27/07/2010
Foreign Office celebrates the ‘two years to go’ mark by featuring Judo Champion Kosei Inoue
Quite often on this blog we talk about how Japan is seen from a UK perspective, well today there is the opposite. The UK Foreign Office has started a video series called “See Britain” to mark the two year countdown to the 2012 London Olympics. The video series will speak to a wide range of […]
15/07/2010
‘Britain’s Prosperity in a Networked World’
UK Foreign Secretary William Hague today delivered a speech to business leaders and politicians in Tokyo on Anglo-Japanese relations under the new Coalition Government. The speech paid tribute to the JET Programme, organised by JLGC in the UK, for its role in fostering and cementing living links between the peoples of both countries: We also […]
15/07/2010
Friendship Agreement signed between Nagasaki and Aberdeen
On the 12th July a ceremony was held in Aberdeen’s town hall to mark the signing of a friendship agreement between the cities of Aberdeen and Nagasaki, Japan. The Mayor of Nagasaki had already signed the document earlier in the year, but in the ceremony on Monday the Lord Provost of Aberdeen concluded the process […]
13/07/2010
LGA Conference and Exhibition 2010
Last week JLGC attended the Local Government Association Conference and Exhibition 2010 in Bournemouth. Held at the Bournemouth International Centre, the conference consisted of three days of meetings and workshops covering a variety of issues, not least the current economic climate and the budget cuts announced last month. There was also a large exhibition made […]
01/07/2010
Two of our newest staff members, Yuji Akaike and Miho Shikano, visited Norfolk County Council to undertake a work placement for one week. They met the Leader of the Council, Daniel Cox (who took part in the last year’s Japan Study Tour in Hokkaido) and the Vice-Chairman, Shelagh Hutson. They were able to visit several […]
01/07/2010
JLGC at the Local Government Association Conference and Exhibition 2010
From Tuesday 6th to Thursday 8th of July the Local Government Association Conference and Exhibition 2010 will be held at Bournemouth’s International Centre. As a Bronze Sponsor of the event, the Japan Local Government Centre will be manning a stand all three days at the BIC so come and visit us on F2. We hope […]
29/06/2010
As mentioned on the Toyota UK blog, UK Business Secretary Vince Cable toured Toyota’s Burnaston plant in Derbyshire yesterday and officially launched production of the first Auris Hybrid cars. Business Secretary Vince Cable said: Toyota’s decision to make Burnaston the only plant in the world to build the Hybrid Auris is a strong endorsement of […]
28/06/2010
Last week I visited Berlin in support of delegates from Rikkyo University, the Tokyo Institute for Municipal Research and Shizuoka University. There we met Christian Koch (Court of Audit in Berlin), Dr Guenter Schulz (Berlin Senate Department for Finance of Berlin), Stephanie Landgraf (Berlin Senate Department for Urban Development) and Dr Jan Werner (Center Nahverkehr […]
18/06/2010
This week I was lucky enough to be able to attend the 5th World Congress of the Association of Town Centre Management and the International Downtown Association. Earlier in the week I attended a pre-congress study tour, which consisted of a ride on the Japanese-built Olympic Javelin train from St Pancras to the new Stratford […]
11/06/2010
The Fire and Disaster Management Agency of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications has prepared a website in English for advice on how to prepare for tsunamis when visiting Japan. You can view the Tsunami Preparation site here.
