Japan Local Government Centre (CLAIR, Sydney) · One: Shabu Shabu (Japanese Hot Pot) Put thinly...

Oshu City is located in the southern inland of Iwate Prefecture, and is well

known as a farming city, especially for rice, apples and Maesawa beef.

Maesawa beef is often described as the king of beef in East Japan. (The king

of beef in the west is Matsusaka beef.) It has a rich, marvelous taste.

When you visit Oshu City, you can enjoy Maesawa beef in three different ways

One: Shabu Shabu (Japanese Hot Pot)

Put thinly sliced beef in boiled water for a

few seconds, then dip the cooked beef in

sauce before eating. Shabu Shabu is not

only a way of eating but is also a fun

activity.

Two: Yakiniku

Yakiniku is a very simple cuisine. Grill and eat it with dipping

yakiniku sauce. I can promise when you eat it you’ll say, “it`s

melting in my mouth!” That is Maesawa beef.

Japan Local Government Centre (CLAIR, Sydney)

This issue includes:

1 Local Cuisine around Japan

2 Our Director presented a lecture at UTS

2 JETAA Oceania conference in Auckland

3 Meikei high school visited our office

4 Internship at Nelson City Council, New Zealand

4 The Mayor of Miyakonojo City visited CLAIR

5 Support activities for Aomori

5 Toda City Mayors visited Liverpool city

6 2017 Multiculturalism study tour in Victoria

7 CLAIR staff attended the 8th University of NSW

Japanese Studies Capstone Speech Contest

8 Canberra Nara Candle Festival

8 City of Nagoya came to Sydney

9 Website survey from Kobe

10 The Tokyo Metropolitan Government Accelerator Program‐

Blockchain Business Camp Tokyo

11 `Guidance to the Asset Management Industry in Japan’ –

Tokyo Metropolitan Government

12 JETAA Auckland

13 Our new intern

14 From the Director

Three: Sushi

As you may know, sushi is usually made with rice and seafood.

More than two decades ago, a sushi restaurant in Oshu invented

a new styled sushi called Maesawa gyu (Maesawa beef) nigiri, and

Maesawa gyu nigiri became a famous dish.

Come visit Oshu City and taste the fantastic beef dishes!

Maesawa beef is waiting for you!

On 3 October, our Director, Mr. Katsunori

Kamibo, was invited to present a lecture

for the Comparative Local Governance

course within the Masters of Local

Government at the University of

Technology Sydney (UTS).

Representatives from the Korea Local

Government Centre were also invited to

talk about local governance in South

Korea. Participants were local

government staff and elected officials

from NSW and QLD.

Our Director made a presentation outlining the Japanese local administration system and the history of

decentralization in Japan. After the presentation, participants inquired about social issues like current birth

rates, over‐population in big cities, electoral systems (eg. term limits for elected officials), and foreign

investment in Japan and South Korea. This was a good opportunity to introduce the local government system

of each country to relevant people of local government offices in Australia.

On 6‐8 October, the 18th JETAA Oceania Conference was held in Auckland, New Zealand with representatives

from all JETAA chapters in Australia and New Zealand. The theme of this year's conference was

"Sustainability" and participants discussed how they could keep expanding each chapter's activities and

overcome challenges they are facing. CLAIR Sydney attended each session during the conference. This year,

Ms. Cheryl Phua took part in the conference through Skype as a representative of JETAA Singapore and made

a presentation on their current activities. She was the first participant from a country outside of the Oceania

region. It was a very good conference as

members were able to exchange information

and opinions among JETAA chapters throughout

the Oceania region and beyond. We’ll continue

to support JETAA activities.

On 10 October, students from Meikei high school in

Ibaraki prefecture visited our office. CLAIR Sydney staff

welcomed the visiting students and held a workshop

where they made a presentation on Australia and

talked about their tasks at CLAIR. Staff members also

talked about their experience living and working in

Australia.

This is the second time students from Meikei high

school have visited CLAIR. The students experienced a

farm stay in regional NSW and visited Japanese companies in Sydney to learn about working abroad.

