Since 1997 the JDZB has successfully organized German-Japanese Grantee Seminars in cooperation with the German Academic Exchange Service, and in 2007, thanks to a request made by the Service, Korean grantees currently studying in Germany were also invited to attend. Japanese grantees currently studying German Studies, Liberal Arts, Social or Natural Science in Germany, as well as young German students of Japan Studies who have returned to Germany were given the opportunity to become acquainted and establish networks through presentations of their work and discussions.