Yearly Archives: 2018

Support activities for Yokohama City

On 31 October, delegation from the Committee on International Affairs, Economic Affairs & Port and Harbour of the Yokohama City Council in Kanagawa Prefec…

Support activities for Aomori prefecture

On Sunday 28 October, the Food & Sake Expo, organised by JFC Australia, was held in Melbourne for buyers, restaurant owners and the general public. CLAIR Syd…

The Canberra Nara Candle Festival

On Saturday 27 October, the Canberra Nara Candle Festival was held at Canberra Nara Peace Park & Lennox Gardens in Canberra. The event was held to celebrate t…

LGNSW annual conference

On 21-23 October, CLAIR Sydney participated in the Local Government NSW (LGNSW) annual conference in Albury. CLAIR ran a booth to promote our activities and sis…

Support activities for Sannohe town, Aomori prefectur

On Friday 19 October, a group of junior high school students and teachers from Sannohe Town in Aomori Prefecture visited our office. Sannohe has a sister city rel…

Support activities for City of Nagoya promotion at The Armageddon Expo, Auckland 2018

The Armageddon Expo 2018 was held on 19-22 October at the ASB Showground in Auckland, New Zealand. This event is well known as one of the biggest pop culture events …

SCA Annual General Meeting

On Tuesday 16 October, the 2018 Sister Cities Australia (SCA) Annual General Meeting was held at the Stanhope Leisure Centre in Blacktown, NSW. Three members (i…

Annual Multicultural Seminar

CLAIR Sydney’s annual Multicultural Seminar was held this year on 15-20 October.

Every year, we organise an official multicultural seminar for Japanese local …

Support activities for students from Ibaraki Prefecture

On October 9, six high school students from Meikei High School in Ibaraki Prefecture came to our office after a farm stay in Bowral in New South Wales. Mr Takanori T…

JETAA Oceania Conference

On 6-7 October, representatives from all JETAA chapters in the Oceania region got together in Perth to attend the Oceania Conference. The conference is held ann…

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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.

    View this Correspondence in PDF.

  • The latest issue of our correspondence is released.

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