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Measures due to Covid-19 pandemic

To respect the health of our employees and those they come in contact with, the team of DWIH Tokyo will work from home for the time being.

Report: Web Live Talk

The Future of Work in Industry 4.0 & Society 5.0

On 31 March, the DWIH Tokyo welcomed four panellists to its very first event held completely online. The interactive web talk enabled those watching to participate in the panel discussion by posting questions and comments. More than 150 viewers from Germany and Japan followed the web talk via the live stream on YouTube.

Call: Research on the Covid-19 disease

Support for research on the Covid-19 disease

There are several open calls for research & development addressing the novel coronavirus (AMED, BMBF, EU)

Call: Medical Biotechnology, Cancer and Alzheimer research

Junior Experts Exchange Program 2020 for Japanese Young Scientists

The program has been postponed to September and is planned to be held from September 19 to September 27 (arrival in Japan on September 28). The application deadline has been extended to April 30. For the latest information, please visit the page of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan. Since a couple of years, young scientists from Japan and Germany are invited for a 8 days-visiting program to the other country. The Junior Experts Exchange Program provides an opportunity for natural scientists to get first-hand information of the research structure, scientific and technological developments by visits to research institutions and companies, contacts to other scientists in related fields of research etc.

International Mini-Symposium (Report)

Energy Transition in Japan and Germany – Policies, Perceptions, and Practices

On February 17, Heidelberg University Office Kyoto (HUOK) and DWIH Tokyo welcomed about 50 participants to an international mini symposium on energy transitions organised in connection to the ongoing exhibition “energie.wenden” (energy transitions) on Odaiba in Tokyo.

Call for Applications

Leibniz Open Topics 2020

The Leibniz Association is one of the most prominent research organisations in Europe, which goals are scientific excellence and societal relevance. With the new Leibniz Open Topics 2020 format the Leibniz Association seeks international postdocs in life sciences.

Interview with Dr. Kazuhiro Sakurada

AI and Healthcare: Big data aided observation and AI aided interpretation will overcome human recognition limits

Dr. Kazuhiro Sakurada, Deputy Program Director at RIKEN Medical Sciences Innovation Hub, chaired sessions on AI and Healthcare during a Japanese-German-French AI symposium in November 2018 (symposium report) and a follow-up trilateral forum on AI and Healthcare in December 2019 (forum website). In this interview he shares his findings from discussions with experts from Japan, Germany and France.