Risk and Opportunity – Japan Confronting Uncertain Futures

In his inaugural lecture, Franz Waldenberger, the newly appointed Director of DIJ, outlined the research program that the institute will pursue over the coming years (see also https://dij.tokyo/research). Welcoming words were delivered by Dr. Hans Carl von Werthern, Ambassador of Germany to Japan, and Dr. Harald Rosenbach, Executive Director of the Max Weber Foundation, Bonn.