Exchange of views with Mr SASAKI Koji, Mayor of Iwate Town
2026/2/23
Mr SASAKI Koji, Mayor, Iwate Town (3rd from right); Ms KUBO Ryoko, Chair, Iwate Town Women’s Association (4th from left); Mr YAMAGUCHI Makoto, Director of Iwate Town Chamber of Commerce (2nd from right); Ms SHIBATA Iio, Community Revitalisation Coordinator, Planning & Commerce Section, Iwate Town (right); Ms SEGAWA Hanae, Deputy Chief, Social Education Dept, Iwate Town, Board of Education (2nd from left); Mr YAMANAKA Suzuho, Yamanaka Farm (3rd from left); Ambassador MIYAGAWA (4th from right)
On 23 February, Mr SASAKI Koji, Mayor of Iwate Town, together with members of an international goodwill delegation, kindly visited the Embassy of Japan in Ireland and met with Ambassador MIYAGAWA Manabu.
Mayor SASAKI talked about the long-standing and wide-ranging exchanges between Iwate Town and Ireland, as well as prospects for further cooperation. These include sport exchanges, such as providing training camps in the lead-up to the Tokyo Olympic Games, which reflects Iwate Town’s record of producing some of Japan’s leading field hockey players; the short-term exchange programme between senior high school students from Iwate Town and Dublin, now in its fourth year; and cultural exchanges through sculpture involving Mr KATAGIRI Hironori, an artist resident in Iwate Town, and Cork City.
Looking ahead to the 70th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between Japan and Ireland in 2027, the Embassy of Japan in Ireland will continue to build on every possible cooperation to further deepen exchanges between Iwate Town and Ireland.
Mayor SASAKI talked about the long-standing and wide-ranging exchanges between Iwate Town and Ireland, as well as prospects for further cooperation. These include sport exchanges, such as providing training camps in the lead-up to the Tokyo Olympic Games, which reflects Iwate Town’s record of producing some of Japan’s leading field hockey players; the short-term exchange programme between senior high school students from Iwate Town and Dublin, now in its fourth year; and cultural exchanges through sculpture involving Mr KATAGIRI Hironori, an artist resident in Iwate Town, and Cork City.
Looking ahead to the 70th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between Japan and Ireland in 2027, the Embassy of Japan in Ireland will continue to build on every possible cooperation to further deepen exchanges between Iwate Town and Ireland.