14/04/2015
Recruitment: ‘Kobe City Overseas Business Coordinator’
The City of Kobe Government (the City) is currently in the process of recruiting a ‘Kobe City Overseas Business Coordinator’ contractor position (either the City as a corporate company client, or employing a self-employed consultant). The role will be to report to the City with up-to-date market information from a target region, and the successful candidate […]
31/03/2015
Research for Regional Revitalisation – our 2014/15 review
As one of CLAIR’s network of overseas offices, the JLGC London Research Team is responsible for a programme of activities aimed at providing benefit and impact for our member cities and regions in Japan. Over 2014/15 our staff were engaged in active workstreams supporting the office’s work in undertaking and commissioning policy research, as well […]
24/03/2015
Universities in Kyoto collaborate to offer two week study programme
Universities in Kyoto collaborate to offer two week study programme introducing city’s full-featured academic environment Kyoto City and The Consortium of Universities in Kyoto has launched Kyoto Study Programme: from Anime to Zen, which is a non-degree two week programme offering international students an excellent introduction to Japanese society and culture. The programme provides special […]
06/03/2015
Tokyo’s Strategy for City Diplomacy
Last October Tokyo Governor Yoichi Masuzoe made a series of city diplomacy-related overseas visits to city leaders in London and Berlin. This was followed by Tokyo Metropolitan Government’s ‘Basic Strategy for City Diplomacy’ (PDF), compiled in December 2014. The strategy (PDF) clarifies the key principles for Tokyo’s city diplomacy as: TMG shall strategically implement city […]
28/01/2015
Local Japan: Case Studies in Place Promotion – Manga and Anime statues as local landmarks
JLGC Researcher Benjamin Preece has written a new case study looking at how Japanese local authorities use their unique ties to manga and anime characters for place identity and promotion. Among Japan’s most popular exports of the past several decades are Japanese comics and cartoons, or manga and anime as they are better known. There […]
26/01/2015
Two decades of inter-municipal learning from Japan
Along with our annual Japan Day Seminar held in the UK, our Study Tour to Japan held in association with Japanese cities each year is a core activity of JLGC in London alongside our work in research, study visits and the JET Programme. Beginning in 1994, the tour has seen over 200 alumni visit and […]
31/12/2014
‘Local revitalization in which local governments play the main role’
The 47th general election of the Japanese House of Representatives was held December 14 and led to the re-election of the Liberal Democratic Party-led (LDP) administration of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. Ahead of the election, the ruling LDP set out its policies around economic revitalization for Japan’s cities and regions, which are detailed below: Growth […]
04/12/2014
Japan on Film: Ishikawa – ‘A Tale of Samurai Cooking’ showing in London from 12 December
On 12 December, A Tale of a Samurai Cooking, a film set in Ishikawa Prefecture on the Sea of Japan coast will open at the Curzon Mayfair, giving movie-goers a silver screen look into this soon-to-be easier to access part of Japan. Director Yuzo Asahara chose to set the film in Kaga Domain, the former […]
01/12/2014
Local links: researching shared cultural history of Tyneside and Japan
Links between Japan and the North East of England were celebrated as part of the ‘UK-JAPAN 150’ year of events in 2008 to mark the 150th anniversary of Japan-UK relations. Now the region’s vibrant historic links with Japan are being explored through a cultural research project which aims to tell the story of five young […]
17/11/2014
Last week JLGC supported a study mission to London by Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly, examining in particular how to embed a sustainable legacy for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics and Paralympics based on London’s experience of 2012. The group were hosted by Transport for London, who were able to arrange visits to Crossrail, the Emirates cable car […]
