The delegates was interviewed at the Coffs Harbour Airport and introduced on “The COFFS COAST Advocate”as shown below.
WELCOME: Japan-Australia friendship Society president Takuya Kaneko greeting Rob Avery, of the Coffs Harbour Rotary Club.
EIGHT Japanese delegates arrived in Coffs Harbour this morning to renew their sister club status with the Rotary Club of Coffs Harbour.
A new memorandum of understanding will tonight be signed by the Coffs Harbour and Sasebo Rotary Clubs at the Coffs Harbour Surf-Life Saving Club.
The delegates will today tour the Coffs Coast visiting local business leaders, community figures as well as meet with Coffs Harbour City Council to discuss their sister city arrangement.
Coffs Harbour Rotary president Tim Alexander is delighted to once again host Sasebo delegates on the Coffs Coast.
Goshi.info director Tetsuko Nichols embraced her long-time friend Takuya Kaneko, Japan-Australia Society of Sasebo president, when he touched down in Coffs Harbour.
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“We are quite pleased and their hospitality to our groups when they have been in Japan has been overwhelming so we’re hoping to rise to the occasion and reciprocate for them today,” Mr Alexander said.
“Any relationship between different cultures is good, we can chip away at understanding other cultures in a small way continuously can’t do anything but good in my view.”
Members from the Australia-Japan Friendship Society also greeted the delegates at Coffs Harbour Airport this morning.
Founding president the society, Patrica Degens established the group in 1990s. Mrs Degens said the visit reaffirms strong Coffs Harbour and Sasebo relations.
“It will continue our friendship and the relationship between Coffs Harbour and Sasebo people,” Mrs Degens said.
Among the delegates was Japan-Australia Society of Sasebo president, Takuya Kaneko who said he was grateful and excited to return to Coffs Harbour and reunite with friends.
The delegates’ trip was delayed on Monday due to a typhoon in Tokyo.