@article{oai:ir.kagoshima-u.ac.jp:00004874,
 author = {片野田, 優子},
 journal = {地域政策科学研究},
 month = {},
 note = {The aim of this paper is to look key persons as the decisive factor in the success of sister-city exchange. The sister-city system in Japan started in 1955, and since then many Japanese local governments have established sister-city relationships with cities abroad, but detailed investigations into those governments' contribution to maintaining and developing the exchange systems have hardly been conducted. 'Key person' in this study refers to a central figure who plays an important role in sister-city exchange. This paper takes up the sister-city relationship between Ichikikushikino, in Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan and Salinas, in California, United States, which has cultivated a long-standing friendship between the two cities, based on the historical background of the emigration of Japanese people to California. The exchange of both cities has been conducted in a friendly way since 1979. The paper considers Zen-Ichiro Uchida as a key person who contributed to developing the sister city relationship between Ichikikushikino and Salinas. It concludes that key persons are indispensable for the continuity and development of sister-city exchanges.},
 pages = {39--67},
 title = {国際交流におけるキーパーソンの役割 : いちき串木野市とサリナス市の間の姉妹都市交流と内田善一郎},
 volume = {9},
 year = {2012}
}