On 3 October, our Director, Mr. Katsunori Kamibo, was invited to present a lecture for the Comparative Local Governance course within the Masters of Local Government at the University of Technology Sydney (UTS). Representatives from the Korea Local Government Centre were also invited to talk about local governance in South Korea. Participants were local government staff and elected officials from NSW and QLD.
Our Director made a presentation outlining the Japanese local administration system and the history of decentralization in Japan. After the presentation, participants inquired about social issues like current birth rates, over-population in big cities, electoral systems (eg. term limits for elected officials), and foreign investment in Japan and South Korea. This was a good opportunity to introduce the local government system of each country to relevant people of local government offices in Australia.