We hope their visit to CLAIR has inspired them to consider life abroad in the future.

Nelson City Council

From 11 to 17 October, Assistant Director Toshiya

Komatsu visited Nelson City Council in New Zealand for

his internship. Nelson City is situated in the northern part

of New Zealand South Island and has a population of

51,400 people and is a sister city of Miyazu City in Kyoto

Prefecture.

During his visit to the council, he worked with the Planning Team and Strategic Policy Team and observed

some council meetings such as the Works and Infrastructure Committee. Through the internship, Toshiya

has learnt a lot of things regarding the local governance, policy planning and urban planning in New

Zealand. Also, he exchanged opinions on sister city relations with Miyazu City with the Sister City

Coordinator and the Chairperson of the Sister City Association.

Toshiya notes that his time in Nelson was an unforgettable and awesome experience. He sincerely

appreciates the kindness and effort of the staff in Nelson city council and people related to the Sister City

Association who helped arrange and facilitate his internship.

On 13 October, Mr Takahisa

Ikeda, the Mayor of Miyakonojo

City and some members of his

staff visited CLAIR Sydney. Our

Director made a presentation

and shared information about

sister city relationships

between Japan and Australia

using some good examples. The

Miyakonojo City delegation came to Australia to deepen their engagement with the Moreton Bay Regional

Council. We looked into a couple of successful cases about sister city relationships between Tokai city and

Macedon Ranges Shire Council, Kasukabe City and Fraser Coast Regional Council, and gave some information

for future guidance. CLAIR Sydney will continue to support their activities.

On 15 October, the Food & Sake Expo, hosted by

JFC New Zealand, was held in Auckland, New

Zealand for buyers, restaurant owners and the

general public. CLAIR supported the Aomori

Prefectural Government, who had a booth there to

promote their products.

The booth was promoting five food and beverage

companies from Aomori who gave attendees the

opportunity to sample their local rice, apple juice,

squid and scallops. A lot of people attended,

exceeding the host’s expectations, and a long line

of people formed in front of booths as attendees were excited to

try all the different products.

There is a small distribution of Japanese food products in New

Zealand but we believe there is an appetite for more as attendees

were both excited and enthusiastic about the food and drinks

promoted at the expo with some proceeding to make purchases.

Aomori prefecture representatives at the expo stated that the

event was a good way to further expand the export of food

products from Aomori into the Oceania region. The event was a

success and we hope the feedback from attendees will help

Aomori in their mission to expand their overseas business

activities.

Toda City Mayor, Friendship City committee members and Councillors visited their sister city, Liverpool City

from 19 to 21 October.

The main purpose of this visit was to celebrate the 25th sister city anniversary between Toda City and

Liverpool City. At the commemorative dinner, both cities’ Mayors exchanged gifts and reaffirmed the strong

bond that these two cities share.

Along with attending the anniversary events, the Toda City Councillor delegation met with representatives

from NSW Department of Education and Liverpool City Council, and exchanged ideas about how to resume

their student exchange programme, which was suspended since 2011. CLAIR Sydney supported them by

giving them an overview of Australia with information on sister‐city relationships between Japan and

Australia, making the necessary appointments and accompanying them.

On 23‐28 October, CLAIR Sydney held our annual 2017 Multiculturalism study tour where delegates from

Japanese local governments learn more about multicultural policies in Australia and develop future programs

in their respective local governments. We have always held this seminar annually in New South Wales but

this year we decided to hold it in Victoria for the first time.

This year, the delegation visited and exchanged information and ideas with 10 organisations, including the

Victoria State Government, Brimbank City

Council, the Metropolitan Fire Brigade and

the Monash Asia Institute. It was a great

opportunity for the delegates to understand

multiculturalism in Australia (specifically as it

relates to Victoria). CLAIR Sydney hopes that

the delegates will make the most of their

learnings in their future activities. CLAIR

Sydney would like to express our gratitude to

all the organisations that collaborated with

us to make this year’s seminar a success.

On 27 October, CLAIR Sydney was invited to attend

the 8th University of New South Wales Japanese

Studies Capstone Speech Contest.

