Yasuo Inadome<\/strong>, Board Spokesman of Japan Club D\u00fcsseldorf | Photo: Japan Club D\u00fcsseldorf<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\nThe Japan Club D\u00fcsseldorf e. V. was established 1964 as an organization of Japanese citizen in D\u00fcsseldorf and its surroundings in the area of North Rhine Westphalia so that we can celebrate the 60th<\/sup> anniversary this year. In the year of establishment 1964 only 683 individuals and 63 Japanese companies in D\u00fcsseldorf had a membership of the new organization. In the peak year 1994 around 6.700 individuals and 397 Japanese companies belonged to the Japan Club D\u00fcsseldorf.<\/p>\n\n\n\nToday more than 630 Japanese companies are located in D\u00fcsseldorf and the area North Rhine-Westphalia. About 8.000 Japanese are living in the capital city of the state North Rhine-Westphalia but in this state more than 14.000 Japanese. Today the D\u00fcsseldorf and the neighbor sites are one of the greatest Japanese centers in Europe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The first contact of the Japanese with D\u00fcsseldorf developed already at the beginning of 50 years in the 20th<\/sup> century. There were Japanese businessmen who should purchase industrial equipment in the greatest industrial area in Germany Ruhr. These Japanese businessmen are obligated to bring important machines and instruments from Germany to Japan in order to recover the Japanese heavy industry like Steel and iron industry, Mechanical engineering or Chemical industry which was destroyed during the second World War. During their activity in the area Ruhr, the first Japanese in Germany found out their best business base in D\u00fcsseldorf because D\u00fcsseldorf is looked upon as the working table in front of the Ruhr industrial area. In the 60 years many Japanese companies recognized the big advantage of D\u00fcsseldorf and established their subsidiaries on the Rhine. In this process many Japanese Organizations were established in D\u00fcsseldorf. The Japan Club D\u00fcsseldorf, the German-Japanese society on the Lower Rhine 1964, the Japanese Chamber of Commerce & Industry D\u00fcsseldorf 1966, the Consulate General of Japan in D\u00fcsseldorf 1967 and the International Japanese School of D\u00fcsseldorf 1971. It was the history of Japanese society in D\u00fcsseldorf.<\/p>\n\n\n\nToday the D\u00fcsseldorf and the neighbor sites are one of the greatest Japanese centers in Europe.<\/p>Yasuo Inadome<\/strong>, Board Spokesman of Japan Club D\u00fcsseldorf<\/mark><\/cite><\/blockquote><\/figure>\n\n\n\nWhat types of members are most represented in the Japan Club D\u00fcsseldorf, and how does the club support their networking and professional development?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n The Japan Club D\u00fcsseldorf now has around 2.900 individuals and around 210 Japanese companies as members. The most individual members are the Japanese who were sent to Germany by their companies. They are members of subsidiaries of Japanese companies in Germany and Europe. Most of them are located in D\u00fcsseldorf but also in neighbor cities like Neuss, Willich, Krefeld, Ratingen, Meerbusch, M\u00f6nchengladbach, Duisburg, Kleve or K\u00f6ln. It is one of the most important targets of the Japan Club D\u00fcsseldorf to support the Japanese citizens. They can expect professional help for house-hunting in the D\u00fcsseldorf area or for the best communications with each other through the network of Japan Club.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Can you highlight key events organized by the Japan Club D\u00fcsseldorf and their impact on promoting Japanese culture, fostering Japanese-German friendship, and networking?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n The highlight event which is organized by the Japan Club is of course \u201cJapan Tag (Japan Day)\u201c on the Rhine. The Japan Tag will be held at the end of May or the beginning of June every year. It is the greatest event for performance and promotion of Japanese culture and tradition. Every year more than 600,000 people come to D\u00fcsseldorf from all over the world in order to visit Japan Tag.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Also the German-Japanese new year festival which is organized by the Japan Club D\u00fcsseldorf in collaboration with the German-Japanese society on the Lower Rhine is contributing to the promotion of German-Japanese friendship.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
What advice would you give to Japanese individuals moving to D\u00fcsseldorf or Germany for the first time to help them make the most of their experience?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n If Japanese individuals come from Japan and move to Germany or D\u00fcsseldorf, the Japan Club D\u00fcsseldorf will advise them how they can enjoy the life of Germany.<\/p>\n\n\n\nIf Japanese individuals come from Japan and move to Germany or D\u00fcsseldorf, the Japan Club D\u00fcsseldorf will advise them how they can enjoy the life of Germany.<\/p><\/blockquote><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
