[January 2023] New Year Greetings from CLAIR Sydney

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

Now that we are co-existing with COVID-19, looking back on last year, I think many people around the world are trying to compensate for the diminished activities in the previous three years while trying to balance socioeconomic activities and staying safe. We wish you all the best and hope that this year will be a year of great progress.

CLAIR Sydney has had more opportunities participating in in-person events and supporting the overseas activities of Japanese local governments since the second half of last year. Our activities are also returning to pre-pandemic levels. In this new year, we expect that there will be more interactions between Japan and Australia/New Zealand and they will gain momentum and steadily make up for lost time. We also expect that we will have more opportunities to meet our partners across Australia and New Zealand at future events and meetings, and we will make all efforts to accomplish our mission.

We hope that you will take care of yourself and that you, your family, and the wider communities around you will stay well and healthy in 2023.