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JLGC will be at this year’s HYPER JAPAN where visitors can get a taste of regional culture from Japan.  As well as being able to “immerse yourself in Tokyo cool”, visitors can also learn more about the recovery of the Tohoku region affected by the 2011 Earthquake and Tsunami.

HYPER JAPAN is the UK's biggest celebration of Japanese culture and cuisine, and the this year's event will be held on February 24-26 2012 at Earls Court in London. HYPER JAPAN brings together the sights, smells and sounds of modern-day Japan, featuring a colourful and creative array of anime, manga, technolgy, fashion, music, film and more.

The event is supported by the Embassy of Japan in the UK, Japan External Trade Organization (JETRO), Japan Foundation and the Japan National Tourism Organization (JNTO).
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Publications

Monthly Reports High Speed Rail: Shinkansen's Local Impact Hureai Kippu - Lessons from Japan for the 'Big Society' Local Japan: Case studies in Place Promotion

JLGC Monthly Report archive for 2009-2011, click here to read them.

Monthly Reports are briefings on UK and European related topics written for translation on behalf of CLAIR's membership among Japanese cities and prefectures.




Christopher Hood, lecturer at and the Director of the Cardiff Japanese Studies Centre, Cardiff Business School at Cardiff University looks at the regional impact of high speed rail in Japan.

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Copyright Christopher Hood 2010. Published by Oxford University Press in conjunction with the University of Tokyo. All rights reserved

March 2011 INLOGOV briefing by Dr Sachiko Nakagawa, Dr. Rosario Laratta and Prof. Tony Bovaird examining the 'successful' Japanese initiative of hureai kippu (Caring Relationship Ticket Scheme) and its adoption by 'Big Society' advocates for its encouragement of volunteering. This briefing explains the history of the scheme in detail and the lessons it offers for the UK government.

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Copyright Institute of Local Government Studies - Birmingham. University

Using regional products and PR to revitalise local areas:  How local authorities in Japan use local products and inventive PR for regional economic development.  Read now.

Using pop culture to assert distinctiveness of place:  A look at three regions in Japan and how they use pop culture to create a distinctive place identity. Read now.

Using sustainability as city branding:  Looking at how the city of Kitakyushu aims to become world capital of sustainability, and Sendai City uses green assets for local development.  Read now.

Click here to read other case studies from Japan. 

Copyright (c) Japan Local Goverment Centre 2012. Images (c) JNTO.  All rights reserved.