Germany is really a beautiful country with a big culture and tradition. The German nation has the same sense of value as Japanese nations. That is to say, virtue in Germany like diligence, punctuality, honesty or cleanliness can be viewed as virtue also in Japan. And Vice in Japan is also vice in Germany. Through this same sense of value the German and Japanese can understand each other very well although the base of the culture of the both nations is different.\u00a0The Japan Club is advising the Japanese citizens in Germany to enjoy the life and culture of Germany, to enjoy German music, to find German friends, to visit many beautiful cities in Germany, to visit German museums, to learn German language and to be integrated in German society.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
What are the Japan Club D\u00fcsseldorf’s future plans, and how do you see its role evolving with the growing Japanese community in Europe?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n It is one of our most important targets to contribute to the development of German-Japanese friendship. We will continue our contribution also in the future. The Japan Club D\u00fcsseldorf was born as a society of Japanese in Germany. But this society is not an organization only for Japanese. Every nation from around the world can belong to this society in D\u00fcsseldorf. The Japan Club is always open to the whole world. And an important matter for the future. The Japan Club D\u00fcsseldorf is a society for the friendship between Germany and Japan. In the future it will be more important to think over not only a binational relationship but also the relationship between Japan and the European Union too because Germany is a big leader of the European Union.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
jc-duesseldorf.de<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Yasuo Inadome, Board spokesman of Japan Club D\u00fcsseldorf, shares insights on the club’s history, its contributions to the Japanese community in North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW), and the enduring Japanese-German relationship. This year marks the 60th anniversary of the Japan Club D\u00fcsseldorf. Can you share the club\u2019s growth story and how it has evolved over the years? […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":63687,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advgb_blocks_editor_width":"","advgb_blocks_columns_visual_guide":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[805,292,259,587,595,301],"tags":[506],"class_list":{"0":"post-63684","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-2024-year","8":"category-articles","9":"category-bridging-japan","10":"category-germany","11":"category-nonprofit","12":"category-nrw","13":"tag-industrial"},"yoast_head":"\n
Japan Club D\u00fcsseldorf: Celebrating 60 Years of Japanese-German Friendship - Bridges Magazine<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/sms-bridges.com\/staging\/japan-club-dusseldorf-celebrating-60-years-of-japanese-german-friendship\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Japan Club D\u00fcsseldorf: Celebrating 60 Years of Japanese-German Friendship - Bridges Magazine\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Yasuo Inadome, Board spokesman of Japan Club D\u00fcsseldorf, shares insights on the club’s history, its contributions to the Japanese community in North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW), and the enduring Japanese-German relationship. This year marks the 60th anniversary of the Japan Club D\u00fcsseldorf. Can you share the club\u2019s growth story and how it has evolved over the years? […]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/sms-bridges.com\/staging\/japan-club-dusseldorf-celebrating-60-years-of-japanese-german-friendship\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Bridges Magazine\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/synergymediaspecialists\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2024-10-25T00:08:24+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-10-25T05:31:26+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/sms-bridges.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/DE24-Japan-Club-FI.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1080\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"720\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Bridges\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Bridges\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"9 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sms-bridges.com\/staging\/japan-club-dusseldorf-celebrating-60-years-of-japanese-german-friendship\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/sms-bridges.com\/staging\/japan-club-dusseldorf-celebrating-60-years-of-japanese-german-friendship\/\",\"name\":\"Japan Club D\u00fcsseldorf: Celebrating 60 Years of Japanese-German Friendship - Bridges Magazine\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sms-bridges.com\/staging\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sms-bridges.com\/staging\/japan-club-dusseldorf-celebrating-60-years-of-japanese-german-friendship\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sms-bridges.com\/staging\/japan-club-dusseldorf-celebrating-60-years-of-japanese-german-friendship\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/sms-bridges.