On Monday 10 March, CLAIR Sydney held the CLAIR Forum 2025 at the University of Technology Sydney (UTS) and hosted an interactive panel session on the topic of ‘Wa…

On Monday 10^th of March, the 2025 CLAIR Forum, an annual half-day seminar organised by CLAIR Sydney and UTS IPPG, will be held at UTS. We invite you to an interactiv…

On behalf of all the staff at CLAIR Sydney, I would like to wish all our readers a Happy New Year.

Looking back on last year, we believe that exchanges between Japan a…

Did you know that one of the oldest and largest international events is happening in Japan next year? EXPO 2025 Osaka, Kansai, Japan will take place from 13 April t…

As you may be aware from the news, a general election for the members of the House of Representatives was held in Japan last month on 27 October. As electoral system…

We would like to express our sincere appreciation for your continued support.

CLAIR Sydney is celebrating its 30th anniversary this October 2024. We would like …

One of the major events CLAIR hosts is the Local Government Exchange and Cooperation Seminar, which is an annual program to promote mutual understanding and for…

In this month’s issue, I would like to discuss about the Local Allocation Tax, a crucial revenue source for Japanese prefectural and municipal governments, wit…

It’s that time of year again. Many of our new JET Programme participants have departed for Japan.

The JET Programme, which began in 1987, aims to foster mut…

I became interested in the difference in the revenue structure of the local government in Japan and Australia/New Zealand, while revising the “Local Governmen…