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Als Faktoren nennt sie geringe Gehälter, lange Arbeitszeiten und die eigene, kleine Wohnung. Gleichzeitig bieten Tiercafés und Haustiere zunehmend mehr als nur Unterhaltung. Sie können auch soziale und körperliche Nähe ermöglichen: "ein bisschen Austausch mit etwas Lebendem" (2/2)

Weltstädte - mit Leon Windscheid: Tokyo | Terra X Doku

In der neusten Folge „Tokyo“ der ZDF-Reihe „Weltstädte“ spricht DIJ-Soziologin @barbtokyo.bsky.social über Einsamkeit junger Menschen in der japanischen Metropole. 📺 www.zdf.de/video/dokus/... (1/2)

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Tokyo ist eine der jüngsten Weltmetropolen. Die Stadt besticht durch ihre Ruhe, Präzision und Sauberkeit. Woher kommt der Sinn für das Gemeinwohl?

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Carolin Fleischer-Heininger visited two different festival sites: While Naoshima is renowned for contemporary art and architecture, Ōshima reflects a history of social marginalization. She concludes that the festival expands sustainability discourse, highlighting its social dimension. (2/2)

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NEW on the Sustainability in Japan and Beyond blog: "Encountering Sustainability at the Setouchi Triennale (2025) in Japan“ by Carolin Fleischer-Heininger, exploring how the art festival addresses social, cultural, and ecological aspects of sustainability ▶️ sustainability.hypotheses.org/2963 (1/2)

Encountering Sustainability at the Setouchi Triennale (2025) in Japan

This blog article is the second part on my trips to regional art festivals in Japan in 2025. In the first part, I focused on the Aichi Triennale. This time, I will share my observations of the Setouch...

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🎤 Dolf-Alexander Neuhaus (“Industrial education for Koreans under Japanese colonial rule and its postwar legacies, 1910s – 1960s”) eajs.eu/2026-program... 🎤 Torsten Weber (“Re-visiting the war in postwar Japan: Takeuchi Yoshimi’s ‘Asia’ versus Japan’s ‘West’”) eajs.eu/2026-program...

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🎤 Nicole M. Mueller (“Working the Metaverse: Conceptual Frameworks, Corporate Policy, and Literary Interventions”) eajs.eu/2026-program...

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🎤 Isaac Gagné (“‘Pragmagic’ in urban East Asia: Tracing pragmatic practices and rituals of magical control in Tokyo and Hong Kong”; with D. Bartmanski) eajs.eu/2026-program...

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DIJ Tokyo @dijtokyo.org · 12/08/2026

We look forward to meeting friends, colleagues & alumni at the #EAJS2026 in Poznań, incl papers by Isaac Gagné (Religion & Religious Thought), @nicolemmueller.bsky.social (Anthropology & Sociology), @daneuhaus.bsky.social (History) & @torweber.bsky.social (Intellectual History & Philosophy) @eajs.eu

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#OpenAccess book edited by DIJ Visiting Fellow Sébastien Lechevalier, Jean-Paul Gaudillière, Kathryn Ibata-Arens, Kayo Takuma Capitalism, Innovations, and Health after Covid-19. An Asian Perspective @springernature.com examines alternative health innovation models link.springer.com/book/10.1007...

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DIJ Tokyo @dijtokyo.org · 06/08/2026

We are delighted to announce our new director from October 1, 2026: Verena Blechinger-Talcott @verenabt.bsky.social, Professor of Japanese Politics and Political Economy @freieuniversitaet.bsky.social. We are looking forward to welcoming you back at the DIJ in October!

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DIJ Tokyo @dijtokyo.org · 05/08/2026

Bewerbungsfrist: Sonntag, 9. August 2026. karriere.maxweberstiftung.de/jobposting/1... @maxweberstiftung.de

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DIJ Tokyo @dijtokyo.org · 31/07/2026

Some preliminary findings: New structural opportunities, together with diverse personal motivations are driving this new generation of bookstores. Rather than being places to buy books, they are becoming cultural hubs & create spaces where communities — and sometimes even social movements — can grow

