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Japanese visitors get insight into Leeds’ care
From this week’s Municipal Journal: Delegates from Tokyo’s Nihon University have been in Leeds to see how council cares for older people....
24 Sep 7:16 pm  from  JLGC   [Profile]  [Recent] 
From love hotels to toilet rolls: delivering planned communities in Japan
By Sarah Longlands, Patsy Dell (www.lgcplus.com) It’s refreshing to find that the problems that we are grappling with in the UK are not s....
22 Sep 9:58 pm  from  JLGC   [Profile]  [Recent] 
From love hotels to toilet rolls: delivering planned communities in Japan
By Sarah Longlands, Patsy Dell (www.lgcplus.com) It’s refreshing to find that the problems that we are grappling with in the UK are not s....
22 Sep 9:58 pm  from  JLGC   [Profile]  [Recent] 
The lessons from Japan’s public sector challenge
Aidan Rave reports on a recent study tour to look at local government in Japan where he discovered surprising similarities in public sector ....
22 Sep 9:13 pm  from  JLGC   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Saitama Prefecture employees set up bike sharing scheme
In June 2010 employees of Saitama Prefectural Government and the Saitama Risona Bank set up a communal bike share scheme called ‘E-cycle S....
22 Sep 7:15 pm  from  JLGC   [Profile]  [Recent] 
LEd Valley
The October issue of Monocle magazine has a short feature on Tokushima prefecture, which is home to one of Japan’s lesser-known claims to....
21 Sep 9:43 pm  from  JLGC   [Profile]  [Recent] 
UK JETs meet Foreign Minister Jeremy Browne in Osaka
Foreign Office Minister Jeremy Browne met with JET Programme participants from the UK during his recent visit to Japan to boost business tie....
16 Sep 7:49 pm  from  JLGC   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Jumping on the brands wagon
Japan Local Government Centre’s Research Manager Andrew Stevens has been published on the comment Guardian Public website. His article ‘....
15 Sep 8:18 pm  from  JLGC   [Profile]  [Recent] 
JLGC at the Japan Matsuri 2010
On Saturday 18th September 2010, the Japan Local Government Centre will be taking part in Japan Matsuri 2010. The festival will be taking pl....
14 Sep 5:16 pm  from  JLGC   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Embassy Reports on JET and JETAA Activities
The Embassy of Japan in the UK have posted up a special article on the Japan Exchange and Teaching (JET) Programme and the JET Alumni Associ....
7 Sep 11:14 pm  from  JLGC   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Setouchi Art Festival Television Program on SKY/Freesat Ch 209
An English-language television series called Islands of Affluence will be broadcast starting September 3rd on NHK World, available in the UK....
3 Sep 6:47 pm  from  JLGC   [Profile]  [Recent] 
The Global Cities Index 2010
Foreign Policy features a special report on The Global Cities Index 2010, a collaboration between Foreign Policy, management consulting firm....
31 Aug 7:08 pm  from  JLGC   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Tokyo Metropolitan Government Policies and Programmes to Enhance Renewable Energy
ICLEI – Local Governments for Sustainability featured a Tokyo Metropolitan Government (TMG)  report last month regarding ‘demand-pull....
31 Aug 7:08 pm  from  JLGC   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Japanese City to Extend Eco-car Subsidy
The Japanese online newspaper site Asahi.com reported last week that the city of Anjo in Aichi Prefecture has announced its intentions to co....
24 Aug 12:10 am  from  JLGC   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Michi-no-eki – an opportunity for the rural economy?
Gavin Parker explains how the Japanese ‘road stations’ idea, offering locally produced food and providing a range of roadside services,....
21 Aug 12:19 am  from  JLGC   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Michi-no-eki – an opportunity for the rural economy?
Gavin Parker explains how the Japanese ‘road stations’ idea, offering locally produced food and providing a range of roadside services,....
21 Aug 12:19 am  from  JLGC   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Proposal to radically change internal organisation of councils in Japan
Last week, proposals for the amendment of the Local Autonomy Law which include some fairly radical ideas on the internal organisation of cou....
17 Aug 11:54 pm  from  JLGC   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Asian Network of Cities 21 and Tokyo Month
The Asian Network of Major Cities 21 (ANMC21) is an international network of Asian capital and major cities, undertaking joint projects on c....
17 Aug 10:54 pm  from  JLGC   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Japan Study Tour on the Guardian Public Wesbite
JLGC’s annual Japan Study Tour has resulted in two articles on the Guardian Public website, written by site editor and JST 2010 Tokyo and ....
12 Aug 11:48 pm  from  JLGC   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Japan Study Tour on the Guardian Public Website
JLGC’s annual Japan Study Tour has resulted in two articles on the Guardian Public website, written by site editor and JST 2010 Tokyo and....
12 Aug 11:48 pm  from  JLGC   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Symposium to celebrate the 20th Anniversary of Spelthorne Twinning with Melun
On Monday 26th and Tuesday 27th of July staff from the JLGC attended a two day symposium in Staines, located in the borough of Spelthorne. T....
28 Jul 11:13 pm  from  JLGC   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Tottenham Court Rd. to follow Oxford Street with new Shibuya-style crossing
The London Evening Standard has reported that Tottenham Court Road in the centre of London will be receiving a new Shibuya-style crossing (s....
28 Jul 5:17 pm  from  JLGC   [Profile]  [Recent] 
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 from a UK perspective, well here is the opposite. The UK Foreign Office has started a video....
28 Jul 12:24 am  from  JLGC   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Non-profit organisations and local governments working together to create a better environment for the elderly
One of the issues that was discussed several times with visitors to our stand at the Local Government Association conference and exhibition ....
28 Jul 12:02 am  from  JLGC   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Gaijin gaga for geisha
The rise of the geisha beer gardens may help more people gain access to a world that was previously unaffordable, according to Ayako Itagaki....
19 Jul 10:18 pm  from  JLGC   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Tokyo Green Space
Run by design anthropologist Jared Braiterman, Tokyo Green Space “examines how corporations and governments can empower ordinary gardeners....
16 Jul 11:36 pm  from  JLGC   [Profile]  [Recent] 
‘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 t....
16 Jul 12:22 am  from  JLGC   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Visit to Middlewich
Director Fujishima and I were invited by the Larger Local Councils Committee of NALC to come along on a visit to a member council – this t....
16 Jul 12:03 am  from  JLGC   [Profile]  [Recent] 
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 ....
15 Jul 11:30 pm  from  JLGC   [Profile]  [Recent] 
LGA Conference and Exhibition 2010
Last week JLGC attended the Local Government Association Conference and Exhibition 2010 in Bournemouth. Held at the Bournemouth Internationa....
13 Jul 6:51 pm  from  JLGC   [Profile]  [Recent] 
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