After announcing the temporary suspension of the publication of the CLAIR Sydney Newsletter in April, we are recommencing the publication of our newsletter fr…
Blog Archives
［April 2020］
Temporary Suspension of the CLAIR Sydney Newsletter
In recent years, we have been routinely publishing and releasing our organisation’s newsletter every month. The CLAIR Sydney newsletter is an essential commu…
[March 2020]
Networks with Past Participants of CLAIR’s Annual Local Government Exchange & Cooperation Seminar
For the past twenty-five years, CLAIR has been holding the Local Government Exchange & Cooperation Seminar every financial year which offers eligible par…
［February 2020］
CLAIR Forum
In recent years, CLAIR Sydney has organised the annual CLAIR Forum on issues relevant to local governments in Australia, New Zealand, and Japan in collaboratio…
［January 2020]
Disaster Preparedness and Response between Sister Cities and Friendship Cities
On behalf of all the staff of CLAIR Sydney, I would like to pay my respects to the victims and families affected by the 2019-2020 bushfire season in Australia, and t…
［December 2019］
2020 – Olympic and Paralympic Year –
Next year, the Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games will be held in Tokyo and other Japanese cities between July and September. Japanese people are looking fo…
［November 2019］
Official Schedule of the World Masters Games 2021 Kansai is Available Now
As I have noted in the 132 edition of the CLAIR Sydney Newsletter released in February this year, the World Masters Games (WMG) 2021 Kansai will be held in Japan’s K…
［October 2019］
Next Step after the Rugby World Cup 2019 in Japan
As described in the CLAIR Sydney Newsletter No 130 Dec. 2018, the Japanese people know very well that the Rugby World Cup is a very special event for New Zealanders …
［September 2019］
The Japan Exchange and Teaching Programme and Sister City Relationships
In July and August, approximately 200 new Japan Exchange and Teaching (JET) Programme participants from Australia and New Zealand embarked upon their new jour…
［August 2019］
JET Family
‘Welcome to our JET family!’ an alumna of the JET (Japan Exchange and Teaching) Programme told the new JET Programme participants in her send-off speech. Her com…
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The latest issue of our correspondence is released.
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The latest issue of our correspondence is released.
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The latest issue of our correspondence is released.
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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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2022/2023 CLAIR Forum
On 3 March, CLAIR Sydney held the CLAIR Forum 2023 in collaboration with the University of Technology Sydney’s Institute for Public Policy and Governance (UTS: IPPG).
This year’s theme was ‘Multisectoral Approach for Regional Revitalisation’. At the event, two members from CLAIR Sydney and Carol Mills from UTS: IPPG and Andrew Francis from Parkes Council made a comprehensive presentation each on local government policies and strategies that have revitalised local communities and economies in Japan and Australia during the current ongoing pandemic.
Date: Friday 3 March 2023
Venue: The Japan Foundation, Sydney – Seminar Room
Speakers and topics:
– Ms Shimizu (Assistant Director, CLAIR Sydney)
Sustainable Urban Development Project in the Tokyo Bay Area
– Prof Mills (Director, Institute for Public Policy and Governance, University of Technology Sydney)
Local Governments Collaborating with Organisations for Sustainable Urban Development with Reference to Sydney Parklands
– Mr Inoue (Assistant Director, CLAIR Sydney)
Approaches taken by Mihara City to Tackle Population Decline
– Mr Francis (Director Infrastructure and Strategic Futures, Parkes Council)
Local Governments Collaborating with Organisations with Reference to the Parkes Special Activation Precinct
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The latest issue of our correspondence is released.
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The latest issue of our correspondence is released.
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The latest issue of our correspondence is released.
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