Barbara Holthus

📖 NEW book chapter “Disaster Preparedness and Response for Companion Animals in Japan” by DIJ's @barbtokyo.bsky.social
In: The Palgrave Handbook of Human-Animal Interactions @springernature.com, eds. H. Wu, @drkylebreen.bsky.social @drsarahdeyoung.bsky.social
▶️ link.springer.com/chapter/10.1...

日文研(主催)ドイツ日本研究所(共催）シンポジウム「動物愛護運動研究の現在」
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🎤 伊勢田 哲治「「いただきますの倫理」の由来と日本的動物愛護」
W. Puck Brecher: Livestock Care Within and Beyond Japanese “Society”
春藤 献一「動物愛護」という言葉が使われ続けてきたのはなぜか
@barbtokyo.bsky.social 人とペットの社会学：幸福、孤独、Multispecies Families
www.nichibun.ac.jp/ja/events/ot...

Having a dog at home likely helps alter adolescent children's microbiome to make them happier and have better social skills, a study by a Japanese research team showed. 👉 ebx.sh/wS1TPB

The world’s plastic glut is set to get much worse by 2040, study finds

Global plastic pollution will hit 280 million metric tons per year by 2040, or a dump truck’s worth every second.

A big thank you to the DWIH Tokyo for bringing together scientists, businesses & policy makers to discuss innovations, research, knowledge in society, future policies & action plans at the 'Sustainable Consumption & Production' symposium, incl. DIJ's @barbtokyo.bsky.social & Sebastian Polak-Rottmann

Great to catch up with #DIJAlum Jasmin Rückert, Harald Conrad, Ralf Windhab, Sonja Ganseforth, @hajent.bsky.social, Florian Grosser, Frank Rövekamp, Steve Entrich as well as Ina Hein at the #VSJF conference @jstudiesvienna.bsky.social. More Alumni meetings scheduled for 2026! @barbtokyo.bsky.social

Haustierfriseure, Igelcafés, Tieraltersheime: „In Japan ist die Anthropomorphisierung von Haustieren extrem“, sagt DIJ-Soziologin @barbtokyo.bsky.social im Gespräch mit Janosch Schobin @soziopolis.bsky.social
Volltext ➡️ www.soziopolis.de/in-japan-ist...

Onsite only lecture in Vienna by DIJ's @barbtokyo.bsky.social
"Pets in Contemporary Japan: Between Commodification, Family Membership, and Animal Welfare Challenges"
🏚️ University of Vienna @jstudiesvienna.bsky.social
📅 19 Nov 2025, 18–20h CET
▶️ www.viennaanimalstudies.com/event-detail...

You can enjoy the Osaka Kansai #Expo2025 even after it will close its doors on Monday: watch our presentation at the German Pavilion and learn about our institute and our research projects in the fields of Sustainability and Digital Transformation @barbtokyo.bsky.social
🎬 youtu.be/NVbOsSdP51s

Vielen Dank an die interdisziplinäre Studiengruppe @lmumuenchen.bsky.social, geleitet von Aki Narutomi, für den Besuch am DIJ. Wir haben uns gefreut, unser Institut vorstellen zu können & über den spannenden Austausch zum demographischem Wandel, Nachhaltigkeit, Höflichkeit uvm @barbtokyo.bsky.social

NEW on our YouTube channel
📽️ @barbtokyo.bsky.social "Stumbling upon furry friends in Aso: Transitioning to studying Japan’s urban-rural divide" youtu.be/HAq8dszJSKk
📽️ S. Polak-Rottmann "From well-being to spaces of resilience in the Aso region" youtu.be/ZQaSla0KnUQ
Thanks @jstudiesvienna.bsky.social

How are sustainable consumption, health & animal welfare connected and what are recent trends in meat consumption in Japan, Germany & globally? Find out in "Meat consumption and sustainability" @barbtokyo.bsky.social on our Sustainability in Japan and Beyond blog sustainability.hypotheses.org/1037

Meat consumption and sustainability: the case of Japan Author: Barbara Holthus Putting sustainability research into action Since October 2022, the German Institute for Japanese Studies Tokyo (DIJ) has been focusing on the study of sustainability in Japan. Researchers examine issues of diversity...

What does #sustainability research look like in practice?

The #DIJToyko 's @barbtokyo.bsky.social explains the Institute's decision to go vegetarian and explores the connections between sustainable consumption, health & animal welfare in Japan & Germany.

sustainability.hypot... via @dijtokyo.org

Preview DIJ research #Japanologentag
📅 Fri, 11.30 am - 1 pm, Sociology section @celiaspoden.bsky.social
🎤 Barbara Holthus @barbtokyo.bsky.social www.dijtokyo.org/people/barba...
➡️ "Pets, Demographic Change, and Loneliness" www.dijtokyo.org/project/the-...

