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Australia Japan Society - Qld Inc
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Enewsletter- June 2025
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AJS-Q Members Networking Evening
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Come and join the Australia Japan Society Queensland for a networking event to meet other members with interests in business, government, education, language, and culture.
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This is an excellent opportunity to expand your Japanese connections and learn about new opportunities in your areas of interest. Sushi platters will be provided. Please buy your own drinks from the …
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Umbrella Exhibition by Elysha Rei
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13th June - 27th July - Exhibition
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Join Umbrella for an insightful presentation from Meanjin / Brisbane-based Nikkei Australian artist Elysha Rei in conjunction with her exhibition Shirozato to Shinju (White Sugar and Pearls). Elysha will firstly share about her broader arts practice, including highlights and advice from her artistic journey and career. After a short intermission, …
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Japan: Tokyo Global Gateway Program
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The Queensland Classroom Program (QCP) at Tokyo Global Gateway (TGG) offers state school educators a unique opportunity to showcase Queensland’s education system.
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The QCP, located in downtown Odaiba, Tokyo, is a specialised space within the TGG facility, providing Japanese students with an opportunity to learn English in a Queensland-style classroom.
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Postcard from Japan, a new hot spring bathhouse in the heart of Tokyo
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by Nicole Patterson From Shimokitazawa to Daitabashi there is some very tasteful new development of land created by the major reconstruction of the train station. With all trains now underground, the old Shimokitazawa train line has been transformed into a hub of restaurants, bars, new boutique hotels and even a new quintessential Japanese stone hot spring bathhouse. Of course I …
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JAPANESE LANGUAGE & CULTURE COURSE - Kanazawa
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28 Sept to 10 Oct 2025 | Australia-Japan Society (ACT)
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The Australia-Japan Society of the ACT (AJS ACT), in conjunction with the Ishikawa Foundation for International Exchange (IFIE), is again calling for applications for the two-week in-country course in Japanese language/culture in Kanazawa.
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Applications close on 8 July 2025.
NOTE: there are only 15 places available for this course so it has to be “first in, first served”.
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Record Japan-Australia Investment
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Herbert Smith Freehills, a Global law Firm with offices in Brisbane, together with Australian National University, have recently issued "Japan-Australia Investment 2024 Report: Record-Breaking Japanese Investment".
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This extensive report documents in detail the record breaking investment in 2024, and also gives predictions for 2025 and beyond. As noted (page 12), "Japan and Australia have never been closer economically and strategically, …
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Adventure Day Trips
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Do you have Japanese friends or business colleagues wanting a personalised tour around South East Queensland?
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Adventure Day Trips started in 2017 when owner, Gary Carson, found he was regularly taking Japanese friends on tours around Brisbane and decided to make a difference to how Japanese travelers can experience S.E. Queensland.
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Most of their tours are private group tours tailored to each …
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Brisbane’s Sister City – Kobe
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2025 marks the 40th anniversary of the signing of the Brisbane Kobe Sister City relationship, Brisbane’s oldest Sister City relationship
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Each month throughout 2025, the AJS-Q has been celebrating the 40th Anniversary of the Brisbane Kobe Sister City Relationship by highlighting aspects of Kobe.
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This month we are featuring the Brisbane Biodiversity Forum in July, featuring Kobe guest speakers.
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Brisbane Biodiversity Forum - The Importance of Biodiversity - Urban Forestry and Threatened Species in Brisbane and Kobe, Japan
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Join the first international Brisbane Biodiversity Forum, either online or in-person, for an informative evening, with our guest-speakers.
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Special guests from Brisbane’s sister city, Kobe, Japan. Restoring Natural Forest Vegetation - Mayor Hisamoto and Dr Ishii Hiroaki, with panellist Mr Okada Atsushi
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The Honourable Hisamoto Kizo was first elected as the Mayor of Kobe in November 2013 …
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Do you have something you'd like to share with AJS members?
Perhaps a travel story, article, Japan-related book or movie review, recipe or photograph. We always welcome any suggestions from members. Please send your contributions to Go-Nichi to the following email address: newsletter@austjpnsoc.asn.au
The AJS e-newsletter is sent to members at the end of the first week in every month.
GPO Box 2036 | Brisbane | Qld | 4001
execsec@austjpnsoc.asn.au
Chancellor: Her Excellency, The Governor of Queensland
Patron: The Consul-General of Japan, Queensland
Committee
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Immediate Past President - Margaret Rackemann
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Vice President- Sara Jane Seery
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Honorary Secretary - Leonie Kawamoto
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Treasurer - Stephen Abbott
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Andrew Hay (Past President)
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Ross McConachie (Past President)
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Ross Humphreys (Past President)
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Shannon Whiley
Lawson Dibb
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