In Japan, there has been an increasing trend towards a decentralised society, and the trend seems to continue into the future. Under such circumstances, the Loc…

Happy New Year! What is your new year’s resolution? My resolution is to keep good health.

So today, I am writing about Japanese hospitals. We have both private and …

Last month, I attended the Japan Business Promotion Symposium jointly hosted by the Japanese Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry, the Cabinet Office, Gove…

I sometimes talk about the Australian educational system to Japanese delegations.

One of the differences is Japan adopts the 6-3-3 system, while most states in …

Last month, Tokyo was chosen to host the 2020 Olympic Games. The Japanese people were very excited to hear the news, as were the local governments.

Japanese local …

Last month, I had the opportunity to talk about service delivery in Japan at the UTS seminar.

In my presentation, I introduced some basic principles about who del…

As I reported before, there are discussions about the referendum for Constitutional recognition of local government, altering section 96 of the Australian Co…

Last month, I attended the Local Government Managers Australia National Congress and had the opportunity to make a presentation about how to reconstruct a comm…

As the national election approaches, I often read discussions about the referendum for Constitutional recognition of local government. While the system of lo…

Last month, I attended the Sister Cites New Zealand 2013 Annual Conference and had the opportunity to make a presentation about CLAIR Sydney’s role in sister cit…