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

2. Tiers of Government (JAPAN) (AUSTRALIA) Central Government
Commonwealth
Local Government
Prefectural
Government
State
Government
Municipal
Government
(City, Town & Village)
Local
Government
(Council, Shire..) ２

3. Japan’s Sister City Relationships
The number of Japan’s Sister City Relationships by country(1,617)
※ Including Sister State/Prefecture Relationships
　　June, 2013 ３

4. Australia’s Sister City Relationships
The number of Sister City Relationships for Australia(513)
※ Excluding Sister State/Prefecture Relationships
June, 2013 ４

5. 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 ５

6. The number of sister cities６

7. Education (Youth Exchange) Education (Youth Exchange)
Sister City Activities
Education (Youth Exchange)
36.7%
Education (Youth Exchange)
58.9% 7

8. 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 8

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