DAAD Regional Office Tokyo

The DAAD provides scholarships, informs about study and research in Germany, promotes university cooperation and supports German study programmes abroad. Here, you will find more detailed information on the work of the DAAD in Japan and our office in Tokyo.

Please find information on our current office hours as well as on our consulting service here.

The DAAD in Japan

Japanese-German academic exchange has a long history in Japan as has the work of the DAAD in Japan. The first Japanese scholarship holder was the famous artist Kaii Higashiyama, who studied in Berlin between 1933 and 1935.

The DAAD Regional Office in Tokyo was founded in 1978. Since then, our work is to provide information about study and research in Germany. Every year we support numerous Japanese exchange students and researchers in Germany with scholarships. The funding reaches from individual scholarships to the financial support of scientific projects, university cooperations and conferences.

We offer free consultation about studying in Germany for study beginners, graduates, doctoral students and for experienced academics. Whether you want to know about admission to German universities, the German scientific landscape or about university cooperation – we always try to provide you the information you need. Please use our contact form, if you have any questions!

DAAD Tokyo

Akasaka 7-5-56, Minato-ku
107-0052 Tokyo

Telephone: +81 (3) 3582-5962
Fax: +81 (3) 3582-5554
E-mail: daad-tokyodaadjp.com

Staff

Director of the DAAD Tokyo / DWIH Tokyo
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… is the director of the Tokyo office of the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) and the German Centre for Research and Innovation Tokyo (DWIH Tokyo). Previously, he worked at the DAAD Head Office in Bonn in the Strategy Department, where he led the development of the online data portal HSI-Monitor – Profile Data on University Internationality and conducted studies and analyses on student mobility and innovation performance of countries in the Asia Pacific, among other things. Axel Karpenstein is a political scientist and economist (MA, MPhil Columbia University) and has spent more than 20 years in Japan, including as an exchange student at Minami-Tama High School in Hachioji, as a MEXT/DAAD-funded exchange student at Kumamoto University, and as Associate Professor of Politics and Economics at Saitama University. There, his responsibilities also included managing the overseas internship program of the Graduate School of Humanities and Social Sciences and co-managing the university’s internationalization project.

Head of Programs of the DWIH Tokyo / Deputy Director of the DAAD Tokyo
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…is the Deputy Director of the DAAD Tokyo Office and Head of Programs at the DWIH (German Centre for Research and Innovation) Tokyo. He manages the centre’s daily operations, maintains close contact with the Advisory Board members and local Japanese partners, and develops the event concepts for the DWIH.

Markus Heckel holds a PhD in Economics from the University of Duisburg-Essen, where he wrote his thesis on the Bank of Japan and monetary policy. Before joining the DWIH, he was Principal Researcher at the German Institute for Japanese Studies (DIJ), where he led the ‘Sustainability and Resilience’ research group. From 2012 to 2018, he worked at the Faculty of Economics and Business at Goethe University Frankfurt. He has taught at various universities, including Kobe University, Sophia University, Waseda University, the University of Mainz, and the University Halle-Wittenberg.

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… advises Japanese students about studying in Germany by phone and in person during office hours. She is also in charge of compiling information material including flyers and brochures, that are distributed at the DAAD Regional Office Tokyo. If you have questions about studying or researching in Germany, please refer to the page Contact.

… is responsible for logistical tasks at the German Centre for Research and Innovation Tokyo (DWIH Tokyo).

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… supervises the associations of former scholarship holders in Japan: DAAD Tomo no Kai and the Association of Humboldtians in East Japan.

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… is responsible for online communications and public relations of DAAD Tokyo and DWIH Tokyo. She looks after the website, newsletter and social media.

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… takes care of the administration and finances of the Regional Office Tokyo. She is also responsible for the DAAD follow-up programmes for Japanese.

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… is the assistant at DAAD Japan, mainly in charge of scholarships for the Japanese university graduates as well as programs for VIP and researchers. She is studying for her master’s degree in German literature at the University of Tokyo.

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… administers the scholarship programme “Language and Practical Experience in Japan” for German graduate students and takes care of the Japanese DAAD alumni. He works closely with the alumni associations and organizes networking events.

DAAD/Martin

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…supports the scholarship programmes for undergraduates, graduates and young researchers from Germany. In addition, she assists in reporting and creating knowledge products on the Japanese higher education and research landscape, as well as with networking activities with Japanese partner organisations. She has a background in Japanese Studies and was previously a DAAD and MEXT scholarship recipient herself.

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… informs about the scholarships of DAAD Japan as well as programmes for VIP and researchers.