{"id":73,"date":"2022-07-28T12:00:21","date_gmt":"2022-07-28T02:00:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/digitalaun.com\/clients\/clair\/wordpress\/?page_id=73"},"modified":"2026-06-04T10:37:04","modified_gmt":"2026-06-04T00:37:04","slug":"from-the-director","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.jlgc.org.au\/ja\/about-japan\/from-the-director\/","title":{"rendered":"From the Executive Director"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: left;\" align=\"center\">\u203bEnglish Only<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-23037\" src=\"https:\/\/www.jlgc.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Yuko-Mitsunaga-Executive-Director-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"369\" height=\"459\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.jlgc.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Yuko-Mitsunaga-Executive-Director-1.png 515w, https:\/\/www.jlgc.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Yuko-Mitsunaga-Executive-Director-1-241x300.png 241w, https:\/\/www.jlgc.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Yuko-Mitsunaga-Executive-Director-1-100x124.png 100w, https:\/\/www.jlgc.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Yuko-Mitsunaga-Executive-Director-1-150x187.png 150w, https:\/\/www.jlgc.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Yuko-Mitsunaga-Executive-Director-1-200x249.png 200w, https:\/\/www.jlgc.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Yuko-Mitsunaga-Executive-Director-1-300x373.png 300w, https:\/\/www.jlgc.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Yuko-Mitsunaga-Executive-Director-1-450x560.png 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 369px) 100vw, 369px\" \/><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: left;\" align=\"center\">2026<\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>May: 2026: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jlgc.org.au\/2026beyond-language-learning-toward-greater-international-understanding\/\">Beyond Language Learning: Toward Greater International Understanding<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>April: 2026: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jlgc.org.au\/ja\/celebrating-issue-no-200-our-journey-so-far-and-the-road-ahead\/\">Celebrating Issue No. 200 of our Newsletter: Our Journey So Far and the Road Ahead<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>March: 2026:<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jlgc.org.au\/2026-japans-first-female-prime-minister-takes-on-a-national-election\/\"> Japan\u2019s First Female Prime Minister Takes on a National Election<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>February: 2026:<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.jlgc.org.au\/2026-koshogatsu-events%ef%bc%8dtraditional-winter-events-in-akita-japan\/\"> Koshogatsu Events\uff0dTraditional Winter Events in Akita, Japan<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>January: <\/strong><strong>2026: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.jlgc.org.au\/2026-a-significant-year-for-clair-sydney\/\">A Significant year for CLAIR Sydney<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: left;\" align=\"center\">2025<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>December:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jlgc.org.au\/december-2025-public-holiday-differences-between-japan-and-australia-a-year-end-message\/\">Public Holiday Differences Between Japan and Australia &amp; a Year-End Message<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>November: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.jlgc.org.au\/ja\/november-2025-japanese-traditional-crafts\/\">Japanese Traditional Crafts<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>October:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jlgc.org.au\/ja\/october-2025-sakura-and-the-japanese-heart-more-than-just-a-flower\/\">Sakura and the Japanese Heart: More Than Just a Flower<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>September:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jlgc.org.au\/regional-identity-reflected-in-marathon-events\/\">Regional Identity Reflected in Marathon Events\u00a0<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>August:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jlgc.org.au\/a-message-from-executive-director-august-2025\/\">Marking 80 Years Since the End of World War II<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>July: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.jlgc.org.au\/a-message-from-the-executive-director-yuko-mitsunaga\/\">A Message from Executive Director Yuko Mitsunaga<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>\u00a0<\/h2>\n<h2><strong>From Past Executive Directors<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.jlgc.org.au\/from-executive-director-manya-hiraki\/\">Jun 2022-Jun 2025\u00a0 \u00a0 Mr Manya Hiraki<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.jlgc.org.au\/from-executive-director-akaiwa-hirotomo\/\">Aug 2018-Jun 2022\u00a0 \u00a0 Mr Hirotomo Akaiwa<\/a><\/li>\n<li>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.jlgc.org.au\/from-executive-director-kamibo\/\">Aug 2015-Jul 2018\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Mr Katsunori Kamibo<\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.jlgc.org.au\/from-executive-director-tanabe\/\">Aug 2012-Jul 2015\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Mr Yasuhiko Tanabe<\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u203bEnglish Only 2026 &nbsp; May: 2026: Beyond Language Learning: Toward 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