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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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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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