Nagasaki City International Affairs Section

These cities hold the joint aim of promoting civilian exchange. Free and meaningful exchange is conducted mostly by citizens' groups, without the formality of a sister city link-up.

Nagasaki City has sister-city link-ups with six cities around the world, based on historical relations with those cities. This is amongst the highest number of link-ups for a city of our size (450,000 people).

Sister Cities conduct exchange not just in a specific field but across a wide range, against the backdrop of a shared history and culture. However in recent years these kinds of link-ups have not been increasing much in Japan. Instead, new kinds of inter-city link-ups have been on the rise.

In our city also, as part of the ‘Nagasaki City Internationalization Promotion Plan,’ we are engaged in free and informal citizens’ friendship city link-ups, focusing on citizens’ groups, outside the formality of a sister city link-up.

In the future, with the aim of developing our historic city as a site of international cultural tourism, we will continue to promote Citizens’ Friendship City link-ups. We wish to link up with cities that have connections to Nagasaki across a wide range of fields, such as history, culture and economics. Based on such connections, we aim to promote exchange and friendship between the people of both cities, contributing to the internationalization of Nagasaki.