Funded Research Papers
The Yamaoka Memorial Foundation provides research grants with the aim of advancing research on youth cultures and lifestyles in Japan and Germany, and fostering the next generation of Japanese and German researchers.
The results of the research carried out by the researchers who have received research grants are compiled and published in a collection of research papers.
German-Japanese Youth Culture and Lifestyle Studies ISSN 2435-7804
“Language Tradition and Modern Communication: Japan and Germany” German-Japanese Youth Culture and Lifestyle Studies (2020)
- “Ambiguity and Beauty: Japan–Germany Cross Cultural Comparison on Aesthetic Evaluation of Haiku Poetry”
Lead Researcher: Jimpei Hitsuwari - “Youth Language and the Internet: New Right Tendencies in Social Media (Twitter) in Japan and Germany”
Lead Researcher: Tamara Fuchs
“Crossing Cultures: Japan and Germany” German-Japanese Youth Culture and Lifestyle Studies 1 (2019)
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- “Germany in Japanese Pop Culture and Its Influence on the Experiences of Young Japanese Going Abroad”
Lead Researcher: Timo Thielen - “Medieval and Early Modern Germany in Contemporary Japanese Manga”
Lead Researcher: Yuichiro Hayashi - “Decisions and lives of Artists from Japan in Berlin - Between residence and migration”
Lead Researcher: Kaori Hashi - “Game Reception Across Cultural Boundaries: A comparative Analysis of German and Japanese Player Experience”
Lead Researcher: Stephan Brückner - “Prefiguration and Holizontalism in Place-based movements in Japan and Germany”
Lead Researcher: Kyoko Tominaga
