The North East has been celebrating 150 years of trade between the UK and Japan at a special ceremony in Saltwell Park. <\/p>\n
Delegates from across the region met for a celebratory event in Gateshead to mark the occasion and help strengthen existing links even further.<\/p>\n
Dignitaries including Gateshead Mayor Cllr John Eagle and the Consul General of Japan in Edinburgh, Mr Suganuma, led the celebrations in Saltwell Towers.<\/p>\n
The North East has significant links with Japan comprising more than 50 inward investors including huge firms like Nissan and Komatsu.<\/p>\n
Cllr Mick Henry, leader of Gateshead Council and chair of the Association of North East Councils (ANEC) said:<\/p>\n
\u201cJapanese investment in the North East has been important but it has also enriched the social fabric of the region. This is a chance to celebrate and reflect on the cultural and educational impact Japanese business has brought to communities across the North East.<\/p>\n
\u201cLooking to the future, I think we can be confident that the relationship will continue to develop and strengthen. Here in Gateshead, Komatsu City are building a Japanese garden in Saltwell Park that will be officially opened in 2011 to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the relationship with Gateshead.\u201d <\/p>\n
Gateshead Council press release<\/a> The North East has been celebrating 150 years of trade between the UK and Japan at a special ceremony in Saltwell Park. Delegates from across the region met for a celebratory event in Gateshead to mark the occasion and help strengthen existing links even further. Dignitaries including Gateshead Mayor Cllr John Eagle and the Consul […]<\/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":[18,15,19],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-968","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-about-jlgc","category-international-exchange","category-international-cooperation"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jlgc.org.uk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/968","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=968"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.jlgc.org.uk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/968\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4244,"href":"https:\/\/www.jlgc.org.uk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/968\/revisions\/4244"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jlgc.org.uk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=968"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jlgc.org.uk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=968"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jlgc.org.uk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=968"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nAssociation of North East Councils press release<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"