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THE CITY of Moreton Bay, Queensland, recently strengthened its ties with Japan, ahead of the 2032 Olympic Games, as Mayor Peter Flannery signed a new trade-focused agreement with one of the economic giant’s leading business cities.
Mayor Flannery put pen to paper in early May when he met with Mayor Takashi Namba of Shizuoka City, the capital of a prefecture that is a major economic hub in Japan.
Shizuoka City announced its company leaders were keen to develop trade relationships with individual businesses in the Moreton Bay region, with its economic credentials of generating more than $830 million in economic output over the past year and being home to more than 33,000 businesses.
Mayor Namba led a delegation of 39 Shizuoka business and government leaders to Moreton Bay in August 2025, progressing a range of initiatives around aquaculture, retail, food and beverage, sport, research and education collaboration, especially partnerships with the University of the Sunshine Coast. 
The Shizuoka City memorandum of understanding with Moreton Bay aims to facilitate opportunities in trade, investment, tourism, education and research, and sport, including those around the 2027 Womens Softball World Cup ‘to be staged at Redcliffe and the 2032 Olympic and Paralympic Games centred on the adjacent Queensland capital of Brisbane.
“This agreement is an incredible opportunity for City of Moreton Bay to deepen our relationship with Japan, which is Queensland’s second largest export market,” Mayor Flannery said.
“It will benefit businesses in Moreton Bay with council facilitating trade relationships between them and Shizuoka City, providing a new avenue for locals to sell their products and services.”
Mayor Flannery led a week-long delegation to Japan after being personally invited and sponsored by the Governor of Tokyo to present at the Global City Network for Sustainability (GNETS) conference.
The delegation announced it had successfully built upon Moreton Bay Council’s relationship with Japan, which dates back nearly 35 years when its sister city relationship with Sanyo-Onoda was established.
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