14th JSPS Club Meeting in Japan

Date: October 2, 2026, 14:00-17:00
Language: English
Financial Contribution: none
Neccessary Online Registrations:
- Online Form of the TSUKUBA GLOBAL SCIENCE WEEK 2026
- Online Registration Form for the 14th Club Meeting 2026
Venue:Tsukuba University, Laboratory of Advanced Research A, Room No. A110
Tsukuba University Website: https://tgsw.tsukuba.ac.jp/sessions/4-1
Program
| I. Opening Remarks | |
| 14:00-14:40 | Dr. Thomas Parkner (University of Tsukuba; JSPS Club): Opening Remarks |
| Dr. Christian Becker-Asano (Stuttgart Media University; JSPS Club): Welcome Address | |
| Simon Essler (German Research Foundation, DFG): Congratulatory Address | |
| Tsuyoshi Shiota (Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, JSPS): Congratulatory Address | |
| Timotheus Felder-Roussety (Embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany in Japan; Counsellor for Labour, Health, Gender Equality and Human Rights): Congratulatory Address | |
| II. Scientific Presentations | |
| 14:40-15:00 | Dr. Ralf Bebenroth (Kobe University): Anchoring at Competitor’s Acquisition: The Little Peeks Stronger |
| 15:00-15:20 | Jonathan Krautter (Hitotsubashi University): Foreign Investment Law |
| 15:20-15:50 | Coffee break |
| 15:50-16:10 | Dr. Masaaki Yamamoto (Kindai University): Criminal Sanction against Legal Entity |
| 16:10-16:30 | Mika Knör (Nagoya University): From “Japanese Only” Businesses to Police Profiling: Discrimination and the Law in Japan |
| III. Scientific Exchange and International Collaboration | |
| 16:30-16:45 | Dr. Akira Uedono (University of Tsukuba Bochum Office): University of Tsukuba in Germany: Initiatives of the Bochum Office |
| 16:45-17:00 | Dr. Thomas Parkner (University of Tsukuba; JSPS Club): Promotion of Scientific Exchange between German-Speaking Countries and Japan: The Role of the JSPS Club |
| 17:20 | Photo Session |
| 17:30-19:30 | Reception |
| 19:30- | Informal gathering afterwards at the German brewery Twin Peaks Mountain Brewing in the center of Tsukuba (at your own expense) |
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