Sister City Relationships between Australia and Japan

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Sister City Relationships between Australia and Japan Yasuhiko Tanabe Director, CLAIR Sydney 1

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Sister City Relationships between Australia and Japan. Yasuhiko Tanabe Director, CLAIR Sydney. 1. Tiers of Government. (JAPAN). (AUSTRALIA). Central Government. Commonwealth. Local Government. Prefectural Government. State Government. Municipal Government (City, Town & Village). - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

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Sister City Relationships between Australia and Japan

Yasuhiko Tanabe

Director, CLAIR Sydney

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Tiers of Government

Central Government

Local Government

PrefecturalGovernment

Municipal Government

(City, Town & Village)

Commonwealth

LocalGovernment(Council, Shire..)

State Government

(AUSTRALIA)(JAPAN)

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Japan’s Sister City Relationships

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Others

New Zealand

Russia

France

Germany

Brazil

Canada

Australia

Korea

China

USA

   June, 2013

The number of Japan’s Sister City Relationships by country(1,617)The number of Japan’s Sister City Relationships by country(1,617) ※ ※ IncludingIncluding Sister State/Prefecture Relationships Sister State/Prefecture Relationships

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Australia’s Sister City Relationships

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Others

France

Greece

Canada

Korea

Italy

New Zealand

UK

China

USA

J apan

The number of Sister City Relationships for Australia(513)The number of Sister City Relationships for Australia(513) ※ ※ ExcludingExcluding Sister State/Prefecture Relationships Sister State/Prefecture Relationships

June, 2013

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Sister City Relationships by State   June,

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    Number of Councils

Number of SCs  

  NSW 152 40  

  QLD 73 24  

VIC 79 17  WA 140 11  

  SA 68 9  

  TAS 29 4  

  NT 16 2  

  ACT - 1  

  Total 557 108  

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The number of sister cities

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New sisiter city relationships by decade Sister cities

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Sister City Activities

0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 100%

With Australia

With All Countries

Education Public administration Culture Economics Sports Others

Education(Youth Exchange)

36.7%

Education(Youth Exchange)

58.9%

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Advantages of Sister Cities between Australia and Japan

  ■ Safety and cleanliness

  ■ English – Japanese speaking

■ Multiculture - local culture

  ■ Rich in nature   

■ Opposite hemisphere

  ■ Little time difference

■ People’s character

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