1999: Medicine in Japan and Germany

4th Japanese-German Symposium

Jointly organized by Japan Society for the Promotion of Science and Deutsche Gesellschaft der JSPS-Stipendiaten e.V.

Date: April 30 – May 1, 1999
Venue: Göttingen

PROGRAM

April 30, 1999

Moderation: Dr. Uwe Czarnetzki (Chairman of Deutsche Gesellschaft der JSPS-Stipendiaten e.V.)
14:00 Welcoming Remarks
14:30 Proposal for Prevention and Treatment of Cancer Based on Recent Progress of Cancer Research
Prof. Dr. Kumao Toyoshima (Professor Emeritus, University of Tokyo; Director Sumitomo Hospital)
15:30 Coffee Break
16:00 Chinese Medicine in Japan from its Beginnings to the 20th Century: Convergence and Irritation
Prof. Dr. Erhard Rosner (University of Göttingen, Institute for East-Asian Studies)
17:00 The Japanese Health Care System between Aging and Internationalization: Opportunities for German-Japanese Cooperation
Dr. Christian Oberländer (The University of Tokyo, Faculty of Medicine)
18:00 Break
19:00 Transfer by bus to restaurant “Rathskeller”
19:30 Dinner

May 1, 1999

09:00 Inner Landscapes – Japan’s Reception of Western Conceptions of the Body
Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Michel-Zaitsu (Kyushu University, Institute of Languages and Cultures)
11:00 Coffee Break
10:30 Integration of Japanese Phytotherapy (Kampō) into Modern Medicine
Dr. Heidrun Reissenweber (University of Munich, Dept. of Internal Medicine, Research Unit for Japanese Phytotherapy)
11:30 Delivery in Germany and in Japan
Mrs. Michiko Nakagawa-Fehlberg (practical doctor)
12:30 Lunch
14:00 Annual Assembly, Deutsche Gesellschaft der JSPS-Stipendiaten e.V.