Japanese-German Center Berlin | JDZB

On Sunday, December 1, the Japanese Language Proficiency Test (JLPT) took place for the first time at the JDZB. We are pleased to have welcomed 215 examinees. Thank you for your participation! The JLPT is a standardized exam to assess the Japanese language skills of non-native speakers and takes place simultaneously in all 47 prefectures of Japan and abroad. Last year, more than 1.2 million examinees in 92 countries took the test. The JLPT is conducted by the The Japan Foundation and Japan Educational Exchanges and Services in cooperation with local host institutions.   #JLPT #LearnJapanese #JapaneseLanguage #NextLevel

We are happy to share some impressions of the Japanese delegation of the German-Japanese Study Program for Youth Welfare Specialists 2024. During the two weeks from late October to November, the group visited various institutions in Berlin, Altenburg, Cologne and was able to exchange ideas with many professionals about the challenges and solutions to child poverty.   Many thanks to our program partner IJAB - Fachstelle für Internationale Jugendarbeit der Bundesrepublik Deutschland e.V., our regional partner Landratsamt Altenburger Land and all the institutions that took part in this exchange! AWO Bundesverband e.V., Caritasverband für das Erzbistum Berlin, Paul-Gerhardt-Werk e.V., outreach gGmbH, The Japan Foundation/Japanisches Kulturinstitut, Jugendwohnen Al-Beit, Jugendamt Altenburg, Jugendberufsservice Altenburger Land, Gebrüder-Reichenbach-Schule, Innova Sozialwerk e. V., Kinder- und Jugendhaus Altenburg-Nord, Sambagruppe Como Vento bei der Johanniter Unfall-Hilfe e.V., Embassy of Japan   This programme organized by the JDZB is funded on the German side by the Bundesministerium für Familie, Senioren, Frauen und Jugend and on the Japanese side by the The Japan Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology. #YouthWelfare #StudyProgram #GermanyAndJapan #JapaneseDelegation #InternationalExchange #ExchangeProgram #NextLevel

We invite you to our next #OpenMonday dedicated to the topic “Language”, including trial Japanese courses with on-site registration, language exchange at the German-Japanese tandem table and advice sessions with our language teachers. Learn more about it on our Homepage (in German and Japanese). https://lnkd.in/gZTPM4PX https://lnkd.in/gtyXWrKi No registration necessary. We are looking forward to seeing you there! #OpenMonday #AfterWork #Networking #LanguageLearning #LanguageExchange #GermanyAndJapan #Calligraphy #Japanesefood #NextLevel

Congratulations to Gerhard Wiesheu on his re-election as Chairman of our foundation council. He was elected at our annual foundation council meeting at the end of October for a further term of office until 2029. Thank you for your commitment! We look forward to continuing our good work together. An overview of the current foundation council members can be found here: https://lnkd.in/eh6hfxF7 Photo: ©JCIE #FoundationCouncil #Congrats #NextLevel #GermanyAndJapan

We are pleased to announce that the Fraunhofer Heinrich Hertz Institute HHI was able to establish a direct video connection between Berlin and Tokyo in an immersive „8K-quality“. The Japanese-German Center Berlin (JDZB) is now equipped with the modern video conferencing technology that will allow digital and hybrid events in partnership with the Goethe-Institut Tokyo｜ゲーテ・インスティトゥート東京 and the German East Asiatic Society (OAG), both housed in the so-called "German Cultural Center" in Tokyo. This new technical possibility will help bringing international exchange to a new level. Please refer to our press release for more information. (in German: https://lnkd.in/gBTYt7nc or Japanese: https://lnkd.in/gERb2cxi). #NextLevel #8k #technology #conferencetechnology #DigitalSpace #DigitaleRäume #TechInnovation

Coming year, JDZB will turn 40 years old! The Japan Times published an article in the “Bridges” magazine in the Germany-Japan Special about us. Take a look at what our Deputy Secretary General Kenji Matsumoto had to say about our anniversary: https://ow.ly/QGT950U5RHr #JDZB40 #GermanyAndJapan #NextLevel #BridgesMagazine

In addition to our photo exhibition “Light and Flavor of Japan: A Photographic Journey by Donata and Wim Wenders”, which you can visit until December 20th, you will also find three exciting pop-up exhibitions in the JDZB until the end of November: - Posters from civil society organizations in the German-Japanese context and profiles of participants in the German-Japanese Partnership Days 2024, which took place at the JDZB last month; - The works of the winners of the 10th Manga Competition 2023 of the DJG Berlin and JDG Tokyo on the topic “Guten Appetit”; - The exhibition “EVERGR333N” by Anna Grebner, a search for clues and expansion of the plant drawings of Engelbert Kaempfer, whose writings shaped the European image of Japan in the 18th century. We are open from Monday - Thursday: 1-8 p.m. and Friday: 1-3:30 p.m. We are looking forward to your visit! #PopUpExhibition #NextLevel

Did you know that our rooms can be hired for events of any size? Today, we welcomed the board members of the Sport-Gesundheitspark Berlin e.V. as guests at the JDZB. Earlier this week, we hosted the Rotary Club Berlin Süd, the German-Japanese Association Berlin and Droste-Hülshoff-Gymnasium Berlin with their events. #CoOperatingSpace #NextLevel

We are looking forward to our next partner event next Wednesday (November 13th) connected to women and activism in Japan: Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Michiko Mae (Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf), our long-standing Foundation Council Member, and Prof. Dr. Ilse Lenz (University of Bochum) will present their book “Women's Movement in Japan”. The book presentation and discussion event will be introduced and moderated by JDZB Vice President Prof. Dr. Verena Blechinger-Talcott (First Vice President of Free University of Berlin). The authors Prof. Mae and Prof. Lenz will present the results of their many years of research and discuss them with Prof. Claudia Derichs (Humboldt University of Berlin) with the participation of the audience. The event will start at 6pm and will be held in German language, registration is not necessary. We look forward to seeing you there! #BookTalk #WomensMovement #PartnerEvent #NextLevel

One of the many beautiful aspects of our #OpenMonday is the mixture of changing offers and our recurring partner events. This time, we showed the Japanese comedy “Mondays: See You ‘This’ Week!”, produced by Ryō Takebayashi in 2022. Many thanks to our partners The Japan Foundation, Ikebana International Berlin, the German-Japanese Association Berlin, to KIRIN for the beer sponsoring and to Umé for the delicious Japanese food! We were particularly pleased about the words of appreciation from our Foundation Council Member Gerda Meuer, who had just freshly returned from the German-Japanese Forum and spontaneously dropped by for our #OpenMonday. Save the Date: Our next #OpenMonday will take place on the 2nd December and will be dedicated to the topic “language learning”. For example, there will be a calligraphy demonstration and you will be able to find out more about our language courses, which you will soon be able to register for. More information on the event will follow shortly. #OpenMonday #AfterWork #NextLevel