Our office develops officials who can take back practical insights, comparative knowledge, and international networks that improve how Japanese local governments design and deliver policy and infrastructure at home.
Staff gain international, comparative policy experience by working directly within a UK context while retaining a strong link to Japanese local government practice, which enhances their professional expertise, networks, and future leadership capacity.
JLGC London is staffed by a combination of Japanese local government officials seconded from prefectures or related national-local government bodies, alongside UK-based locally recruited staff with expertise in the public sector, research, and programme delivery. This structure reflects its core purpose as an overseas office of CLAIR: to combine first-hand Japanese municipal experience with on-the-ground understanding of UK and European local government systems, enabling effective comparative policy analysis, international exchange, and support for Japanese local authorities engaging overseas.
| MATSUTANI Akira | Director General Seconded from Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications |
| MATSUI Shinichiro | Deputy Director General Seconded from Aichi Prefectural Government |
| ANDO Shingo | Assistant Director Seconded from Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications |
| HASHIMOTO Ayaka | Assistant Director Seconded from Tokyo Metropolitan Government |
| AWATA Yuki | Assistant Director Seconded from Oita Prefectural Government |
| OYABU Masaki | Assistant Director Seconded from Wakayama Prefectural Government |
| KOIKE Shuma | Assistant Director Seconded from Kamakura City Government |
| SUZUKI Mika | Assistant Director Seconded from Ichikawa City Government |
| WATANABE Kosuke | Assistant Director Seconded from Fukushima Prefectural Government |
| KATAYAMA Yumiko | Assistant Director Seconded from Tokushima Prefectural Government |
| Andrew Stevens | Head of Research and Policy |
| Keith Kelly | Head of Public Affairs and Communications |
| Harry Broughton | Programme Coordinator |
