News

16/05/2011

Anglo-German responses to March 11

The homepage of CLAIR headquarters in Tokyo now has a summary of British and German local government responses to the March 11 disasters, which can be viewed here.

11/05/2011

Visit to Local Government Association

Former Japanese Cabinet Secretary and Finance Minister Masayoshi Takemura visited London today, meeting with Local Government Association Deputy Chairman and Leicestershire council leader David Parsons to discuss the role and function of local politicians in the UK. After leaving the Ministry of Home Affairs where he had served as a bureaucrat, Takemura was elected mayor […]

06/05/2011

Fukushima Prefecture publishes ‘United We Stand Fukushima’

The Fukushima International Association has released its inaugural newsletter ‘Gyro: United We Stand Fukushima’.  The Fukushima International Association has set up the newsletter to provide readers of all nationalities with up-to-date information on the present condition of Fukushima prefecture, its people, and the nuclear power plant situation in English. The association’s Chief Managing Director Mitsuo […]

03/05/2011

The right kind of snow

Destination Brands: Managing Place Reputation (3rd edition) was published recently by Elsevier. In the chapter ‘The ethical challenge’, Dr Keith Dinnie (Brand Horizons and Centre for Place Branding) considers the ‘Snow Country’ joint regional brand of three Japanese prefectures as an interesting case in the stakeholder management aspect of place branding: In other contexts, stakeholders […]

03/05/2011

Japan and the North East of England – Investing in People and Places

The 2011/12 Japan Seminar will take place in Gateshead on July 29, with the theme Japan and the North East of England – Investing in People and Places reflecting the region’s longstanding association with Japan through inward investment. Building on events celebrating the 20th anniversary of the partnership between Gateshead and the Japanese city of […]

03/05/2011

JLGC職員の著書の日本語版が出版

当事務所のアンドリュー・スティーブンス調査員の著書「The Politico’s Guide to Local Government」(2006年刊)の日本語訳版が、「英国地方自治入門」との表題で、2011年5月2日に芦書房より出版されました。訳者は国士舘大学の石見豊准教授です。 http://www.ashi.co.jp/

03/05/2011

UK ex-JET participant flies to Japan to help tsunami relief efforts

The Japan Times published a story today featuring trainee accountant Luke Dunn, a former Japanese Exchange and Teaching (JET) Programme participant from London, who flew out to Iwate Prefecture in the wake of March 11’s earthquake and tsunami to assist with relief efforts. According to the Japan Times interview, Dunn taught English in the town […]

28/04/2011

Visits to Belfast, Cardiff and Edinburgh

JLGC staff visited Belfast, Cardiff and Edinburgh in April as part of research into the elections for the devolved administrations on May 5. As well as the electoral authorities, they visited the three city councils for the devolved capitals and in Edinburgh were received by the Lord Provost. Read more about Japan’s links with these […]

19/04/2011

Local Japan: Case Studies in Place Promotion

This week, JLGC has published two case studies on how local government in Japan has used distinctiveness of place in order to revitalize local economies. The first concerns how local governments have used regional produce and PR initiatives in order to market themselves domestically, regionally and internationally (PDF here), while the second concentrates on local […]

19/04/2011

Mayor of Osaka sends out open letter to the world

The Mayor of Osaka, Kunio Hiramatsu, has written an open letter to the world declaring Osaka’s health and encouraging visitors and businesses to support Japan by visiting Osaka: The City of Osaka is moving forward to promote business, culture, entertainment, and tourism as ever before, and I urge you to also help Japan’s recovery by […]