Monthly Archives: September 2016

Supporting Fukushima’s Samurai Festival

123On 4 August, students from Minamisoma city, Fukushima prefecture, visited North Sydney Girls High School and Davidson High School in Sydney. The visit was part …

Supporting Nagoya city’s activities

005Visiting a former chair of the Sydney-Nagoya Sister City Committee in Tasmania

On 22-23 August, CLAIR accompanied Ms Mayumi Kondo who was sent from Nagoya City t…

Supporting Hiroshima city councillors

On 25th August, city councillors from Hiroshima visited our office. We gave a presentation on Australia and how to attract international tourists to Hiroshima …

At SMASH! The Sydney Manga and Anime Show

015On 20 and 21 August, CLAIR Sydney ran a booth at SMASH! (The Sydney Manga and Anime Show) 2016. SMASH! is one of the biggest events of Japanese pop culture in Austral…

30th Anniversary of Mildura-Kumatori Sister city exchange programme

img_4341-1On 22 August, we attended a special dinner organised by Mildura City Council that welcomed the visiting delegation from Kumatori Town in Osaka. The cities have b…

Shiroishi students visit to CLAIR Sydney office

img_20160802_101714On 2 August, ten junior high school students from Shiroishi city in Miyagi prefecture visited our CLAIR Sydney office. We gave them a brief presentation on Austr…

Nagoya Students visit to Sydney

From 26 July to 4 August, 12 high school students from Nagoya visited Sydney for a ten-day study tour.

First, they visited Cherry Brook Technology High School to e…

Supporting the Joetsu and Cowra friendship

img_2844On 7 August, Joetsu City Mayor, Mr Hideyuki Murayama and his staff visited Cowra, NSW and then stopped by our office in Sydney where we made a presentation outlini…

Supporting Hokkaido prefecture

On 1 and 2 August, CLAIR Sydney supported the activities of the Hokkaido Prefectural Government. From 2014, the Hokkaido government has been working on increas…

Fukushima Prefecture

Samurai Festival in Sydney 2016

fukushima1A group of Samurai students visiting Australia from Minami Soma City, Fukushima Prefecture.

In early August, eight Samurai cam…

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  • The sister city relationship between Nagoya City and City of Sydney will celebrate its 45th anniversary in 2025.
     
    The Nagoya City official who came to Australia to participate in the Australian Multiculturalism Study Tour hosted by CLAIR Sydney, paid a visit to Sydney City Town Hall on Friday 24 November, and we assisted his visit. In addition to sharing information on the status of exchanges between the two cities’ sister zoos (Taronga Zoo and Higashiyama Zoo) and international exchanges in Nagoya City, a preliminary meeting was held for Deputy Mayor Matsuo’s visit to Sydney for December 2023.
     
    With the landmark year only two years away, CLAIR Sydney will continue to support the exchanges between the two cities.
     
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  • 2022/2023 CLAIR Forum

    On 3 March, CLAIR Sydney held the CLAIR Forum 2023 in collaboration with the University of Technology Sydney’s Institute for Public Policy and Governance (UTS: IPPG).

    This year’s theme was ‘Multisectoral Approach for Regional Revitalisation’. At the event, two members from CLAIR Sydney and Carol Mills from UTS: IPPG and Andrew Francis from Parkes Council made a comprehensive presentation each on local government policies and strategies that have revitalised local communities and economies in Japan and Australia during the current ongoing pandemic.

    Date: Friday 3 March 2023

    Venue: The Japan Foundation, Sydney – Seminar Room

    Speakers and topics:

    – Ms Shimizu (Assistant Director, CLAIR Sydney)

    Sustainable Urban Development Project in the Tokyo Bay Area

    – ​​ Prof Mills (Director, Institute for Public Policy and Governance, University of Technology Sydney)

    Local Governments Collaborating with Organisations for Sustainable Urban Development with Reference to Sydney Parklands

    – Mr Inoue (Assistant Director, CLAIR Sydney)

    Approaches taken by Mihara City to Tackle Population Decline

    – ​Mr Francis (Director Infrastructure and Strategic Futures, Parkes Council)

    Local Governments Collaborating with Organisations with Reference to the Parkes Special Activation Precinct

  • The latest issue of our correspondence is released.

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  • The latest issue of our correspondence is released.

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  • The latest issue of our correspondence is released.

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  • The latest issue of our correspondence is released.

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  • The latest issue of our correspondence is released.

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  • The latest issue of our correspondence is released.

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