[January 2019]
The Host Town Initiative for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games

As you may know, the Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games will be held in Tokyo and other Japanese cities between July and September 2020. The Japanese people are proud to be hosting this pinnacle event for all athletes. We are also looking forward to welcoming athletes and people from all over the world and together with the visitors, enjoy the largest sporting event in the world.

As the host of this special event, Japan has been implementing the Host Town Initiative across the country ahead of the Games. The Host Town Initiative is a project implemented by the Government of Japan, where Japanese local governments can register themselves as a host town for Olympics and Paralympics delegations. Once registered as a host town, prefectures and municipalities will welcome athletes and people from partner countries participating in the Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games, and conduct exchange activities in the fields of sports, culture, economics, and so on with their partner countries. The host towns will also support their partner countries’ teams to ensure they perform greatly during the Tokyo 2020 Games. Additionally, as the people of the host towns extend their warm hospitality to their guests, they will also have opportunities to be involved in various exciting exchange activities with the athletes and people from their partner countries.

The Host Town Initiative is beneficial to everyone. From the Olympians and Paralympians’ perspective, they will be cheered on by locals from their host towns during the Tokyo 2020 Games, and be welcomed with different sports workshops and cultural events held by the people of their host towns before or after the Tokyo 2020 Games. Some host towns may even host pre-game training camps for their guests. As for the people of the partner countries, the host towns may invite guests from their partner countries to visit and learn about each other’s culture, or conduct student exchange activities to promote mutual understanding. All of these activities may hopefully lead to the participation in mutual festivals or events from the people of both the host towns and partner countries.

As of 28 Dec 2018, there have been 288 host towns registered across Japan. There are 14 host towns whose partner country is Australia, and 12 host towns whose partner country is New Zealand. Please click on the following link to see the list of the registered host towns as of 2 Nov 2018: (https://www.kantei.go.jp/jp/singi/tokyo2020_suishin_honbu/hosttown_suisin/pdf/document4.pdf).

The number of the host towns has been increasing gradually and is expected to continue to increase in future. Please click on the following link to find information on the Host Town Initiative, and updates to the registered host town list: (https://www.kantei.go.jp/jp/singi/tokyo2020_suishin_honbu/hosttown_suisin/index_e.html).

Some of the host towns have sister city or friendship city relationships with Australia and New Zealand. If your city or organisation has any connections with any of the host towns for Australia or New Zealand, it may be an excellent opportunity to further develop these existing ties. If your city or organisation considers initiating a new sister city or friendship city relationship, it might be a good idea to seek the possibilities of achieving this with the host towns for Australia or New Zealand.

The Japanese people welcomes Australians and New Zealanders to the Tokyo 2020 Games and hopes that the host towns’ ties with Australia and New Zealand will be further strengthened through the many anticipated people interactions sparked by the Host Town Initiative.

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  •  環境問題への取組を調査するため、7月下旬~8月上旬にかけて滋賀県立彦根工業高等学校の高校生1名および引率者1名がオーストラリアを訪問し、クレアシドニー事務所は、7月29日にはオーストラリアの概要(文化、風習等)についてブリーフィングを実施し、7月31日にはブリスベンの訪問先企業へのアテンド行いました。

    ブリスベンの訪問先においては、カーボンニュートラルの観点から、カギケノリという海藻を用いて畜産動物が排出するメタンガスを減少させる取り組みについての情報を得ることができました。生徒が、将来は自らも環境のための取り組みを実施したいとの思いから、積極的にミーティングに臨んでいる姿が印象的でした。

    当事務所は今回、ブリーフィング及びアテンドのほか、ブリスベンの訪問先企業に対するアポイントメント取得のサポートも行いました。
     クレアシドニー事務所は、今後もオーストラリアでの調査に取り組む日本の自治体の活動を支援していきます。

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  •  名古屋市とシドニー市の姉妹都市交流は、2025年に45周年を迎えます。11月24日(金)には、豪州多文化主義政策交流プログラム(11月27日から12月2日まで)参加にあわせて渡豪した名古屋市職員がシドニー市役所を訪問しました。
     両市の姉妹動物園(タロンガ動物園と東山動物園)の交流の状況や名古屋市における国際交流についての情報共有に加えて、2023年12月に予定されている松雄副市長のシドニー市訪問の事前打ち合わせが行われ、クレアシドニー事務所はこの訪問をアテンドしました。
     節目の年を2年後に控え、両市の交流がさらに活発になるよう、クレアシドニー事務所は引き続き支援して参ります。