Individual travel to Japan resumed on 11 October. In 2019, before the COVID-19 pandemic, Japan received many tourists. Data released by the Japan National Tour…

Japanese local governments, which include both prefectural and municipal governments, engage in a variety of projects to improve the wellbeing of their resid…

Throughout last month, members of CLAIR Sydney attended send-off receptions held in Australia and New Zealand for new Japan Exchange and Teaching (JET) Progra…

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…