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"Long-Term Care Provision in Times of Demographic Change – Japan-Germany Compared" Dr. Gerhard Naegele received professional training as an industrial manager in Berlin. He has a background in business studies and education, and he earned his PhD from the University of Cologne in 1976. Naegele served as Scientific Assistant to the Chair for Welfare Policies at the Faculty of Economics and Social Sciences (1973–1976) and as Managing Director of the Institute of Social Policies and Societal Policies (1976–1981) at the University of Cologne, Germany. He was Professor for Local Social Policy at the Faculty for Social Work at Dortmund University of Applied Sciences from 1982 to 1992. Following this, he was University Professor (Chair) for Social Gerontology (1992–2013) and Director of the Institute of Gerontology (1992-2016) at the TU/Technical University of Dortmund, Germany. Since January 2017, Gerhard Naegele has been doing freelance work as an independent researcher and policy advisor. Dr. Franz Waldenberger is Director of the German Institute for Japanese Studies (DIJ) in Tokyo. He is on leave from Munich University where he holds the professorship for Japanese Economy at the Munich School of Management and the Japan Center. He received his doctorate in economics from the University of Cologne. His research focuses on the Japanese Economy, Corporate Governance, and International Management. At DIJ he initiated the research program, “Risks and opportunities in Japan – challenges in face of an increasingly uncertain future." A major topic is ageing and population decline in Japanese regions. Waldenberger has published numerous articles and books on the Japanese economy. He is editor-in-chief of “Contemporary Japan” and a member of the editorial board of other Japan and Asia related social science and economics journals. He was visiting professor at Hitotsubashi University, Osaka City University, Tsukuba University, the University of Tokyo, and Shimomura Fellow at the Research Institute of Capital Formation of the Development Bank of Japan. He is a member of the German-Japan Forum and a member of the board of the Japanese German Business Association (DJW).