German Institute for Japanese Studies – english information https://www.bildungsserver.de/bisy.html?a=7260&spr=1
The DIJ was established in 1988, at a time when Japan’s economic might was at its peak and relationships between the second and third largest economies of the world intensified on all levels. It was felt that in Germany too little was known about Asia’s most advanced industrial democracy. The new research institute charged with investigating contemporary Japan, its economy, society, politics, and culture, was meant to reduce this information deficit. Bilateral relations between Germany and Japan, both in the past and at present, should receive special attention.
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