakajima@campus.lmu.de. \nAttendance is free.
URL:https://www.blog.japan.uni-muenchen.de/event/paneldiskussion-can-rapidly-ageing-societies-achieve-social-and-intergenerational-justice-perspectives-from-germany-and-japan/
LOCATION:IBZ München e.V.\, Amalienstr. 38\, München\, Bayern\, 80799\, Deutschland
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