29/09/2015
World in Union – Rugby World Cup Host Cities from 2015 to 2019
With one month of Rugby World Cup 2015 still remaining, you could be forgiven for not paying too much attention to the 2019 tournament in Japan. But this week the World Rugby governing body approved a new blueprint for hosting the 2019 tournament in Japan, which it believes will further the growth of the sport […]
22/09/2015
Celebrating Japanese investment links in the North East of England
A special conference will be held at Sunderland’s Stadium of Light next month to celebrate the positive impact of Japanese investment in the North East of England. The October 15 North East Economic Forum event, held in association with the Embassy of Japan, will also look at how the region can play its part in […]
10/09/2015
The future governance of London – lessons for and from Tokyo?
A London Assembly inquiry into the future governance of the UK’s capital city has drawn on evidence from Tokyo in its deliberations. Its report ‘A New Agreement for London’ makes a number of recommendations to the UK government concerning the capital’s future governance and devolved arrangements. This includes the devolution of powers over business rates […]
26/08/2015
Tokyo Tech Book: Addressing Urban Challenges
Ahead of hosting the 2020 Olympics and Paralympics, this summer Tokyo Metropolitan Government (TMG) published the ‘Tokyo Tech Book’. Compiled by the TMG Technology Council, the Tech Book aims to aims to showcase Tokyo’s world-class technologies and enhance the presence of the city globally, contributing to resolving challenges faced by cities not only in Japan, […]
03/08/2015
The only game in town – Japan and the 2015 Rugby World Cup
There’s now just under 50 days to go until the 2015 Rugby World Cup. As proud hosts of the 2019 tournament, local authorities in and around Japan’s host cities are studying the economic impact of the 2015 hosting as part of the benefits it can offer for the revitalization of regions. And last month representatives […]
06/07/2015
Central and Local Governance in Japan and the UK: Lessons from Okinawa and Scotland
Date: 22 July 2015 from 6.30pm Venue: The Swedenborg Society, 20-21 Bloomsbury Way, London, WC1A 2TH A Japan Foundation, London event (promoted by JLGC) The coral reefs, white sand beaches and sub-tropical rainforests of Okinawa, a chain of islands stretching over 600 miles of ocean between Southwest Japan and Taiwan, seem a distant world from […]
06/07/2015
Symposium for “Revitalisation of Fukushima after East-Japan Earthquake”
Thursday 16 July 2015, from 13:20-16:00 Gustave Tuck Lecture Theatre at UCL, Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT Mr Masao Uchibori, Governor of Fukuoka Prefecture Prof. Shinichi Ohnuma, Prof. Peter Sammonds, and Dr Hidekazu Kurebayashi (UCL) Registration at Eventbrite. We are pleased to announce that we will host a half-day symposium for “Revitalisation of Fukushima after […]
06/07/2015
Tuesday, July 14, 2015 2:30 – 4:50pm Ambassadors Bloomsbury Hotel, 12 Upper Woburn Place, London WC1H 0HX Tokyo has been driving the Japanese economy by leveraging its huge consumer market, a wealth of talent, and highly developed infrastructure. Using the special economic zone system of the national government, Tokyo will be transformed into a business […]
02/07/2015
Research Seminar: Japanese Inward Investment Journeys to North East England
A seminar jointly organised by the Institute for Local Governance and the Council for Local Authorities for International Relations (CLAIR) Teikyo University, Durham, Friday 10 July 2015, 9.30 – 13.00 In 2013, construction of a major new manufacturing plant began in Newton Aycliffe, County Durham, giving an immediate initial boost to the local labour market. […]
02/07/2015
Invest in Japan: Mie Business Seminar and Exchange Meetings
Monday 6th July 2015 15:00 (registration from 14:30) to 17:10 followed by Networking Reception Embassy of Japan 101-104 Piccadilly, London W1J 7JT Located in the middle of Japan, Mie prefecture is an area of technology and manufacturing that lies along the main highway connecting east and west Japan. Mie prefecture is an industry and innovation hub where […]
