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
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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
278
41
43
48
53
57
70
108
138
344
437
0 50 100 150 200 250 300 350 400 450
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
93
9
13
16
17
27
39
46
63
88
102
0 20 40 60 80 100 120
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,
2013
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
6
36
23
49
17
4
39
32
10298
81
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20
30
40
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60
1960's 1970's 1980's 1990's 2000's 2010's0
20
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120
New sisiter city relationships by decade Sister cities
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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