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New Economic Governance in Japan
On occasion of a visit to Japan by a delegation of the Committee on Economics and Technology of the German Bundestag the KAS Japan Office in cooperation with the Japan Office of the Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung hosted an experts' meeting on "New Economic Governance in Japan and Market Economic Perceptions in Germany" with Mr. Atsushi Nakajima, RIETI Chairman, Mr. Yoshihiro Watanabe, General Manager of the IIMA, and Mr. Satohiro Akimoto, Senior Vice President of the Mitsubishi Corporation.
Security and Defence
Experts' Meetings with Dr. Ulrich Schlie
On 27 March 2013 the KAS Japan Office supported by the Diet Members Council for Comprehensive Security and the Tokyo Foundation hosted two experts' meetings with Dr. Ulrich Schlie, Director General Security and Defence Policy at the Federal Ministry of Defence, as well as Japanese members of parliament, the military and security policy experts and advisors. The two closed events were complemented by a political dialogue program.
Europe - Idea, Reality, Future
Experts' Meeting with Elmar Brok
On 27 March 2013 the KAS Japan Office in coordination with the Delegation of the European Union in Japan and supported by the Japan Institute of International Affairs (JIIA) organized an Experts' Meeting with Mr. Elmar Brok, MEP, Chairman of the EP Committe on Foreign Affairs, together with high ranking foreign policy experts and Japanese government representatives. Through a number of framework meetings the closed event was further supplemented by a political dialogue program.
Trilateral Symposium
Japan, India and Germany in a Changing World
On 26 March 2013, the Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung in cooperation with the Institute for International Policy Studies and the Japanese-German Center Berlin held a trilateral symposium on "Japan, India and Germany in a Changing World" at the Nippon Foundation Bldg with a number of high ranking speakers including parliamentarians, former ministers, state secretaries and other top officials as well as private sector representatives and well-known scientific experts from all three countries.
Experts' Meeting with Guenter Krings
Developments in the Constitutional Law of Germany and Japan
Concluding his visit to Japan, the Deputy Chairman of the CDU/CSU Parliamentary Group on 08 March 2013 took part in another closed experts' meeting organized by the KAS Japan Office. In the ancient capital of Japan he met with renown constitutional law experts of Kyoto University and discussed the constitutional past of the Federal Republic, especially the case of the Föderalismusreformen as well as current judicial issues in Germany and Japan.
Meetings with Japanese Parliamentarians
Developments in the Constitutional Law of Germany and Japan
During his visit to Japan, Dr. Guenter Krings, Deputy Chairman of the CDU/CSU Parliamentary Group in the German Bundestag, also met with Mr. Kosuke Hori, Chairman of the Commission on the Constitution, and Mr. Satsuki Eda, former Minister of Justice, and Kiyoshige Maekawa, Senior Director of the Committee on Judicial Affairs and Minister of Justice in the DPJ Next Cabinet.
Experts' Meeting with Guenter Krings
Developments in the Constitutional Law of Germany and Japan
At the beginning of a visit to Japan by the Deputy Chairman of the CDU/CSU Parliamentary Group, Dr. Guenter Krings, the KAS Japan Office hosted a closed experts' meeting with a selected group of constitutional law experts, as well as representatives of parliament and government. Dr. Krings presented the origins and developments of the German Basic Law as well as conditions and examples of its modification. The presentation was commented on by Prof. Mitsuhiro Matsubara, Chuo University.
A Proposal For A Way Forward
EU-Japan Cooperation at the Nexus of Security and Development
At the end of a over-year project at the nexus of security and development the KAS Japan Office and the European Japan Advanced Research Network supported by the Delegation of the European Union to Japan on 13 February 2013 held a public debate with Mr. Alojz Peterle, MEP, former Prime Minister of Slovenia, Mrs. Kuniko Inoguchi, Member of the House of Councillors (LDP), and Ms. Misako Yasui, Member of the House of Councillors (DPJ).
Experts’ Meeting with Michael Meister
How did Germany overcome the economic crisis after 2001 and simultaneously cosolidate its budget?
On the last day of his visit to Japan the Vice-Chairman of the CDU/CSU Parliamentary Group, Dr. Michael Meister, participated in an experts’ meeting of the KAS Japan Office on 11 February 2013 in Osaka, where Dr. Meister meet with high ranking financial experts, economists and policy advisors from the region as well as representatives of the German Consulate-General and discussed the German measures to overcome the recent financial and economic crises.
Experts’ Meeting with Michael Meister
German experiences with economic growth programs under the constraints of budget consolidation
Together with the Kwansei Gakuin University and ist Vice-President, HE Prof. Takahiro Shinyo, former Ambassador of Japan to Germany, the KAS Japan Office invited for an experts’ meeting with the CDU/CSU Parliamentary Group Vice-Chariman on 11 February 2013. Dr. Meister welcomed this opportunity for an exchange with leading economists and financial experts of the distinguished university on current questions in the field of German and Japanese budget and economic policy.