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/DE24-Japan-Club-FI.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2024-10-25T00:08:24+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-10-25T05:31:26+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sms-bridges.com\/staging\/#\/schema\/person\/7eaae35415f3ab69a9001065f26f87dd\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sms-bridges.com\/staging\/japan-club-dusseldorf-celebrating-60-years-of-japanese-german-friendship\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/sms-bridges.com\/staging\/japan-club-dusseldorf-celebrating-60-years-of-japanese-german-friendship\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sms-bridges.com\/staging\/japan-club-dusseldorf-celebrating-60-years-of-japanese-german-friendship\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/sms-bridges.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/DE24-Japan-Club-FI.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/sms-bridges.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/DE24-Japan-Club-FI.jpg\",\"width\":1080,\"height\":720},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sms-bridges.com\/staging\/japan-club-dusseldorf-celebrating-60-years-of-japanese-german-friendship\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/sms-bridges.com\/staging\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Japan Club D\u00fcsseldorf: Celebrating 60 Years of Japanese-German Friendship\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sms-bridges.com\/staging\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/sms-bridges.com\/staging\/\",\"name\":\"Bridges Magazine\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/sms-bridges.com\/staging\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sms-bridges.com\/staging\/#\/schema\/person\/7eaae35415f3ab69a9001065f26f87dd\",\"name\":\"Bridges\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sms-bridges.com\/staging\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/5793c7d81e6afee763d0b29c1aaa7981d5bf57671c451fa22aab9ec057e36cc9?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/5793c7d81e6afee763d0b29c1aaa7981d5bf57671c451fa22aab9ec057e36cc9?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Bridges\"},\"url\":\"https:\/\/sms-bridges.com\/staging\/author\/kira\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Japan Club D\u00fcsseldorf: Celebrating 60 Years of Japanese-German Friendship - Bridges Magazine","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/sms-bridges.com\/staging\/japan-club-dusseldorf-celebrating-60-years-of-japanese-german-friendship\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Japan Club D\u00fcsseldorf: Celebrating 60 Years of Japanese-German Friendship - Bridges Magazine","og_description":"Yasuo Inadome, Board spokesman of Japan Club D\u00fcsseldorf, shares insights on the club’s history, its contributions to the Japanese community in North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW), and the enduring Japanese-German relationship. This year marks the 60th anniversary of the Japan Club D\u00fcsseldorf. Can you share the club\u2019s growth story and how it has evolved over the years? […]","og_url":"https:\/\/sms-bridges.com\/staging\/japan-club-dusseldorf-celebrating-60-years-of-japanese-german-friendship\/","og_site_name":"Bridges Magazine","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/synergymediaspecialists","article_published_time":"2024-10-25T00:08:24+00:00","article_modified_time":"2024-10-25T05:31:26+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1080,"height":720,"url":"https:\/\/sms-bridges.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/DE24-Japan-Club-FI.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Bridges","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Bridges","Est. reading time":"9 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/sms-bridges.com\/staging\/japan-club-dusseldorf-celebrating-60-years-of-japanese-german-friendship\/","url":"https:\/\/sms-bridges.com\/staging\/japan-club-dusseldorf-celebrating-60-years-of-japanese-german-friendship\/","name":"Japan Club D\u00fcsseldorf: Celebrating 60 Years of Japanese-German Friendship - Bridges Magazine","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/sms-bridges.com\/staging\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/sms-bridges.com\/staging\/japan-club-dusseldorf-celebrating-60-years-of-japanese-german-friendship\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/sms-bridges.com\/staging\/japan-club-dusseldorf-celebrating-60-years-of-japanese-german-friendship\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/sms-bridges.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/DE24-Japan-Club-FI.jpg","datePublished":"2024-10-25T00:08:24+00:00","dateModified":"2024-10-25T05:31:26+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/sms-bridges.com\/staging\/#\/schema\/person\/7eaae35415f3ab69a9001065f26f87dd"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/sms-bridges.com\/staging\/japan-club-dusseldorf-celebrating-60-years-of-japanese-german-friendship\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/sms-bridges.com\/staging\/japan-club-dusseldorf-celebrating-60-years-of-japanese-german-friendship\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/sms-bridges.com\/staging\/japan-club-dusseldorf-celebrating-60-years-of-japanese-german-friendship\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/sms-bridges.