DIJ Tokyo @dijtokyo.org · 31/07/2026

Thank you to our speaker Simone Decker (@lmu.de / DIJ Tokyo) and all participants who joined Wednesday’s #DIJStudyGroup on “Independent Bookstores and Zine Communities as Third Spaces in Post-Corona Japan“ ➡️ www.dijtokyo.org/event/indepe... (1/2)

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DIJ Tokyo @dijtokyo.org · 30/07/2026

Its guiding principle is to "reinforce rather than override local ecological character,“ with homeowners serving as long-term stewards. Despite its limitations, Sarah Stark argues that the initiative demonstrates how the construction industry can deliver ecological interventions at scale. (3/3)

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DIJ Tokyo @dijtokyo.org · 30/07/2026

Introduced by Japanese home-builder Sekisui House in 2001, the initiative builds on the model of planting five native plant species around each newly built home. Since 2001, the initiative has resulted in more than 20 million plants across suburban and urban residential areas. (2/3)

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DIJ Tokyo @dijtokyo.org · 30/07/2026

NEW on the Sustainability in Japan and Beyond blog: "Embedding Biodiversity in the Built Environment: The Gohon no Ki Initiative“ Sarah Stark examines Sekisui House's "Gohon no Ki" (five plants) initiative, and its ecological & sociological implications ▶️ sustainability.hypotheses.org/2898 (1/3)

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Embedding Biodiversity in the Built Environment: The Gohon no Ki Initiative

In 2001, the Japanese homebuilder Sekisui House began planting five carefully selected native plants in every new home it built. Over twenty-five years, this has resulted in more than 20 million plant...

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DIJ Tokyo @dijtokyo.org · 27/07/2026

REMINDER You can still sign up to join us this Wednesday for the #DIJStudyGroup "Independent Bookstores and Zine Communities as Third Spaces in Post-Corona Japan" with Simone Decker (LMU Munich / DIJ Tokyo). Onsite only @ DIJ Tokyo ▶️ www.dijtokyo.org/event/indepe...

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DIJ Tokyo @dijtokyo.org · 23/07/2026

Fascinating insights by our MWS Global Indo-Pacific Mobility Fellow @maxweberstiftung.de Arnab Dutta (Groningen) into the historical roots of Indo-Pacific as a linguistic, racial, cultural, and (geo)political concept in the framework of Pan-Asianism, anti-colonialism & post-imperialism

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DIJ Tokyo @dijtokyo.org · 23/07/2026

Thank you to our speaker @arnabduttahist.bsky.social and all participants who - despite the heat - came out to join last night's #DIJStudyGroup "The Indo-Pacific Knowledge in Indian Anticolonialism: Geopolitical Imaginaries from Pan-Asianism to Pacific Affairs, 1920s–40s" dij.tokyo/anticolonial...

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DIJ Tokyo @dijtokyo.org · 22/07/2026

Japan’s pet industry is booming -- DIJ sociologist @barbtokyo.bsky.social explains why: “A pet can also replace a partner. After a divorce, people sometimes get pets. After someone gets widowed, they get a pet.” @genmansfield.bsky.social @aljazeera.com ▶️ www.aljazeera.com/economy/2026...

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DIJ Tokyo @dijtokyo.org · 21/07/2026

Brutally hot summers, research positions, travel grants, publications, conferences & other updates in our #DIJNewsletter ▶️ dij.tokyo/nl84 @nicolemmueller.bsky.social @daneuhaus.bsky.social @barbtokyo.bsky.social @celiaspoden.bsky.social @jppinfo.bsky.social @yanaiinitiative.bsky.social @eajs.eu

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DIJ Tokyo @dijtokyo.org · 21/07/2026

REMINDER You can still sign up for Wednesday's #DIJStudyGroup "The Indo-Pacific Knowledge in Indian Anticolonialism: Geopolitical Imaginaries from Pan-Asianism to Pacific Affairs, 1920s–40s" with MWS mobility fellow Arnab Dutta (Univ of Groningen) 📅 July 22 / 6.30 pm (JST); onsite only @ DIJ Tokyo

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Agrar Fakultät Uni Göttingen @agrarunigoe.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

🌱 Ohne Zukunftserzählungen gibt es keine Zukunft. Im Projekt ZumiKu untersuchen Claudia Neu und Marc Weiland, wie Erzählungen die Zukunft ländlicher Räume prägen. Mehr dazu im Blog „Sustainability in Japan and Beyond“ des DIJ Tokyo (@dijtokyo.org) 🔗 sustainability.hypotheses.org/2643

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Telling the Story of the Future: Perspectives and Impulses for Rural Areas

We are facing a seemingly peculiar paradox: On the one hand, literature and culture, as well as architecture and energy policy, are increasingly interested in rural areas, seeing development potential...