The students chose topics related to Japan and

presented their findings in Japanese. There were a

variety of topics touched on this year such as “death

by overwork” or karoshi, Brazilian immigrants in

Japan, Japanese and Australian LGBT issues and the

Japanese mafia. One speech also touched on the

high school uniforms of Japanese girls. All

presentations were well researched and thought

out.

Representatives from Japanese corporations,

academics and UNSW students made up the

audience and they were the ones who judged the

student presentations and picked the best speech

and speaker. A networking event followed the

speech contest and was a great opportunity for

students to mingle with academics and potential

employers.

We were pleasantly surprised to see that students

in Australia are so interested in Japan and it was a

good opportunity to once again consider Japan's

unique and distinctive qualities.

On Saturday 28 October, the 15th annual Canberra Nara Candle Festival was held at Canberra Nara Peace Park & Lennox

Gardens in Canberra to celebrate the 24th year of the Sister City relationship between Canberra and Nara. This festival,

which has taken place annually since 2003, is an opportunity to provide visitors a fun Japanese experience through

calligraphy workshops, origami workshops and ikebana demonstrations. The biggest attraction this year was more than

2,000 shimmering candles on the park stones at night. CLAIR

Sydney ran a booth to promote Japanese tourism, in particular

Nara city. This event confirmed our belief that there is a strong

sister city relationship and we hope that sister city exchanges

between the two cities will continue to flourish.

On Monday 30 October, two city officials from the City of Nagoya came to Sydney to learn more about multiculturalism

in Australia.

They stopped by our office and also visited

MOSAIC (Multicultural One Stop Assistance

Information Centre) in Willoughby, Chatswood

Library and Sydney Town Hall.

At MOSAIC, the visiting officers attended a

presentation on Willoughby Council’s

Multicultural Services delivered by Ms. Sun‐Hae

Kim, MOSAIC Centre Supervisor. They learned

that some of the reasons for MOSAIC’s success

are a strong commitment from highly skilled

volunteers, collaboration with local communities

and service providers, and the staff’s dedication

and professionalism.

At Chatswood Library, Ms. Vivian Chung, a multicultural services

librarian, talked about the multicultural services that the library

provides. The visiting officials learned that the library, which is a

facility often visited by residents, provides English classes and the

book research system installed there is available in several

languages which clearly displays the amount of effort to enable

people from various ethnic backgrounds to access the library

more easily.

At Sydney Town Hall, the Nagoya City officials received a lecture

about multicultural policy and initiatives of the City of Sydney

from Ms. Susana Ng, Senior Social Programs Officer of City of

Sydney. They learned that the City of Sydney recognizes people

from all walks of life not only as people to be supported but also

as people who can contribute to the local communities in the

future and as such tries to actively engage with them.

The visiting officials were really thankful for the kind hospitality

shown by all the speakers from the respective organisations. We

believe they were able to learn a lot about multiculturalism and multicultural policies in Australia. CLAIR Sydney will

continue to support Japanese local government activities such as this one that enable deeper engagement between

sister cities and the valuable exchange of information and knowledge on important topics such as multiculturalism and

diversity.

The Kobe City government, via contractor Kadokawa Corporation, is currently conducting a worldwide survey on

reasons why people choose particular cities to live in.

It would be great if you could support Kobe City by completing the survey through the following links. The results will

contribute to the future direction of Kobe City urban planning.

English:

https://goo.gl/Uj1FgK

Simplified Chinese:

https://goo.gl/Vx4ZAN

The Tokyo Metropolitan Government (TMG) has been actively working to attract foreign companies to raise

international competitiveness and bring about further growth for the city by promoting the creation of a more

business‐friendly environment for overseas businesses and startups.

Building on its efforts to date, the TMG will hold for the first time, the Blockchain Business Camp Tokyo(*) accelerator

program for foreign companies that possess blockchain technology that is considered one of the fields of the growth

strategy of Japan, in such areas as transactions, securities, supply chains, the sharing economy and IoT.

