02/02/2012
Update from Tohoku: Rebuilding after the Earthquake
Fukushima and Iwate Prefectures have published new details on efforts to recover from the Great East Japan Earthquake of March 2011. The newsletter for Fukushima Prefecture can be downloaded here, and Iwate Prefecture’s newsletters can be downloaded here and here.
01/02/2012
Japan’s Shrinking Regions in the 21st Century: Contemporary Responses to Depopulation and Socioeconomic Decline, by Peter Matanle and Anthony Rausch with the Shrinking Regions Research Group, is now available on Cambria Press. The book brings together the work of 18 international scholars to present the first comprehensive study of regional shrinkage under Japan’s national depopulation. […]
18/01/2012
JLGC’s Andrew Stevens has an article on the Guardian local government network site looking at the recent history and challenges of council twinning in the UK and assessing the economic and educational worth of UK-Japan local links, which can be read here.
13/01/2012
The research report ‘Rural Regeneration in Japan’ by Prof. Tokumi Odagiri (Professor of Rural Policy and Governance at the Meiji University, Japan and Centre for Rural Economy Visiting Fellow) is available at the University of Newcastle upon Tyne’s Centre for Rural Economy website (PDF report here).
13/01/2012
This week JLGC staff visited Liverpool to examine approaches to regeneration in port cities as part of a CLAIR report. While on Merseyside, they heard about plans for a multi-modal Super Port to assist with the regeneration of former docklands and provide economic growth and new employment opportunities. They also undertook a walking tour of […]
06/01/2012
German Cities and Regions: JLGC analysis
The final JLGC Monthly Reports for 2011 are available to read here. Topics this month are economic development and tourism promotion by German cities and regions.
07/12/2011
Tax Information Exchange Agreement between Japan and Guernsey
Japan and the Channel Island government of Guernsey have this week signed a Tax Information Exchange Agreement (TIEA). The Agreement provides for a detailed mechanism for the exchange of tax information, including local government taxes, with a view to preventing cross-border fiscal evasion and tax avoidance (see also Ministry of Foreign Affairs press release.) Deputy […]
02/12/2011
Creative Clyde, Sustainable Glasgow
This week JLGC staff visited Glasgow City Council to examine approaches to regeneration in port cities as part of a CLAIR report. While in the Scottish city, they saw the waterside media village being constructed on the Clyde as part of efforts to bring new business and creativity to a neglected district under Creative Clyde. […]
25/11/2011
Iwate and Fukushima Prefectures’ International Divisions have published English language versions of their post earthquake and tsunami recovery updates, detailing local government projects helping communities in the affected areas, rebuilding public facilities and infrastructure, and highlighting some of the natural beauty attractions in Tohoku which are still very much open to tourists. There are also […]
21/11/2011
This weekend JLGC staff attended the London Councils Summit at the London Guildhall. The event is the annual summit for the 32 London Boroughs and the City of London Corporation. This year the centre has attended the Local Government Association annual conference (as sponsor and stall), as well as those of the National Association of […]
