On 22 July, the official delegation from the Nagoya City Government, represented by the Deputy Mayor of Nagoya, Mr HIROSAWA Ichiro, and the Nagoya City Assembly’s Nagoya-Sydney Sister City Exchange Official Delegation led by the Nagoya City Assembly’s Deputy Chairperson, Mr OKAMOTO Yasuhiro, visited the CLAIR Sydney office. The two delegations visited Australia to participate in the Future Asia Business Summit held by Nagoya’s sister city, the City of Sydney. To coordinate and discuss events for the 40th anniversary of the Nagoya-Sydney sister city relationship next year, the delegations also visited relevant organisations such as the City of Sydney and the Consulate-General of Japan in Sydney.
At the CLAIR Sydney office, CLAIR Sydney staff gave the delegations an introductory presentation on Australia, and discussed the governing structure and local government system of Australia with the delegations. During the two delegations’ visit to Sydney, a CLAIR Sydney staff seconded from the City of Nagoya accompanied them to the Future Asia Business Summit, the courtesy call with the City of Sydney’s Councillor, Mr Robert Kok, and meetings with the Sydney-Nagoya Sister City Committee and members of the executive team of Taronga Zoo, which is the sister zoo of Higashiyama Zoo in Nagoya.
The two delegations were welcomed by the Lord Mayor of the City of Sydney, Ms Clover Moore. The Deputy Mayor of Nagoya delivered a short speech and spoke about his desire to continue and develop the exchanges between the two cities in fields such as education, culture and sports.
During the various meetings and visits made by the two delegations in Sydney, there were enthusiastic discussions on how to enliven the various exchange activities towards the 40th anniversary of the sister city relationship between Sydney and Nagoya next year.
The CLAIR Sydney office also provided support for the Nagoya City Assembly’s Nagoya-Sydney Sister City Exchange Official Delegation’s visit to Australia by setting up meeting appointments with various government agencies and organisations for the delegation’s research into multicultural policies in Australia.
CLAIR Sydney will continue to support the City of Nagoya’s activities in Australia.
