The Japan Local Government Centre is the London office of CLAIR –
the Council of Local Authorities for International Relations.
CLAIR is a joint agency of cities and regions working to promote
international learning and partnerships, particularly around the
revitalization of local and regional areas through sustainable growth
and development, as well as common challenges of public service reform,
governance, demographic change and the low carbon society.
CLAIR
was founded in 1989 with the support of Japan’s Ministry of Home
Affairs (now the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications). With
its head office in Tokyo, it has branch offices in each of Japan’s 47
prefectures and 20 designated cities, and also has seven overseas
offices – in Beijing, New York, Paris, Singapore, Seoul, Sydney and
London.
We are also involved in implementing the Japan
Exchange and Teaching (JET) programme, which employs European graduates
in the fields of international exchange and English language education
in Japan.
