Mar 24

Sayonara! 6 CLAIR-NY staff set to return to Japan

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It happens every year, but it’s always sad to say goodbye to the CLAIR-NY (aka Japan Local Government Center) staff members who finish their terms and return to Japan at the end of March.  Those departing this march include (left to right):

• Yuko Nishida (Izumo City government, Shimane Prefecture)
• Shinya Abe (Tokyo, Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications)
• Taichi Hanzawa (Sendai City, Miyagi Prefecture government), who previously served as the JETAA USA Liaison
• Chizuko Kawamura (Hiroshima City government), who served as JETAA Canada Liaison this year and JETAA USA Liaison the previous year
• Kazuaki Nakajima (Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department) (not pictured)
• Akiko Tanabe (Tottori Prefecture government) (not pictured)

Minasan arigatou gozaimashita.  O-tsukare sama deshita.  Nihon ni kaete, ganbatte kudasai!

Note on CLAIR-NY/JLGC: The staff of the JLGC is comprised of local government workers from various cities and prefectures along with some central government workers, all of whom are selected to participate in a 3 year program.  The first year they spend working and learning together in Tokyo.  The latter 2 years they spend in one of a number of CLAIR offices in various countries.