In addition to having Tokyo‐based, leading Japanese companies that are involved in these areas serve as mentors at

the camp, the opportunity to connect with Tokyo‐based businesses and others will also be provided.

This program will follow the steps below and focus on initiatives 2 and 3 over a short period of about three months.

① Call for applications from foreign businesses that possess business models or advanced technologies in blockchain

and selection of program participants

② Provide support for drawing up business plans through efforts including matching up selected foreign and

Japanese businesses

③ Host a business plan presentation geared to Tokyo’s investors, businesses, etc

* “Business Camp Tokyo” is a three‐month program for about five foreign companies. Along with being mentored by

major Japanese companies, networking events with Tokyo businesses and opportunities to present business plans will

be provided. Programs for other fields of businesses are as follows.

“Fintech Business Camp Tokyo”

http://www.seisakukikaku.metro.tokyo.jp/bdc_tokyo/english/bizcamptky/fintech

“New Tech Business Camp Tokyo”

http://www.seisakukikaku.metro.tokyo.jp/bdc_tokyo/english/bizcamptky/newtech

1. Eligibility and How to Apply

a. Eligibility

Foreign startups that possess advanced blockchain technology and business models in transactions, securities,

supply chains, the sharing economy, and IoT and have yet to establish a business in Japan.

Refer to the program website noted below for application details.

b. How to Apply

After confirming the application details provided on the website, send the required documentation to the Program

Secretariat by Friday, 24 November, 2017, 11:59 p.m. (JST).

http://www.seisakukikaku.metro.tokyo.jp/bdc_tokyo/english/bizcamptky/blockchain

2. Schedule (tentative)

Applications accepted from October 20, 2017

Application deadline: Friday, 24 November, 2017

Announcement of companies selected for the program (about five companies): December 2017

Introductory seminar: January 2018

Blockchain Business Camp Tokyo (mentoring, creating a business plan, networking event(s), connecting with

businesses in Tokyo): January through March 2018

Presentation of business plans (pitch event): March 2018 (open to the public)

Contact

Blockchain Business Camp Tokyo Office

E‐mail: [email protected]

Tokyo Metropolitan Government published the official English Guidebook, ‘Guidance to the Asset Management

Industry in Japan’

In order to realize Japan as Asia’s number one global financial city, the Tokyo Metropolitan Government (TMG) is

working with the national government, private sector, etc. to revitalize Tokyo’s financial sector.

As a part of this effort, with the cooperation of the Financial Services Agency (FSA), the TMG compiled the English

Guidebook titled `Guidance to the Asset Management Industry in Japan’.

The guidebook gives easy‐to‐understand explanations of Japanese financial laws and regulations and information on

how to register as a financial instruments business operator.

1 Aim of the Guidebook

The TMG compiled the guidebook in order to support foreign asset managers to successfully enter Japan’s market.

2 Table of Contents

(1) Overview of the Japanese Asset Management Industry

‐ Explains asset holders in Japan, industry trends, entry strategies, critical success factors in Japan, etc.

(2) Methods of Japan Market Entry and Business Registration

‐ Explains the required business registrations in Japan for each business type (Investment Management Business,

Type II Financial Instruments Business, Investment Advisory Business, etc.), using flow charts etc.

(3) Main Requirements Organized by Business Type

‐ Explains the requirements (such as legal forms, requirements for domestic offices, capital requirements,

personal requirements, business management structure, etc.) for each business type (Investment Management

Business, Type II Financial Instruments Business, Investment Advisory Business, etc.)

‐ Case studies explaining difficult‐to‐understand requirements for foreign corporations, such as personal

requirements, outsourcing, etc.

(4) Process Up to Commencement of Operations

‐ Gives detailed explanations about initial consultation, submission of necessary application forms, review,

registration, association membership, process up to the commencement of operations, and time lines.

‐ Provides information about ‘Financial One Stop Support Service ’and other support by the Tokyo Metropolitan

Government.

