11/01/2017
World Rugby welcomes strong Rugby World Cup 2019 team camp hosting interest
PRESS RELEASE World Rugby has welcomed the exceptional level of interest and enthusiasm shown in response to the nationwide team camp search and selection programme for Rugby World Cup 2019, reflecting the enormous excitement and value of hosting rugby’s showcase event. Japan Rugby 2019 today announced 76 applications had been received from more than 90 […]
28/11/2016
Action Plan to promote Japan’s regions: new ‘Local to Global’ Project
This month Japan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs reported that Foreign Minister Mr Fumio Kishida visited Miyagi Prefecture with diplomats stationed in Japan from seven countries, as part of a new initiative, the ‘Local to Global’ Project, which aims to promote the attractiveness of Japan’s regions worldwide. Under the project, Minister Kishida visited regional areas of Japan […]
14/11/2016
Tokyo Governor to become Vice Chair of C40
PRESS RELEASE Governor of Tokyo, Yuriko Koike and Mayor of Durban, Zandile Gumede, have been elected vice-chairs of the C40 Cities becoming members of the Steering Committee, the governing body that provides strategic direction for our network of mega-cities committed to action on climate change. The election of two women leaders comes just weeks ahead […]
24/10/2016
The Peace Arch Hiroshima Project sends out a powerful message of peace to the World from Hiroshima through the universal language of music, and is intended to contribute towards various efforts in the city for peace-promoting initiatives. Three concerts are featured on the leaflet with links to videos which can be seen here: Peace Arch Hiroshima […]
19/10/2016
Sheffield Olympic Legacy Park inspiration for Kawasaki’s Tokyo 2020 delegation
PRESS RELEASE Delegates from Kawasaki City with a vision to create lasting Olympic Legacy from Tokyo 2020 visited Sheffield to learn about the city’s successes from the London Games. Kawasaki is a host city for the 2020 Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games and will be home to a Team GB 2020 pre-Games training camp. A […]
05/10/2016
Project Godie: Revealing a Forgotten Chapter of North East History
Here’s an update on the progress to date of the Anglo-Japanese heritage project in the North East of England, ‘Project Godie’, which is now the subject of an exhibition at Newcastle’s Discovery Museum. Below is text from the museum’s website, giving the background for the exhibition, which runs to 8 January 2017: Project Godie explores […]
06/09/2016
Nikkei Glocal: ‘Branding Scotland through food and drink’
Our article looking at the approval of the UK’s first-ever single sector Business Improvement District (BID) has been published in the latest (September 5) edition of the Japanese public executive magazine Nikkei Glocal (‘Branding Scotland through food and drink’). The article looks at the particular experience of East Lothian, where businesses recently approved the creation of a […]
01/09/2016
Open letter to G20 leaders from the mayors of their great cities
PRESS RELEASE As the G20 Summit meets in Hangzhou this week, we, mayors of the major cities within the G20, call on our national leaders to work with us to build a low carbon, climate safe world. In December 2015, you showed vital leadership by adopting the ground-breaking Paris Agreement. This was an unprecedented display […]
24/08/2016
Scottish Rugby signs strategic alliance with Nagasaki City ahead of Rugby World Cup 2019
PRESS RELEASE Scottish Rugby today signed a strategic alliance agreement with the Japanese City of Nagasaki as part of its preparations for Rugby World Cup 2019. Nagasaki will host a holding camp for Scotland’s world cup squad in 2019 on the eve of the Rugby World Cup. It will enable the squad to acclimatise to […]
24/08/2016
Mayor of Nagasaki visit to Aberdeen
PRESS RELEASE Aberdeen’s Lord Provost hosted a prestigious visit from the Mayor of Nagasaki which included places of interest for Thomas Blake Glover who was a major influence on the industrialisation of Japan. Tomihisa Taue is in the north-east to continue to develop and strengthen the civic and business links between Aberdeen and Nagasaki. Aberdeen […]
