Roundtable, 7 July 2022, 11.45amCEST/6.45pmJST, „Politics and Culture in Contemporary Okinawa“

Zoom

Abbildung: Activist attaching a peace message to the fence of Camp Schwab   On May 15, 1972, two decades after the main islands of Japan regained full sovereignty, the Ryūkyūs were released from US administration, and Okinawa prefecture was re-established in the Japanese state. Fifty years after the so-called “reversion” (fukki) took place, grave imbalances between Okinawa and other prefectures continue to persist: Okinawa is...

Workshop: Governance in Japan am 13.06.2023

IBZ München e.V. Amalienstr. 38, München, Bayern, Deutschland

Organizers: Celeste Arrington and Gabriele Vogt Date: June 13, 2023 Location: Internationales Begegnungszentrum (IBZ) München Amalienstr. 38, 80799 München This workshop explores the diversity of tools of governance in Japan today. Historically, scholars noted how Japanese approaches to public policy and social control tended to rely on non-binding and cooperative “soft law” measures, such as administrative guidance (gyōsei shidō),...