24/05/2022
【INFO】11th Manga Kingdom Tottori International Manga Contest
Tottori Prefecture is looking for entries for the 11th Manga Kingdom Tottori International Manga Contest. Tottori Prefecture sponsors the contest and anyone in the world can apply in any language. The grand prize is 500,000 yen. For this year submissions of 1-frame manga, 4-frame manga, and story manga with the theme of “stars” are being […]
09/05/2022
【INFO】Cycling Shimanami 2022 – Applications Open NOW
A massive cycling event featuring a famous route and spectacular islands The only cycling event in Japan that takes place on an expressway. All courses include expressways travelling across the bridges from island to island. Participants are able to cycle on roads that are normally reserved for vehicles and enjoy a sense of freedom as […]
04/05/2022
Kobe Mayor participates in second U7 Mayors Summit
The U7 Mayors Summit, held online on May 3, brought together high-level representatives of the German G7 Presidency with representatives of national city associations and international city networks, as well as mayors from across the G7, including Kobe City Mayor Kizō Hisamoto, President of Japan’s Designated City Mayors Association. This follows the inaugural summit, held […]
27/04/2022
Entries are being accepted for Kochi Prefecture’s well-established competition where teams of high school students compete on manga creations. This competition started in 1992 and celebrated its 30th-anniversary last year. Since 2014, schools from overseas also started entering the competition, and we are seeing approximately 300 schools participating each year from Japan and overseas. Teams […]
22/03/2022
【NEW】Tokyo Metropolitan Government International Affairs Email newsletter
This edition includes Tokyo Governor Koike’s Video Message on International Women’s Day. The Tokyo Metropolitan Government (TMG) has positioned the promotion of women’s empowerment as one of its key issues and is working to realize a better future by addressing gender equality, in keeping with the legacy of the Tokyo 2020 Games. To mark International […]
22/02/2022
【NEW】Tokyo Metropolitan Government International Affairs Email newsletters
Tokyo Metropolitan Government regularly publishes articles about pioneering policies and initiatives, as well as the attractions of Tokyo including its nature and culture, regularly issuing and sending an English newsletter to some 70 leading cities overseas and all of the embassies and representative offices in Tokyo. Two new editions of ‘WHAT’S UP’ are now available […]
15/02/2022
【INFO】Introducing Osaka: the burgeoning Asian financial hub – registration now open
Registration is now open for the webinar “Introducing Osaka: the burgeoning Asian financial hub”, hosted by the Osaka Prefectural and City Governments, at 9am GMT (10am CET) on the 24th February, 2022. During the webinar, panellists from a range of Osaka-based organisations will explain the benefits of the city as a global business hub – […]
01/02/2022
Investing in regional equality – lessons for ‘levelling up’ from Fukuoka
New research conducted by City-REDI at the University of Birmingham for the Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy (CIPFA) has been published, with the Japanese city of Fukuoka one of four case studies examined. The research concludes that policies designed to address regional inequalities are most effective when they are tailored to local communities’ […]
28/01/2022
【INFO】Tokyo-London Financial Seminar 2022 – Registration Now Open
February 15, 2022 8:30am-10:00am GMT (5:30pm-7:00pm JST) Online streaming (Advance reservation required) The “Tokyo-London Financial Seminar 2022”, organised jointly by the Tokyo Metropolitan Government (TMG) and the City of London Corporation, will be held on Tuesday, February 15. The theme of this year’s seminar is FinTech and speakers at the forefront of both cities’ FinTech […]
17/12/2021
【INFO】Kyoto Marathon 2022 online – deadline extended
Kyoto City regrets to announce that the Kyoto Marathon 2022, formerly scheduled to be held on Sunday, February 20, 2022, has been cancelled due to the COVID-19 situation. The decision has been made to protect the health and safety of runners, volunteers, staff, and citizens and not to put any further load on healthcare personnel […]
