2020 marks the 35th anniversary of the the Brisbane Kobe Sister City relationship. Established in 1985 during the term of Dr Sallyanne Atkinson AO, the then Lord Mayor of Brisbane, it is Brisbane’s oldest Sister City relationship.
On 3rd November, 2019 , the Government of Japan announced the foreign recipients of the 2019 Autumn Imperial Decorations.
Conversations from Japan Naoko Abe documents the remarkable story of Englishman Collingwood ‘Cherry’ Ingram’s life’s work, to preserve rare and endangered varieties of Japanese cherry blossom (Sakura), in her book ‘Cherry‘ Ingram: The Englishman Who Saved Japan’s Blossoms.
