13/07/2011
JLGC at the LG Group Conference
JLGC’s participation at this year’s LG Group Conference in Birmingham has been noted on their conference blog – you can see the article here. We’d like to thank everyone who came to talk to us for the chance to find out what UK local authority staff are interested in, in terms of the Japanese experience of local government, as […]
12/07/2011
Top line-up for JLGC-supported concert in Edinburgh
The Japan Local Government Centre is supporting a concert starring Makoto Ozone and Tommy Smith in collaboration with the Consulate General of Japan and Japan Society of Scotland on Saturday 16 July. The performance will be at St. Mary’s Cathedral in Edinburgh from 7pm, followed by a sushi and wine reception. Ozone and Smith will […]
12/07/2011
Fukushima ‘United we stand’ no.4 and messages from Miyagi and Sakai City released
Fukushima’s international newsletter Gyro, published with the aim of both providing up to date information about the prefecture’s current state and promoting reconstruction efforts and the activities of international groups in the prefecture who are supporting recovery, has been released and is now available as a PDF here. The newest issue has eye-witness accounts of […]
06/07/2011
Newham Council signs Olympic 2012 agreement with NAASH
Newham Council has announced that it will be hosting Team JAPAN for the 2012 Olympics at Stratford Circus arts venue, after signing an agreement with the Japanese sporting organisation NAASH (National Agency for the Advancement of Sports and Health.) According to the official announcement, Stratford Circus, will be a ‘one-stop shop’ for the Japanese Olympic […]
01/07/2011
LGA Conference 2011 at the ICC in Birmingham
JLGC would like to thank everyone who came to visit us on stand R9 at the Local Government Group Annual Conference and Exhibition 2011 in Birmingham this past week. We thoroughly enjoyed all the discussions we had with visitors about Japanese local government and how it compares to the UK, its policies, why JLGC is […]
29/06/2011
The Asian Network of Major Cities 21 (ANMC21) website carries several best practice case studies from member cities, including Tokyo. The Tokyo case studies have been updated to include urban greening through the Umi-no-Mori (Sea Forest) Project and crisis management through Flood and Storm Surge Control Measures. ANMC21 is an international network of Asian capital and […]
27/06/2011
From 28-30 June the Local Government Association Conference and Exhibition 2011 will be held at Birmingham ICC. As a Bronze Sponsor of the event, the Japan Local Government Centre will be manning a stand all three days at the ICC so come and visit us on R9. We hope to see you there! LGA Conference […]
24/06/2011
Insights into Japan: tourism on the web
You can now download a PDF map guide to all of Japan’s 47 prefectures and their tourism websites, banded together by region. Thanks to our Singapore office for assembling this.
21/06/2011
Govenor Ishihara and several prefectures issue statements post March 11
Last week several prefectures as well as the Governor of Tokyo, Shintaro Ishihara, published messages in English to the world in response to the disaster on March 11. Thanking the world for its support and seeking to reassure businesses and tourists alike, Ishihara wrote to the Asian Network of Major Cities 21 to say thank […]
20/06/2011
When most British people think of Middlesbrough their first thoughts tend to be of chemical factories or its unemployment, crime or life expectancy rates. In Japan however, the town’s reputation is that of the UK’s most prominent hub for manga and anime, with an annual Animex festival at Teesside University, while last weekend saw the […]
