Only the economic crisis that began in Japan in the early 1990s temporarily ended the steady growth of the Japanese community. On the occasion of the Japan Weeks in 1993, the Japanese imperial couple Akihito and Michiko visited the city. On 15 June 2005, the Mayor of Düsseldorf and the Governor of Chiba Prefecture signed a partnership agreement with the intention of intensifying exchanges in the areas of sports, youth and culture as well as cooperation in health care and biotechnology. (previous | next | back to album | 2022:06:05 18:52:05 | 97% of an album)