We attended the welcome reception for the 24th Kawasaki Junior Cultural Prize winner visit in Wollongong on 20 August. This cultural prize is an art and essay com…
We attended the welcome reception for the 24th Kawasaki Junior Cultural Prize winner visit in Wollongong on 20 August. This cultural prize is an art and essay com…
It is a great honour to introduce myself as the eighth director of the Japan Local Government Centre (CLAIR, Sydney).
Established in 1994, our mission has …
The latest issue of our Correspondence includes the articles about Introducing Our New Director Katsunori Kamibo, Iwate Prefecture, Local Government NZ Conf…
Between 31 July – 7 August, 10 Ube junior high school students and two principals visited Newcastle (which is Ube’s sister city) to deepen their cross-cul…
On 27 July, we attended a special dinner orgnaised by Hurstville City Council that welcomed the visiting exchange students from their sister city, Shiroishi Ci…
~ Article and photos from JETAA Wellington ~
Tanabata event
We celebrated Tanabata recently, beginning in the Wellington Public Library, and later moved our ba…
Many young Australians and New Zealanders left for Japan at the end of July. They are the participants taking part in this year’s Japan Exchange and Teaching (JET…
From 19 – 21 July, we attended the LGNZ conference in Rotorua, New Zealand. We promoted CLAIR’s activities including sister city relationships and Japanese tou…
Characteristics
Iwate is one of the largest prefectures in Japan, blessed with fertile land and beautiful nature.
There are numerous mountains, the highest be…