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.
European-Japanese Youth Culture and Lifestyle Studies ISSN 2759-0607
“The historical interplay between Japanese and German cultures” European-Japanese Youth Culture and Lifestyle Studies (2024)
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「Cross-cultural Comparison of Aesthetic Appreciation of Bugaku Between Japanese and German」
Lead Researcher: Jimpei Hitsuwari -
「Historical Memory of Postwar Migration in Germany and Japan - Preliminary Comparisons of Postwar Repatriation Museums」
Lead Researcher: Steven Ivings -
「Negotiations of Boundary between Art and Politics: A Germany-Japan Comparison」
Lead Researcher: Liu Kaiwen -
「Reconciling Anti-Militarism and Rearmament at Japan and Germany’s Military Academies」
Lead Researcher: Ben Moeller -
「From Conflict to Comprehension: Japanese and German Museums’ Strategies in Educating Children about War」
Lead Researcher: Jasmin Rückert
“Youth Identity and Social Participation from an International Comparative Perspective” European-Japanese Youth Culture and Lifestyle Studies (2023)
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“Japanese-German comparison of young people's perceptions of “Hobby””
Lead Researcher: Utagawa Koichi -
“How young “disabled queer/LGBT people with disabilities” participate in social movements - A comparison of LGBT movements in Japan and Germany”
Lead Researcher: Ouyang Shanshan -
"Voluntary engagement of teenagers and young adults in disaster management - a comparative analysis between Japan and Germany"
Lead Researcher: Malte Schönefeld -
"VEGAN - WE CAN! Vegan lifestyle choices among young Germans and Japanese"
Lead Researcher: Anna Schrade -
"Risograph culture in Japan and Germany today"
Lead Researcher: Yamaguchi Yoko
“Acceptance and Transformation of Different Cultures in Japan and Germany” European-Japanese Youth Culture and Lifestyle Studies (2022)
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“Influence of volunteer activities on the perception of rural regions among young people in Japan”
Lead Researcher: Theresa Christina Sieland -
“Changes in the Reception of Takarazuka in Germany: From "Kabuki" to Subculture and Queer Culture”
Lead Researcher: Matsumoto Toshiki -
"Study on young Japanese and German women's self-representations on social media (Instagram)"
Lead Researcher: Vera Paola Shoda -
"The openness of Japanese and German young people to ethnic foods: The case of Vietnamese cuisine"
Lead Researcher: Dinh Thi Thuc Vien
German-Japanese Youth Culture and Lifestyle Studies ISSN 2435-7804
“Exchange between East and West in Contemporary Culture” German-Japanese Youth Culture and Lifestyle Studies (2021)
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- “Comparison of youth culture in Japan and Germany based on the discourse about games”
Lead Researcher: Akito Inoue - “Comparison of Analog Games in Japan and Germany and Research on Young People's Participation in Games”
Lead Researcher: Nobuharu Imai - "The Reception of Haruki Murakami's Literature in German and Chinese Online Communities"
Lead Researcher: Jiangcheng Wu - "Environmental History of the Culture of Drinking Spring Water in Japan and Germany"
Lead Researcher: Takehito Noda
“Language Tradition and Modern Communication: Japan and Germany” German-Japanese Youth Culture and Lifestyle Studies (2020)
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- “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
