Department for Criminal Medical- and Biolaw,
Prof. Dr. Gunnar Duttge

13.12.2024 I 2nd German-Japanese Criminal Law Day Online via Zoom

The 2nd German-Japanese Criminal Law Day will take place online as a Zoom webinar on 13 December 2024. The conference will be organised by Prof. Dr. Gunnar Duttge and Prof. Dr. Tadaki (Chuo University, Tokyo) with special support from the German-Japanese Lawyers` Association.

The conference will focus on two central topics: Firstly, the significance of mental illness in medical and criminal law, and secondly, the legal challenges of demographic change. You can look forward to contributions from:

  • Ass. Prof. Dr. Yu Yabunaka (Keio University Tokyo)
  • Prof. Dr. Georg Steinberg (University of Potsdam)
  • Prof. Dr. Takaaki Matsumiya (Ritsumeikan University)
  • Prof. Dr. Tanja Henking (Würzburg-Schweinfurt University of Applied Sciences)
  • Prof. Dr. Yuri Yamanaka (Kansai University Osaka)
  • Prof. Dr. Katrin Höffler (University of Leipzig)
  • Prof. Dr. Susanne Beck (Leibniz University Hanover)
  • Ass. Prof. Dr. Yu Amada (Kagawa University Takamatsu)
  • Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Franz Streng (Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nuremberg)
  • Prof. Koichi Jimba (Dokkyo University Soka)
  • Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Thomas Hillenkamp (University of Heidelberg)
  • Prof. Dr. Hirokazu Kawaguchi (Kansai University Osaka)


Thanks to simultaneous translation into German and Japanese, participants from both countries can actively take part in the discussions.