Environment Ministry to boost support for local governments facing bear attacks It plans to allocate roughly ¥3.7 billion for designated wildlife control measures to enable municipalities to secure and train staff able to respond to incidents involving bears.

The Environment Ministry is looking to increase its funding to local governments to enable them to respond better to bear attacks, which are becoming increasingly common throughout the nation.

This week @goetheuni.bsky.social: triennial #Japanologentag with latest research in Japanese Studies incl. by DIJ researchers @barbtokyo.bsky.social, @daneuhaus.bsky.social, @celiaspoden.bsky.social, @torweber.bsky.social
www.uni-frankfurt.de/156255174/Pr...

🔍 “I want them to live their best lives”: Owner experiences of walking with their cats.

This qualitative study examined the practice of walking domestic cats on a leash as a potential compromise between indoor-only & free-roaming lifestyles.

🔗 Read the open access article here: ow.ly/pJCW50WF7S7

DIJ Forum 'Fermenting for the Future: tsukemono as a practice of awai' YouTube video by DIJ Tokyo

New on our YouTube channel
🎬 #DIJForum 'Fermenting for the future' with Aya H. Kimura & Yasuhiro Kobayashi youtu.be/0E4SioOQXxo
🎬 ICAS Seminar 'Animals in Japanese Society - The case of companion vs farm animals' with @barbtokyo.bsky.social & Maho Cavalier (Uehara) www.youtube.com/watch?v=NZRa...

Why authorities in Okinawa are trying to capture feral goats The goats are causing damage to crops and there are concerns that they could negatively impact the forest ecosystems harboring rare animals and plants.

In Okinawa, feral goats are causing damage to crops, and there are concerns that they could negatively impact the forest ecosystems harboring rare animals and plants.

How sustainable is the #Expo2025? Isaac Gagné takes a closer look at its #SDG promotion & implementation and the Expo's lasting impact in "Searching for Sustainability at Expo 2025 Osaka Kansai", the latest contribution to our Sustainability in Japan & Beyond blog sustainability.hypotheses.org/946

Cats, dogs, meerkats, goats: Interpets trade fair draws furry hordes From June 19 to 21, a veritable animal kingdom (and their owners) descended on the Intex Osaka convention center to try new foods and meet new friends.

Cats and dogs, meerkats and goats — the most mundane thing about Osaka’s Interpets trade fair may have been the human pet owners themselves.

Two months on, Osaka Expo organizer struggles to improve experience as crowds grow Even before the expo reaches its peak attendance, some visitors are already growing weary of the long lines.

Two months after the Osaka Expo opened amid tepid enthusiasm, organizers have a new problem: how to improve the guest experience despite swelling attendance figures.

DIJ deputy director @barbtokyo.bsky.social was one of five invited panelists in this important discussion about gender equality in Japan in the Residence Talk series at the German Embassy in Tokyo. Check out the video below 🎬

From Food to Friends? DIJ sociologist @barbtokyo.bsky.social will present insights into her research project on Animal-Human Relationships in Contemporary Japan next Monday in the #WeAreOne online seminar series on the changing role of animals in the Anthropocene www.uni-goettingen.de/en/687654.html

Three arrested in Japan over suitcases stuffed with hermit crabs The guests 'had asked the hotel to watch their suitcases, and the suitcases made a rustling noise,' a police official said.

Three Chinese men were arrested in Japan after their rustling suitcases alerted hotel staff to the thousands of hermit crabs inside, police said.

World's richest 10% caused two thirds of global warming, study finds How the rich consume and invest has substantially increased the risk of deadly heat waves and drought.

The world's wealthiest 10% of individuals are responsible for two thirds of global warming since 1990, a new study finds.

Man admitted to 2025 Osaka Expo with 85-year-old ticket Previous expos in Japan have had similar policies of giving 'invitation tickets' to people holding passes for the 1940 event, expo organizers said.

A man was admitted to the 2025 Osaka Expo in Japan with a ticket to a 1940 event that was called off as war escalated, organizers said.

Japan enacts bill allowing urban bears to be shot The law designates animals with a high risk of harming people as 'dangerous wildlife animals' that can be shot.

Parliament has enacted a bill that allows municipalities to give the go-ahead to shoot wild bears found in urban areas.

New on YouTube: all presentations of the joint DIJ / @hhu.de /In-East @unidue.bsky.social annual #VSJF conference with economic, societal & political perspectives on Sustainability in Japan are now online @barbtokyo.bsky.social @apklein.bsky.social @hajent.bsky.social www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...

Am 17.3. hat @dijtokyo.org Direktor Franz Waldenberger mit Bestsellerautor Yuval Noah Harari, Kaori Hayashi und Arisa Ema über "The Role of Education & Science in the Digital Age" diskutiert.
Zur Aufzeichnung 🎬 youtu.be/a8nyhR5XhZA