Updated details of the Japan Study Tour (JST) to Miyagi, devastated by the 2011 tsunami and earthquake can now be seen below (subject to amendment). \u00a0JST is the annual tour for senior UK\/EU local government and related public sector staff, to look at the role of Japan’s local authorities. \u00a0The tour is from November 17-23, starting with an introduction to Japan’s local government at JLGC’s head office, CLAIR in Tokyo before transfer to Sendai, capital of Miyagi Prefecture. \u00a0For application details and further information on the tour please contact JLGC on 020 7839 8500, or mailbox@jlgc.org.uk to register interest by July 26 2013.<\/p>\n
Miyagi Prefecture Schedule (Provisional)<\/strong><\/p>\n 11\/19\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n \u2022 Arrival in Sendai from Tokyo 11\/20<\/strong><\/p>\n \u2022 Coastal viewing from expressways, viewing of local next generation agricultural facilities 11\/21<\/strong><\/p>\n \u2022 Miyagi Renewal Park: A new integrated facility for private sector and research institutes working on the recovery of the manufacturing industry in Miyagi 11\/22<\/strong><\/p>\n \u2022\u00a0Leave Sendai station for Tokyo<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Updated details of the Japan Study Tour (JST) to Miyagi, devastated by the 2011 tsunami and earthquake can now be seen below (subject to amendment). \u00a0JST is the annual tour for senior UK\/EU local government and related public sector staff, to look at the role of Japan’s local authorities. \u00a0The tour is from November 17-23, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3393","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-about-jlgc"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jlgc.org.uk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3393","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jlgc.org.uk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jlgc.org.uk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jlgc.org.uk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jlgc.org.uk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3393"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.jlgc.org.uk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3393\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jlgc.org.uk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3393"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jlgc.org.uk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3393"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jlgc.org.uk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3393"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\n\u2022 Meet with the Director General of Economy, Commerce, Industry and Tourism Division\/Miyagi Prefecture presentation
\n\u2022 Overview of Miyagi Prefecture, schedule of stay
\n\u2022 Miyagi Prefecture recovery initiative
\n\u2022 Meeting Governor\/Deputy Governor
\n\u2022 Welcome party (drinks reception or \u201cizakaya\u201d Japanese-style pub)<\/p>\n
\n\u2022 Visit to GRA in Yamamoto Town (GRA: Farming, Horticultural Research Institute)
\n\u2022 Transfer to Matsushima, one of Japan\u2019s most celebrated scenic areas, to look at tourism as a strategy for recovery
\n\u2022 Viewing of Matsushima
\n\u2022 Pleasure boat (cruise in Matsushima Bay)
\n\u2022 Tour of Ishinomaki coast (presentation by city council staff)
\n\u2022 Coastal area readjustment project (viewing Ishinomaki coast)
\n\u2022 New public housing for displaced citizens in \u201cOgonhamakita district\u201d contracted by the prefecture, design completion stage
\n\u2022 Business visit: ‘Moby Dick’ Corp. bespoke water sports clothing company recovering from the disaster and now considering expanding business in Europe.<\/p>\n
\n\u2022 Opinion exchange (facilitator: Director of International Division)
\n\u2022 Exchange of views about relevant policies of reconstruction for the prefecture
\n\u2022 Exchange of ideas on possibilities for business development (theme under consideration)<\/p>\n