In June 2020, Japan’s Ministry of Defense (MOD) abruptly announced it would abandon the Aegis Ashore deployment plan. Then, after twists and turns in policy coordination between the government and ruling parties, the Cabinet decided on December 18 to build two Aegis system-equipped vessels to replace the Aegis Ashore system. How will the shift from […]

Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung Japan will organise its first online election event one month before the election of the 20th German Bundestag, on 27 August 2021, with Ms. Ursula Groden-Kranich (Member of the Foreign Affairs Committee and the Committee on European Union Affairs of the Bundestag).

An enormous sense of crisis over a possible invasion of Taiwan by China, which is strengthening its hegemony, was shared and manifested first in the Japan-United States 2+2 meeting, the following bilateral summit meeting, the Japan-EU summit meeting, as well as the G7 summit meeting. It was the very first time in 52 years that […]

This is the event report for the 7th annual 1.5 Track Dialogue which was held on 23 June 2021 with the title, ‘Following up with Actions instead of Words: German-Japanese Cooperation in the Indo-Pacific’.

This country report serves to shed light on the realities of the future of work in Malaysia. The first part will examine the current state of youths in Malaysia from the demographical lenses, education and workforce participation of youths. The second part will discuss the realities faced by Malaysian youths from both the opportunities and […]

The country profile provides a deeper analysis of Vietnam’s youth to ensure a better future of work for them. It is organized into four main parts. The first part outlines the situation in Vietnam, the demographics of its labor force, and in particular, the youth labor force. The second part discusses the trend in the […]

The Konrad Adenauer Stiftung Japan Office, the Japanese-German Centre Berlin, the Japanese Foreign Ministry, the German Federal Foreign Office and the Japan Institute of International Affairs is jointly organising a conference on the dynamics of security policy in the Indo-Pacific and its consequences for the formation of a ‘rules-based international order’. and the role of Japan and Germany.

This is the event report for the very first Inter-Parliamentary Dialogue which was organised by the KAS Japan office between German and Japanese MP on 27 April 2021.

This event report summarises the key take-aways and recommendations from the International Leadership Conference “Leading with Grit and Grace”, jointly organised by TalentNomics India and KAS Japan’s Regional Economic Programme Asia (SOPAS) from 5-6 November 2020.

This is the event report for the ‘Towards the Future Together: 160 Years of Japanese-German Relations’ event, which was held on the occasion of the 160th anniversary of bilateral relations between Japan and Germany on 19 and 21 April 2021.