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26 JunLecture SeriesLecture from Prof. Dr. David Chiavacci (University of Zurich): "'Foreigners Are Committing Very Heinous Crimes': Framing of Deviance and Order in Japan’s Immigration Policy"
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17 JunLectureMasahiro MAEDA (Associate professor, Graduate School of Human and Environmental Studies, Kyoto University): "Restoring rich interactions between people and the environment in cities: based on trends in ‚machizukuri‘ and community revitalization in Japan"
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22 MayLecture SeriesLecture from Prof. Aeneas Zi Wang, Ph.D. (Nanjing University): "Defining skills in the context of nation-building and talent competition: An analysis of Chinese skilled immigration policies and implications for comparative migration studies"
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15 MayLecture SeriesConnecting Siberia with the West: A.V. Baikalov’s Thoughts on the Cooperative Movement and the Northern Sea Route
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Homework and textbooks for the summer semester 2025The Japanese language lecturers kindly ask you to take note of the attached information.
About us
The LMU Japan Center is dedicated to the study and research of Japan, with a focus on language, literature, history and cultural history, religion and philosophy, society, politics and economy of Japan, which is reflected in the specialties of our academic staff.
Team
With four professors and approx. 300 students, LMU Japan Center is one of the largest Institutions for Japanese Studies in the German-speaking world.
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Our concept
LMU Japan Center was born from a merger of two preexisting Institutions for Japanese Studies in 2002.
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History
The Japan Center is one of the oldest programs dedicated to the research of Japan, based at any German university.
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