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November 18, 2014

[SSJ: 8760] International Symposium "Prospects and Challenges for the Future Generation"

From: Tomoko Nakamura
Date: 2014/11/18

Dear all,

We would like to invite you to a symposium co-organized by The Japan Foundation and Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung.

・Date: 03. December 2014 (Wed) 09.30 - 17.40 Uhr (admission at 09.00)
・Venue: The Japan Foundation, Sakura Hall, Yotsuya 4-4-1, Shinjuku Access Map:
http://www.jpf.go.jp/e/about/outline/contact/pdf/map.pd
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・Languages:English - Japanese with simultaneous translation services (One keynote speech in German with translation service into English and Japanese)
・Admission:Free, registration is required
・Keynote Speeches:
Prof. GENDA Yuji, University of Tokyo: “Young Generation in Japan: Between Hope and Despair”
Prof. Dr. Dr. Karl-Rudolf KORTE, Director, NRW School of Governance, University of Duisburg-Essen: “The Young Generation in Germany: Between Adaptation and Protest”

To download the full program, please access to:
http://www.kas.de/japan/en/events/61806/

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In February 2014, Forbes titled an article “Overeducated, underpaid, but optimistic: white-collar millennial workers feel career future is bright.” The article was referring to the results of an international survey among business professionals. Yet, what about members of the “Generation Y” who are not lucky enough to be on a career track already? And what about the “Generation Z” who has not even finished high school? What are the work prospects for this generation?

Evidence suggests that today’s young people will not only suffer long-term consequences from the US financial crisis, the European debt crisis and lower economic growth rates in Asia when they try to get a first foothold in the job market. For the foreseeable future, a growing amount of young people will also need to cope with precarious and non-standard or irregular forms of working. In most countries worldwide, the outlook for a strong start in life is therefore rather bleak. For many teenagers and people in their twenties “big dreams” are of no avail.

Experts fear that the future prospects on the work markets will affect more than just career advancement.
It might also hamper adulthood: getting married, buying a house and having children. Today’s conference will address these challenges among distinguished experts from various disciplines and analyse possible policy reforms both from a Japanese, German and Asian perspective.
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Please apply with your full name, affiliation and contact information by 30 November to the KAS Japan Office via E-Mail (KAS-Tokyo@kas.de).
Registrations will be handled on a first come, first served basis. Please note that a rejection-notification will be sent out if the maximum number of participants has been reached. If your registration was successful, there will be no further confirmation.

We are looking forward to welcoming you at our event.

Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung, Japan Office
Japan Foundation, Japanese Studies and Intellectual Exchange Dept.

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