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The European Union and Japan have signed a major trade agreement, which will get rid of almost all tariffs on goods between them. It’s the EU’s largest trade deal ever, and will cover a third of the global economy. Leaders … Continue reading →

Date: April 13th and 14th, 2018 Venue: Yasuragi, Hamndalsfägen 6, 132 81 Saltsjö-Boo, Sweden In commemoration of the 150th anniversary of diplomatic relations between Sweden and Japan. program brochure (with CVs and abstracts, pdf-file) Further information

14th meeting of the German-Japanese Society for Social Sciences on March 15-17, 2018 at the University of Osnabrück. Further information

From February 8 to May 31, 2018, the Johann Jacobs Museum presents an exhibition about Japanese sugar plantation workers in Hawai’i and, on the 150th anniversary of the Meiji Restoration, considers a key moment in the history of the modern … Continue reading →