On 18 August, CLAIR attended the official reception of the 25th Kawasaki Junior Cultural Prize Presentation in Wollongong. Four students of age 10-12 from Kawa…
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Sister city activities between Wollongong and Kawasaki
Cherry Blossom Festival in Auburn Botanic Gardens
On the weekends of 20-21 and 27 -28 August, the Sydney Cherry Blossom Festival was held at Auburn Botanic Gardens in Cumberland, NSW. Some cherry blossom trees we…
Supporting Toda city’s students visit
On 1 August, fifteen junior high students from Toda city, Saitama prefecture visited CLAIR Sydney. Staff members talked about how they got the opportunity to wo…
Supporting Fukushima’s Samurai Festival
On 4 August, students from Minamisoma city, Fukushima prefecture, visited North Sydney Girls High School and Davidson High School in Sydney. The visit was part …
Supporting Nagoya city’s activities
Visiting a former chair of the Sydney-Nagoya Sister City Committee in Tasmania
On 22-23 August, CLAIR accompanied Ms Mayumi Kondo who was sent from Nagoya City t…
Supporting Hiroshima city councillors
On 25th August, city councillors from Hiroshima visited our office. We gave a presentation on Australia and how to attract international tourists to Hiroshima …
At SMASH! The Sydney Manga and Anime Show
On 20 and 21 August, CLAIR Sydney ran a booth at SMASH! (The Sydney Manga and Anime Show) 2016. SMASH! is one of the biggest events of Japanese pop culture in Austral…
30th Anniversary of Mildura-Kumatori Sister city exchange programme
On 22 August, we attended a special dinner organised by Mildura City Council that welcomed the visiting delegation from Kumatori Town in Osaka. The cities have b…
Shiroishi students visit to CLAIR Sydney office
On 2 August, ten junior high school students from Shiroishi city in Miyagi prefecture visited our CLAIR Sydney office. We gave them a brief presentation on Austr…
Nagoya Students visit to Sydney
From 26 July to 4 August, 12 high school students from Nagoya visited Sydney for a ten-day study tour.
First, they visited Cherry Brook Technology High School to e…
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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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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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