24/03/2011
Basildon bonds with Japanese Olympic swimming team
Basildon Borough Council have announced that the Japanese Olympic swimming team will use the town’s new sporting facilities for their pre-2012 Games training. The council press release reads: The Japanese Olympic swimming team will be using the Everyone Active Basildon Sporting Village for their pre Games training in preparation for London 2012 after they hailed […]
24/03/2011
The latest issue of the JLGC newsletter Myriad Leaves is to be the last in its regular form, although we will continue to publish it on an ad hoc basis. However, you can still keep informed of developments at JLGC and in Japanese local government through our blog and twitter, as well as our monthly […]
24/03/2011
e-governance and citizen engagement in Japan
Kyosuke Tsuji, Director of the Administrative Management Bureau at the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communication, discusses on FutureGov TV Japan’s efforts at e-governance and citizen engagement. You can watch the video here.
22/03/2011
CLGF conference expresses solidarity with Japan and New Zealand
The following resolution was passed at the Commonwealth Local Government Forum conference in Cardiff, held March 15-18: We, the representatives of local government throughout the 54 countries of the Commonwealth, meeting at the Commonwealth Local Government Conference, express our sincere and heartfelt condolences at the recent tragic events in New Zealand and Japan. Many of […]
21/03/2011
Bedford looks to forge links with Japanese firms
The Mayor of Bedford Dave Hodgson has paid a visit to Japanese company Fujifilm in his town, as part of a council plan for better engagement with local businesses. The visit to the company’s site on the St Martin’s Way Business Park took place as part of the mayor’s ‘Open for Business’ programme, where the […]
16/03/2011
Information regarding the current situation in Japan
Several websites have gathered together information on both the current situation in Japan and how people outside of the country can help. Firstly, the Japan Exchange and Teaching (JET) Programme Alumni Association of the United Kingdom has posted an extensive list of information sources and advice for current and former JETs on their homepage here. […]
15/03/2011
UNISON extends sympathy to Japanese people
The staff of the Japan Local Government Centre would like to thank those who have sent individual messages of condolences following the recent events in Japan, as well as those local authorities which have undertaken specific actions in their own council area to acknowledge the scale of the disaster and its effects on all residents […]
14/03/2011
Welsh Fire and Rescue Services join Japanese relief efforts
Welsh Assembly Government press release of today, reprinted in full: Firefighters from the Mid and West Wales Fire and Rescue Service (MAWWFRS), along with service personnel from across the UK, landed in Japan yesterday to join in the monumental international relief efforts currently underway in the wake of the devastating earthquake and subsequent tsunami. [First […]
14/03/2011
UK Japan Exchange and Teaching (JET) Programme participants confirmed safe
Our headquarters in Japan, CLAIR Tokyo has confirmed the safety of the 40 JET participants from the United Kingdom who were working in areas affected by the earthquake and tsunami last Friday in North East Japan. The past few days have been very difficult as the full extent of the disaster is only now becoming […]
11/03/2011
Press release of the City of London Corporation, reprinted in full: The Lord Mayor of the City of London Michael Bear comments on the earthquake and tsunami in Japan ahead of his visit to Malaysia, Taiwan and Vietnam on Saturday (12 March). The Lord Mayor of the City of London Michael Bear, who takes a […]
