PROGRAM
October 7, 2010 (Thursday)
Skyhall, 26th floor, Boissonade Tower, Ichigaya-Campus, Hosei University
14:00 Registration & Snacks
15:00 Opening Ceremony
Co-Chairs Akira Tokuyasu/ Bernhard Nauck
Opening Address
Prof. Dr. Gisela Trommsdorff
(President of German-Japanese Society for Social Sciences)
Prof. Dr. Akira Tokuyasu
(Chief Organizer/Vice-president of German Japanese Society for Social Sciences)
Welcome Address
Prof. Dr. Toshio Masuda (President of Hosei University)
Congratulatory Speeches
Dr. Volker Stanzel (German Ambassador to Japan)
Dr. Florian Coulmas (Director of DIJ (German Institute for Japanese Studies))
Dr. Holger Finken (Director of DAAD Japan)
Dr. Iris Wieczorek (Director of DFG Office Japan)
Prof. Dr. Heinrich Menkhaus (Meiji University: President of the JSPS Club)
Commemorative Lecture
Prof. Dr. Josef Kreiner (Hosei University/University of Bonn)
Traditional Japanese Performing Arts – A Workshop on Noh Theatre
Play: Yoshimasa Kanze et al.
Explanation: Prof. Reiko Yamanaka (Hosei University)
Prof. Steven G. Nelson (Hosei University)
18:00-20:00 Welcome Party
October 8, 2010 (Friday)
Skyhall, 26th floor, Boissonade Tower, Ichigaya-Campus, Hosei University
9:00 Registration
9:30-10:45 Session 1: Inequality in Comparison
Chairperson: Gisela Trommsdorff (University of Konstanz)
Heinz Bude (University of Kassel), Ernst-Dieter Lantermann (University of Kassel),
Carola Hommerich (German Institute for Japanese Studies)
Objective Precarity and Subjective Perception of Social Exclusion: Results of an Empirical Survey in Germany and Japan
Masato Kimura (Waseda University)
Roofs or Jobs First? On the Poor and Homeless People in Tokyo
Florian Coulmas (German Institute for Japanese Studies), Wolfgang Jagodzinski (University of Cologne)
Happiness in Japan and Germany – An assessment by students
10:45-11:05 Coffee Break
11:05-12:20 Session 2: Young People on Their Life Stage
Chairperson: Makoto Kobayashi (Tamagawa University)
Vinai Norasakkunkit (Minnesota State University), Yukiko Uchida (Kyoto University)
Psychological Consequences of Post-Industrial Anomie on Self and Motivation Among Japanese Youth
Ritsuko Kuze (Hosei University)
The Regional Differences of Youth Employment in Japan
Márta Fülöp (Institute for Psychology Hungarian Academy of Sciences)
Competition in International Perspective: How German, Japanese, Hungarian and Canadian Young Adults Conceptualize Competition?
12:20-13:30 Lunch
13:30-14:45 Session 3: Policy and Society
Chairperson: Mototaka Mori (Waseda University)
Sven Rudolph (University of Kassel)
Climate Policy Instrument Choice in Japan and Germany - An Exercise in Advanced Cross-Country Political Economy
Chikako Mori (Saga University)
Social Market Economy and German Social Policy – Focusing on a Desirable Social Policy
Naoko Eizawa (Kansai University)
Reconstruction of Public Sphere by Mediation and Cooperation of Neighborhood Association and Nonprofit Organization as Intermediate Group
14:45-15:05 Coffee Break
15:05-16:20 Session 4: Community
Chairperson: Bernhard Nauck (Chemnitz University of Technology)
Toshiaki Yamai (Ritsumeikan University)
Regional Planning and Local Autonomy in Germany after 1945: The Enactment Process of the Regional Planning Act of 1962 in Baden-Württemberg
Takashi Namba (Osaka University of Economics)
Validity of Applying German Model to Re-organization of Japanese Local Autonomy System: A Case Study of Kiso-machi (Nagano)
Yuichiro Minami (Ohkagakuen University)
Conditions of the Formation and the Decline of Urban Community as a “Historical Intermezzo”: A Critical Supplement to Max Weber’s Theory of Cities
16:20-16:40 Coffee Break
16:40-17:55 Session 5: Japanese Politics
Chairperson: Toshiaki Yamai (Ritsumeikan University)
Mototaka Mori (Waseda University)
The Post-Populism in Tokyo
Carmen Schmidt (University of Osnabruck)
After the Japanese 2009 General Election: Realignment or Ongoing Transition?
18:00-19:00 Business Meeting
(separate invitation to members only)
October 9, 2010 (Saturday)
Skyhall, 26th floor, Boissonade Tower, Ichigaya-Campus, Hosei University
9:00 Registration
9:30-10:45 Session 6: Ethnicity
Chairperson: Hans-Joachim Kornadt (University of the Saarland)
Shigeki Sato (Hosei University)
From "Non-Immigration Country" to "Country of Integration": Transformation of Integration Discourse in Germany
Paul G. Schmitz (University of Bonn)
How to Find One’s Lifestyle in a New Culture: Selection of Findings from Acculturation Research: An Overview
10:45-11:05 Coffee Break
11:05-12:20 Session 7: Family in Comparison
Chairperson: Akira Tokuyasu (Hosei University)
Bernhard Nauck (Chemnitz University of Technology)
One or Two Pathways to Modernity? Family Formation in Japan and Germany
Makoto Kobayashi (Tamagawa University), Naosuke Itoigawa (Mukogawa Women’s University), Yoshiharu Tachibana (Gifu University), Tomoko Fujitani (Mukogawa Women’s University), Yuko Yato (Mukogawa Women’s University),
Gisela Trommsdorff (University of Konstanz)
Value of Children and Intergenerational Relations in Japan
Ulrich Lohmann (Alice-Salomon University)
Das neue Gesetz über Patientenverfügungen in Deutschland - Ein Überblick (The New Legislation About Advance Directives /Living Will in Germany - An Overview)
12:20-13:30 Lunch
13:30-14:45 Session 8: Culture and Value
Chairperson: Shigeki Sato (Hosei University)
Yoshinori Nishijima (Kanazawa University)
"Urusai!" and "Ruhe!": A Contrastive Analysis of Routine Formulas in Japanese and German
Andreas Wenger (University Allpied Sciences Basel), Kazuko Pfeiffer-Egawa (University of Zurich)
Die Gestaltung meines Zimmers: Raumästhetik im interkulturellen Vergleich Schweiz/Japan
Nobukuki Jincho (Riken Brain Science Institute)
Reading Development in Japanese Children - Comparison between Alphabets and Japanese Characters
14:45-15:05 Coffee Break
15:05-17:00 Special Session: Missions and Roles of GJSSS in Past and Future
Co-Chairs Akira Tokuyasu/ Florian Coulmas
Ken’ichi Tominaga (University of Tokyo), Hiroshi Namiki (Keio University), Taketoshi Takuma (Tokyo Metropolitan University), Hans-Joachim Kornadt (University of the Saarland), Gisela Trommsdorff (University of Konstanz)
17:00-18:30 Farewell Party
October 10, 2010 (Sunday)
10:00 Excursion to Japanese Traditional Spots
Imperial Palace, Yasukuni Shrine, Kagurazaka etc.