I arrived in Sydney in mid-June. As our readers may know, one of CLAIR’s main missions is to support exchange between local governments in Japan and Australia/Ne…

I am very honoured to introduce myself as the new Executive Director of the Japan Local Government Centre (CLAIR Sydney). CLAIR Sydney has been committed to deve…

In the CLAIR Sydney Newsletter published in January 2022, I wrote that CLAIR Sydney has steadily restarted our in-person activities, such as taking part in even…

International border restrictions and quarantine requirements for international travellers have been extensively eased in Australia and Japan recently, a…

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

In the past two years, the lives of the people of Australia, New Zea…

The Japan Exchange and Teaching (JET) Programme was inaugurated in 1987 and has expanded to become one of the largest international exchange programs in the wor…

School cultural exchange is one of the prevalent forms of interaction between Australia/New Zealand and Japan. This form of exchange is conducted between sist…

“Never let a good crisis go to waste” is a statement that is attributed to Sir Winston Churchill. We believe that this statement can be adapted and applied to siste…

The trans-Tasman travel bubble that reopens two-way travel between Australia and New Zealand without the previously mandatory 14-days of quarantine has begu…