Dear members of the SSJ mailing list,

The VSJF Technology Section kindly invites you to the next online workshop on "Technology and Society in Japan and Beyond" (Fri: Nov 07, 2025, 17:00-20:30 Japan // 09:00-12:30 Germany/Austria). 

We are very pleased to celebrate the 10th anniversary of this workshop. The online event takes place vis-a-vis the "VSJF Jahrestagung" and raises this year the topics of Imaginaries of a "Future Japan" at the Osaka-Kansai Expo or during Everyday Interactions as well as AI technology in teaching, learning and researching on Japan. 

Please find all necessary information below.

Warm regards,

Cosima Wagner & Susanne Brucksch

 

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ONLINE WORKSHOP: "Tech & Soc in Japan and Beyond" (VSJF Technology Section 2025)

Date:  November 07, 2025 (Fri), Japan 17:00 - 20:30 // Austria/Germany 9:00 - 12:30 

Venue:  Online Meeting (a meeting link will be provided shortly before the workshop)

Registration: Please register via technology@vsjf.net or the organizers

ORGANIZERS: Assoc. Prof. Susanne Brucksch, Teikyo University, Japan

                          Dr. Cosima Wagner, Freie Universität Berlin, Germany 

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PROGRAM

17:00 Japan // 09:00 Austria/Germany   

GREETINGS and RETROSPECTIVE VIEW: Celebrating the 10^th Anniversary of the VSJF Technology Section

Cosima Wagner, Freie Universität Berlin, Germany

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17:15 Japan // 09:15 Austria/Germany 

SESSION A: Imaginaries and Practices of a "Future Japan"

Imagining Green and Futuristic Japan: Representations of "Society 5.0" in the Osaka-Kansai Expo 2025

Ross Cheung, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore

 

Living with Machines: Reconfiguring Social Practices of Everyday Interaction in Japan

Mena Mesenhöller, Heinrich-Heine University Düsseldorf, Germany

Moderation: Susanne Brucksch, Teikyo University, Japan

Q&A

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18:30 Japan // 10:30 Austria/Germany 

SESSION B:  AI and Virtual Technology in Teaching and Research on Japan and Beyond

 

Teaching About and With AI Technology in (Global) Japanese Studies

Susanne Brucksch, Teikyo University, Japan

 

Uncovering Hidden Japan: Using AI to Support Deep Intercultural Learning

Andrea Csendom, University of Osaka, Japan

 

Embodied AI in Elder Care: Comparing Human-Avatar and Human-Robot Interaction across Settings and Cultures

Eva Theresa Jahn und Moritz Hartung, Siegen University, Germany

Moderation: Cosima Wagner, Freie Universität Berlin, Germany

Q&A

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20:00 Japan // 20:00 Austria/Germany  

SESSION C: Open Exchange and Discussion

Moderation: Cosima Wagner, Freie Universität Berlin, Germany

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This workshop is kindly supported by: 

Vereinigung für Sozialwissenschaftliche Japanforschung (VSJF) e.V.

General information about VSJF Sections:  Fachgruppen - VSJF 
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