Even before its Free and Open Indo-Pacific vision, Japan has emerged as the leading country in the Indo-Pacific region. Cooperation with Japan has therefore, become even more important in terms of sustaining peace and freedom. Germany has well recognised Japan’s leading role and seeks to deepen its cooperation and bilateral ties.
As geopolitics clearly shows, the global balance of power is shifting from the Atlantic to the Pacific. In order to face security challenges in the region, multilateral and bilateral dialogue through organisations such as ours is essential. The role of Country Programme Japan is to achieve results as a bridge for dialogue and networking between Asia and Europe.
Country Programme Japan focuses on and promotes the bilateral relationship between Germany and Japan. The core policy pillars for us are security, sustainable growth, and society 5.0.
To achieve these objectives, KAS Japan initiates direct exchanges between Germany and Japan: Inter- Parliamentary Dialogue, Party to Party Dialogue between CDU (Christian Democratic Union) and the LDP (Liberal Democratic Party), active exchanges with other political parties, as well as experts’ forums, conferences, study tours and scholarships. We actively engage in all relevant and future-defining policy fields— having green growth, prosperity, security and resilience in mind.
Through our activities, we define common grounds between Germany and Japan and contribute to both countries’ policy discussions. Thus, strengthening the alliance of democracies based on common principles is our core objective.
Senior Programme Manager, Country Programme Japan
With this event, KAS Japan intends to provide possible ideas for political parties on the introduction of gender quotas. We will illustrate the attempts made and challenges faced in introducing internal gender quotas in Germany over the course of the past few years, using the example of the Christian Democratic Union. The event will analyze the path taken by Germany’s political parties, from addressing gender issues to achieving gender equality, and will look into structures that enable women to be successfully active within their parties.
On June 5, the Japan office of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation (KAS) had the honor of welcoming Minister-President of North-Rhine Westphalia, Hendrik Wüst, to a Briefing on Economic Security facing China. The program was divided into three expert lectures, followed by a discussion with the delegation of the state cabinet and business leaders.
