How to learn in a time of globalization? And in particular: how to learn if the research "object" is a non-European culture, such as a Japanese one? What are the methodologies appropriate for working in the field "Nippon/Japan" in a "double-direction," from West to East and from East to West? Based on an interdisciplinary and intercultural approach, specialists from Europe and Japan analyze topics focusing on History, Philosophy, Aesthetics, Literature, Linguistics, Sociology, Economics and Religious Studies.