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/DE24-Japan-Club-FI.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/sms-bridges.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/DE24-Japan-Club-FI.jpg","width":1080,"height":720},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/sms-bridges.com\/staging\/japan-club-dusseldorf-celebrating-60-years-of-japanese-german-friendship\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/sms-bridges.com\/staging\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Japan Club D\u00fcsseldorf: Celebrating 60 Years of Japanese-German Friendship"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/sms-bridges.com\/staging\/#website","url":"https:\/\/sms-bridges.com\/staging\/","name":"Bridges Magazine","description":"","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/sms-bridges.com\/staging\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/sms-bridges.com\/staging\/#\/schema\/person\/7eaae35415f3ab69a9001065f26f87dd","name":"Bridges","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/sms-bridges.com\/staging\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/5793c7d81e6afee763d0b29c1aaa7981d5bf57671c451fa22aab9ec057e36cc9?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/5793c7d81e6afee763d0b29c1aaa7981d5bf57671c451fa22aab9ec057e36cc9?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Bridges"},"url":"https:\/\/sms-bridges.com\/staging\/author\/kira\/"}]}},"author_meta":{"display_name":"Bridges","author_link":"https:\/\/sms-bridges.com\/staging\/author\/kira\/"},"featured_img":"https:\/\/sms-bridges.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/DE24-Japan-Club-FI-300x200.jpg","coauthors":[],"tax_additional":{"categories":{"linked":["<a href=\"https:\/\/sms-bridges.com\/staging\/category\/year\/2024-year\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">2024<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/sms-bridges.com\/staging\/category\/articles\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Articles<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/sms-bridges.com\/staging\/category\/articles\/bridging-japan\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Bridging Japan<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/sms-bridges.com\/staging\/category\/articles\/bridging-japan\/germany\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Germany<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/sms-bridges.com\/staging\/category\/industries\/nonprofit\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Nonprofit<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/sms-bridges.com\/staging\/category\/articles\/bridging-japan\/germany\/nrw\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">NRW<\/a>"],"unlinked":["<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">2024<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Articles<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Bridging Japan<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Germany<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Nonprofit<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">NRW<\/span>"]},"tags":{"linked":["<a href=\"https:\/\/sms-bridges.com\/staging\/category\/articles\/bridging-japan\/germany\/nrw\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Industrial<\/a>"],"unlinked":["<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Industrial<\/span>"]}},"comment_count":"0","relative_dates":{"created":"Posted 1 year ago","modified":"Updated 1 year ago"},"absolute_dates":{"created":"Posted on October 25, 2024","modified":"Updated on October 25, 2024"},"absolute_dates_time":{"created":"Posted on October 25, 2024 12:08 am","modified":"Updated on October 25, 2024 5:31 am"},"featured_img_caption":"","series_order":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sms-bridges.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63684","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sms-bridges.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sms-bridges.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sms-bridges.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sms-bridges.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=63684"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sms-bridges.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63684\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sms-bridges.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/63687"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sms-bridges.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=63684"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sms-bridges.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=63684"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sms-bridges.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=63684"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
![\"\"](\"https:\/\/sms-bridges.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/DE24-Japan-Club-photo.jpg\")