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According to Yonhap News,

(DAEJEON=Yonhap News) Park Young-sun, Vice Mayor for Political Affairs of Daejeon city government visited Sapporo, Japan to meet Mayor Katsuhiro Akimoto to discuss promotion of "A year of Daejeon Visit" and measures to strengthen cooperation between two cities.

On this occasion, vice mayor Park expressed consolation to earthquake that hit eastern Hokkaido, Japan in September last year, and delivered a letter from Mayor Her Tae-jeong, inviting Mayor Akiomto during the year of Daejeon Visit, designated to commemorate the 70th years since the launch of Daejeon city, and 30 years since elevated to Metropolitan city.

Mayor Akimoto welcomed the visit by Daejeon city delegation, saying "I hope you experience the beauty of Sapporo while visiting the 70th Sapporo Snow Festival, which is visited by more than 2 million tourists every year". .

The two cities have an active exchange in various fields since establishing a sister city relationship in 2010.


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Source: Yonhap News (February 8, 2019)