Team of the Deparment of Japanese Law

From 10 to 11 November 2024, the department's team met for its fourth intensive workshop at the Leipzig campus. On 11 November Prof. Dr. Utsumi (Yokohama National University, currently University of Halle) gave a guest lecture on the topic of "Criminal Policy in Japan". German-Japanese Lawyers' Association subsequently hostet a get together.

From 15 to 16 July 2023, the department's team met for its second intensive workshop at the Berlin campus. Prof Dr Tomoaki Kurishima gave a guest lecture on the topic of "Challenges to freedom of expression and assembly in Japan as reflected in recent court decisions"; Dr Laurence O'Hara, MPP (Harvard), commented from a German perspective.

From 21 to 22 October 2022, the Department of Japanese Law at the FernUniversität met with academics from the Department of Japanese Studies at Leipzig University for an intensive exchange at a first ​​​​​​intensive workshop at the Leipzig campus. Guest speakers were Prof Mayu Terada on "AI and Law in Japan" and Prof Kazushige Doi on "Citizens’ Committee and Mandatory Indictment in Japanese Criminal Proceedings’.

On the occasion of the 30th anniversary of the Department of Japanese Law and 160 years of friendship between Japan and Germany, the team met over 100 guests at a ceremony and an adjacent international ​​​​​​symposium entitled "Extra-Judicial Dispute Resolution in Germany and Japan" at the Japan Foundation in Cologne from 30 September to 1 October 2021.

The department ‘s team met in Hagen on 23 August 2021 for its first meeting after the pandemic to begin work on the book collection of the Library of East Asian Law.