The exchange programmes of the Japanese-German Centre Berlin focus on young potential leaders for German-Japanese relations. Because general high school and university exchange programmes are already organised by other institutions, only separate activities of the JDZB are explicitly addressed to activities of Japanese-German students' exchange:

Many German and Japanese schools have partnerships with schools in the other country. Yet student exchanges often fail due to a lack of funding because travel costs are particularly high. The Takenoko Fund for German-Japanese Student Exchange seeks to support these already existing initiatives.

The programme German-Japanese Youth Leaders Exchange was developed for youth leaders aged between 18 and 26 years who work voluntarily for youth associations. Over a two-week visit, participants in the programme shall be given the opportunity to look beyond their own lives and gather new impetuses, and to use these new ideas in their own work.

The JDZB not only seeks to foster the development of young people but to promote discussions between representatives of Japanese and German youth work during visits to the other country. Therefore most of the JDZB’s programmes are particularly addressed to target groups that include young employees, future senior managers or young academics. You will find an overview of the most important of JDZB's exchange programmes on the following websites:

Further Training for Professionals of Youth Work

Specialists and Managers from Japan