The expanding presence of Japanese owned auto supply manufacturing industries in the Owensboro region led to a renewed interest in forming a closer relationship with the Japanese people. With the support of the Japanese industries and the governments of the City of Owensboro, Daviess County and Ohio County, Kentucky, a search for a partner city in Japan was conducted. After substantial research, the City of Nisshin, Aichi-ken, Japan, was approached with the idea of becoming a "Sister Region." The regional approach is to allow for more inclusion of the smaller regional cities and towns and is in recognition that three of the Japanese industries are located at Bluegrass Crossings Industrial Park in Ohio County. Exploratory exchanges were conducted during May and August of 2006, which culminated in the official visit of Mayor Akira Sago to the Owensboro region during October 2006. An Agreement in Principle was signed in Owensboro and it was agreed that the final document would be signed in Nisshin in spring 2007 during the exchange visit of the Owensboro region government representatives.

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Web Links:

Aichi Gakuin University (English site)

Nagoya University of Foreign Studies (English site)

Nagoya University of Arts and Sciences (Japanese site)

Nagoya University of Arts and Sciences Junior College (Japanese site)

Nagoya University of Business and Commerce  (English site)

Koryo International College (English site)

Sugiyama Jogakuen School of Human Science (Japanese site)