Schedule

9.00 Welcome and Introduction

9:30 – 10:15 Verena Blechinger-Talcott

Democracy in Crisis? Comparative Perspectives on Japan

 

10:15 – 10:45 Coffee Break

 

10:45 – 11:30 Koichi Nakano

The Crisis of Representation and the New Civil Society Activism in Japan

11:30 – 12:15 Andreas Eder

The Emergence, Nature and Consequences of Populist Electoral Mobilization in Japanese Local Politics

 

12:15 – 13:30 Lunch      

 

13:30 – 14:15 Mari Miura

Militarization and Woman’s Body

14:15 – 15:00 Jan Niggemeier

The Other Labour Movement: Grassroots-Level Labour Groups as Field Challengers in Japanese Labour Activism

 

15:00 – 15:30 Coffee Break

 

15:30 – 16:15 Cornelia Reiher

Expert Knowledge vs. Public Participation: The Food Safety Commission’s Expert Committee on Genetically Modified Organisms

16:15 – 17:00 Marie Weishaupt

"Am I a good parent?": Risk Perception and Self-Evacuation in Post-Fukushima Japan"

 

17:00 Concluding Remarks

17:30 End of Workshop

18:00 Dinner