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Fukushima Prefecture
Samurai Festival in Sydney 2016
A group of Samurai students visiting Australia from Minami Soma City, Fukushima Prefecture.
In early August, eight Samurai cam…
Vol. 10 Tokyo
Sumidagawa Fireworks Festival
Sumidagawa Fireworks Festival is one of the oldest and most famous fireworks displays in Japan. This festival is held on the last …
Sakai City, Osaka
– Sister City Relationship through Marathon Events
Commemorating the opening of the Kansai International Airport, Sakai City as well as nine other citi…
Travel journal from the Editor – Kochi
In May 2016, I went back to Japan for two weeks. It was the first time for me to go back in two years so I was very excited! To maximize time with my family I spent the enti…
Ide Town, Kyoto
– Cherry blossom and Firefly Festival ‘OIDEYASU (welcome in Japanese) IDE TOWN’
You will be warmly greeted with the friendly Kyoto dialect phrases like o…
Asahikawa City, Hokkaido
Asahikawa Summer Festival is one of the biggest summer events in northern Hokkaido. Approximately 900,000 people attend this 3-day event every year.
On the fir…
Rokunohe Town, Aomori
Rokunohe Autumn Festival in Rokunohe, Aomori
On paper, Rokunohe is a small, quiet rural town in the big prefecture of Aomori. However, over the course of three da…
Wakayama City
MATSURI (festivals) throughout the year in Wakayama City
“Wakamatsuri” is a nearly 400 year-old traditional Matsuri held at Toshogu Shrine in the middle of May…
Kobe City
“Shun Setsu”(Chinese Lunar New Year Festival) in Nankinmachi, Kobe City
Nankinmachi is Kobe’s lively Chinatown which is one of the 3 major Chinatowns in Japan.…
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The latest issue of our correspondence is released.
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To investigate environmental countermeasures, one student and one chaperone from Hikone Technological High School of Shiga Prefecture visited Australia from late July to early August. CLAIR Sydney conducted a briefing on 29 July about Australia’s culture and customs, and accompanied the group to a company visit in Brisbane on 31 July. During the visit, they received information on efforts to reduce methane emissions from livestock using a type of seaweed called Asparagopsis, viewed from a carbon-neutral perspective. The student’s proactive participation in the meetings, driven by a desire to engage in environmental initiatives in the future, was impressive.
In addition to the briefing and accompaniment, we also supported securing appointments with the company. CLAIR Sydney will continue to support the activities of Japanese local governments conducting research in Australia.
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The latest issue of our correspondence is released.
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The latest issue of our correspondence is released.
View this Correspondence in PDF.
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The latest issue of our correspondence is released.
View this correspondence in PDF.
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The latest issue of our correspondence is released.
View this Correspondence in PDF.
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The sister city relationship between Nagoya City and City of Sydney will celebrate its 45th anniversary in 2025.The Nagoya City official who came to Australia to participate in the Australian Multiculturalism Study Tour hosted by CLAIR Sydney, paid a visit to Sydney City Town Hall on Friday 24 November, and we assisted his visit. In addition to sharing information on the status of exchanges between the two cities’ sister zoos (Taronga Zoo and Higashiyama Zoo) and international exchanges in Nagoya City, a preliminary meeting was held for Deputy Mayor Matsuo’s visit to Sydney for December 2023.With the landmark year only two years away, CLAIR Sydney will continue to support the exchanges between the two cities.
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The latest issue of our correspondence is released.
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From 27 November to 2 December, we held the annual Multicultural Seminar in Sydney.
This program is designed to help municipal employees and staff from regional international associations learn firsthand about multicultural policies and advanced initiatives in Australia, with the aim of assisting in the planning and implementation of multicultural coexistence measures in Japan. The CLAIR Sydney office welcomed 13 participants from various regions of Japan. Participants visited a total of nine institutions, including government agencies such as the New South Wales Department of Education and Cumberland City, as well as schools and NGOs, to learn about their advanced policies, initiatives, and services.
Through presentations and Q&A sessions at the visited institutions, participants were able to hear directly from the staff. They gained valuable firsthand information and were impressed by Australia’s advanced multicultural services and policies.
The CLAIR Sydney office will continue to provide information on Australia’s multicultural policy initiatives to Japanese local governments through this program.
