In this article, teacher education reforms in Germany were analysed from a Japanese outsider's viewpoint. To describe the feature of "Germany" is never easy because of its diversity; however, from an outsider's viewpoint, certain unified features can be made clear. The symbol of today's reform is the teacher education standards from federal level symbolized with content standardisation. Most of all, its influence is radicalized in the first stage of teacher education--university. In the first stage, the framework regularising at a European level through the Bologna Process pushes the reform from behind. Through data analysis as well as field research in different states of Germany, the features of reform influence are described.