Deutsch-Japanische Gesellschaft Bielefeld e. V.

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The DEUTSCH-JAPANISCHE GESELLSCHAFT BIELEFELD e.V. was entered in the register of associations in 1989. Its activities cover the East Westphalia-Lippe region and serve to promote cultural and human relations between Japan and Germany. Above all, young people from both countries should be given a lively, up-to-date and cliché-free picture of the other country.

We have maintained a partnership with the JDG-Tochigi since 2001. After the triple disaster on March 11, 2011, we received a wave of willingness to help. We made contact with various places on the Sanriku coast, and in particular with the town of Otsuchi, where we are planning a music exchange with young people.

In 2003, a long-cherished wish of the society was fulfilled: with the Japanese Garden Bielefeld in Bethel at the Lindenhof training and conference hotel of the Bethel Vocational Training Center, a piece of traditional Japan was transplanted to OWL. A charming excursion destination and an attractive meeting place for Bielefeld and East Westphalia has been created. The garden was established in memory of the visit of the Japanese imperial couple (1993) to the von Bodelschwingh Foundation Bethel.

The society also awards the annual Hajime Hoshi Prize to young Japanese researchers who have made outstanding contributions to relations between Japan and Germany.

As a non-profit organization, the society is entitled to issue donation receipts for donations and membership fees received for these purposes. Entered in the register of associations at Bielefeld District Court under 20 VR 2590 on October 2, 1989 and recognized as a non-profit organization under tax number 305/5972/0604 at the Bielefeld-Innenstadt tax office. The number of members is around 160, and we are increasingly pleased with the interest shown by younger Germans and Japanese living in the region.

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