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DIJ Tokyo @dijtokyo.org · 17/07/2026

Thank you to everyone who joined Wednesday's #DIJStudyGroup "Transnational Right-Wing Movements and Discourses in Japan & South Korea" with Jaein Seol online & onsite. Please join us again for the next sessions: 📅 July 22: A. Dutta dij.tokyo/anticolonial... 📅 July 29: S. Decker dij.tokyo/bookstore

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DIJ Tokyo @dijtokyo.org · 16/07/2026

Last lecture in the Contemporary Tokyo Seminar Series coming up this Friday! "Leaving Home for Tokyo: Desire, Mobility, and Urban Life in Modern Japan, 1920–2000" 📅 Fri 17 July 2026, 18-20h  📍 Waseda University, Toyama Campus, Room 31-311 🎤 Takane Suzuki (Waseda Univ) www.mfj.gr.jp/evenement/le...

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Leaving Home for Tokyo: Desire, Mobility, and Urban Life in Modern Japan, 1920–2000 - Événements - IFRJ / MFJ

vendredi 17 juillet 2026 | This event will be held at Waseda University, not at the Maison franco-japonaise. Why did so many people leave their homes for Tokyo during Japan’s modernization? This talk ...

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Combined with insights from an earlier interview study, this experience revealed an interesting contrast: While tech practitioners experience sustainability in highly political terms at work, they associate it with social sustainability and the future of their families in their personal lives. (4/4)

During her fieldwork at the Japanese industry conference in February 2026, Nicole M. Müller attended a presentation titled “A future in which the Sustainable Development Goals are created by the metaverse“. Surprisingly, the talk was more about a personal project than tech firms’ SGDs. (3/4)

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How do practitioners in the tech industry think about sustainability? What is their actual understanding of sustainability? In this blog post, Nicole M. Müller reflects on tech practitioners’ perspectives on sustainability, drawing on her fieldwork. (2/4)

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DIJ Tokyo @dijtokyo.org · 13/07/2026

NEW on the Sustainability in Japan and Beyond blog: "'The Society my Daughter is going to live in' – Metaverse Sustainability as a Personal Matter“ by @nicolemmueller.bsky.social ▶️ sustainability.hypotheses.org/2861 (1/4)

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REMINDER You can still sign up for Wednesday's hybrid #DIJStudyGroup "Transnational Right-Wing Movements and Discourses in Japan and South Korea" with Jaein Seol (Leipzig University / DIJ Tokyo)

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DIJ Tokyo @dijtokyo.org · 07/07/2026

Join our #DIJStudyGroup "The Indo-Pacific Knowledge in Indian Anticolonialism: Geopolitical Imaginaries from Pan-Asianism to Pacific Affairs, 1920s–40s" 🎤 @arnabduttahist.bsky.social (Univ of Groningen) 📅 Wed, July 22 / 6.30 pm (JST) 🏚️ onsite only @ DIJ Tokyo ▶️ www.dijtokyo.org/event/the-in...

DIJ Tokyo @dijtokyo.org · 06/07/2026

"Japan altert schneller als Deutschland – trotzdem fürchtet niemand den Renten-Kollaps": DIJ-Direktor Franz Waldenberger und DIJ-Alumnus Steffen Heinrich erklären in der @fr-zeitung.bsky.social, wie Japan sein Rentensystem umgebaut hat und ob das Altersarmut verhindert www.fr.de/wirtschaft/j...

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DIJ Tokyo @dijtokyo.org · 03/07/2026

Registration is now open for the upcoming #DIJStudyGroup "Independent Bookstores and Zine Communities as Third Spaces in Post-Corona Japan" 🎤 Simone Decker (LMU Munich / DIJ Tokyo) 📅 Wednesday, July 29, 2026 / 6:00pm (JST) 🏚️ onsite only @ DIJ Tokyo ▶️ www.dijtokyo.org/event/indepe...