(Reference)

For details, kindly refer to the following website:

http://www.seisakukikaku.metro.tokyo.jp/bdc_tokyo/english/english‐guidebook

JETAA Auckland has had an exciting few months assisting with the JET

Programme’s Q&A and Pre‐departure orientation, while organising

and hosting the 2017 JETAA Oceania Conference. We have also made

the most of both the Japanese Film Festival and the Studio Ghibli Film

Festival attending multiple movies for each including Spirited Away

and A Sparkle of Life. Most recently, we attended a spring picnic at the

newly reopened Fukuoka Friendship Garden and the 2017

Armageddon Expo. In early

October,

JETAA Auckland hosted the 2017 Oceania Conference.

Delegates from eight chapters around New Zealand and

Australia attended along with representatives from CLAIR

Sydney and the Consulate‐General of Japan in Auckland. This

year’s theme was sustainability, focusing on the survival and

success of JETAA while strengthening the relationship

between JETAA chapters, CLAIR and the Japanese Consulate‐

General. Throughout the weekend, the 25 attendees enjoyed

dinner hosted by the Consul‐General of Japan in Auckland,

numerous workshops run by attendees and guest speaker Mitsue Tabata‐Sandom from Massey University, and a dinner

boat cruise along the Auckland Harbour. For the first time, we were also able to Skype in Cheryl Phua from JETAA

Singapore, extending our connections beyond New Zealand and Australia. We thank all of those who attended and give

special thanks to both CLAIR the the Auckland Japanese Consulate‐General for your support and assistance in making

this event a success.

JETAA Auckland recently attended a spring picnic at the newly reopened Fukuoka Friendship Garden. This garden has

had a tumultuous existence. Gifted to Auckland in 1989 as a

display of friendship between the two sister cities, it was

suddenly removed from it original site within the Auckland zoo

to make way for a new enclosure in 2013. The creation of a new

garden to replace the original has seen the relationship between

Auckland and Fukuoka blossom. After more than doubling in size

the peaceful sanctuary now features a tea pavilion, waterfall and

pond. Heart‐breakingly, since opening in July the tranquil

oasis has found itself imperiled by acts of insolent

vandalism. We hope the Auckland Council is able to

establish new security measures to ensure the garden can

be appreciated by all for many years to come.

Hello, everyone. My name is Saeko Hiraiwa, and I am a new intern here at the

CLAIR Sydney office from November. I am a third‐year student at Keio University in

Japan, majoring in political science and sociology. I am currently studying sociology

at the University of New South Wales as an exchange student.

Whilst doing fieldwork at university back in Japan, I learned about multiculturalism

and found it to be very interesting. I have come to think that Japan falls behind in

terms of cross‐cultural understanding. During my internship period here at CLAIR,

I am hoping to deepen my knowledge about multiculturalism in Australia. In

addition, since I would like to promote cultural exchange between Japan and

Australia in the future, it will be great if I can understand the role of governmental

organizations in terms of cultural exchange.

I would like to express my sincere gratitude to the team at CLAIR for such an amazing opportunity. I am very looking

forward to working at CLAIR’s Sydney office and hoping to contribute and learn a lot.

Culture Day (Bunka no Hi) is a national holiday held annually in Japan on 3 November for the purpose of

promoting culture, the arts, and academic endeavor. The date is the birthday of Emperor Meiji (reign 1867‐

1912) whose era is called the Meiji Era, which reminds the Japanese people of the start of Japanese

modernisation and westernisation.

Japanese local governments hold cultural festivals and events which typically include art exhibitions covering

calligraphy, flower arrangement, drawing and tea ceremonies. Parades and award ceremonies for

distinguished artists and scholars are also held. Many residents join in on the festivities and enjoy traditional

Japanese culture on the day.

Japanese schools and universities also host their own festivals which not only focus on Japanese culture but

also serve as an introduction and promotional event for the institutions. This means the event is usually

attended not only by current students but also by potential applicants and their guardians who wish to

inspect the institution before the entrance examinations (January) and the start of the new school year (April).

Culture Day is also statistically one of the clearest days of the year so we can hold various events without

worrying about rain. It is one of the best seasons to visit Japan!

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