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April 28, 2010 |
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Special Offer Available for the CCCJ Members
© BMP ＊This photo credit to be included if any of those photo(s) is used. For more information about the show and Blue Man; http://www.blueman.com/ Special Remarks: Canadians? The production has some Canadian cast members in Blue Man and the band! Come meet them! Web Order Form in English:
Web Ticket Order for the Tokyo production:
http://www.blueman.jp/dir/contents/english/index.html If you are a member of the CCCJ, please indicate so in the “Promotional Code” in the “Web Order Form”. By doing so, you will get 5% discount for May and 10% for June. Information:
Theatre: Roppongi Blue Man Theatre (Address: Roppongi 5-11-12)
Show Schedule: 19:00 on Wed, Thu and Fri. 13:00 & 17:30 on Sat. 12:00 & 16:30 on Sun. Schedule subject to change:
Detailed Schedule: http://www.blueman.jp/dir/schedule/index.html
Show Running Time: 100 minutes
Children under 4 yo are not permitted in the theatre. BLUE MAN GROUP is back to their home in Tokyo: Roppongi Blue Man Theatre. The show is curiously captivating mash-up of totally unique live music, exceptional humor, and lot of paints. The Tokyo production introduces some new materials including Blue Man’s new musical instruments and the latest video content.
This is a non-verbal performance that is popular with the international community in Tokyo and is loved by kids. Check the “Family Plan” for family with children under 12yo. BLUE MAN GROUP IN TOKYO
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July 13, 2009 |
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The following is an update on Bill C-37, an Act to Amend the Citizenship Act which was enacted in the second session of the 39th Parliament.  Proposed Amendments to Bill C-37
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May 13, 2009 |
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Download all comments from respondents:  Comments regarding changes in business performance (22 kb)
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March 26, 2009 |
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The Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada is pleased to announce that the Global Canadians Photo Contest 2009 is open for submissions. Theme will be "Global Canadian". At nearly 9% of the total population of Canada, the estimated 2.7 million Canadians living abroad reflects a human dimension of Canada’s international presences. This photo contest aims at capturing and presenting images of Canadians participating and contributing globally, in business, sports, cultural, social and family activities outside Canada. For more information please click here. |
August 22, 2008 |
The Ministry
of Labor, Health and Welfare has issued the following notice for the attention of all employers:
Please
make sure to fulfill the obligation as to foreign workers who were employed
before 10/1/2007 and still on your roster. - Employers must verify all foreign workers' name, status of residence, etc., and
notify the Employment Security Office (ESO) at the time of
hiring/firing.
(Employers who fail to notify the ESO will be fined up to 300,000
yen)
- In addition to newly employed workers, employers have to verify and notify
the ESO of all foreign workers who were employed before the effective date
(10/1/2007) and are still employed at the company. The due date is
10/1/2008.
(Employers who fail to notify them will be fined up to 300,000
yen)
(http://www.mhlw.go.jp/bunya/koyou/gaikokujin-koyou/index.html)
- Employers may notify the ESO through the internet. It is also possible to do it
at the time of registration for Employment Insurance.
(https://gaikokujin.hellowork.go.jp/gkjgs/index.jsp)
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May 19, 2008 |
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The joint statement of the G8 Tokyo Business Summit has been released and covers topics including: Securing stability and growth of the world economy, promoting and protecting innovation, tackling climate change, promoting liberalization of trade and investment, and solving development issues through economic growth. The complete release can be downloaded here. |
March 13, 2008 |
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For non-Japanese who depart Japan, you may be entitled to claim a pension refund if you have paid into the Japanese Social Security System. For more information on Japan's social insurance sytem, and to determine your eligibility, click here |
February 8, 2008 |
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On February 8, Mark Carney, the newly appointed Bank of Canada Governor, spoke to members of
the Canadian Chamber of Commerce in Japan. It
was Governor Carney's first speech since assuming his new role on February 1, 2008.
The governor provided an overview of the Canadian economy, commented on the
recent economic and financial events, and provided an economic outlook followed by a Q&A period. The
governor is in Tokyo
to attend the G-7 finance meetings.
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January 28, 2008 |
Earlier this month, Japanese homebuilder Araya Kosan opened "Selco Home Takaoka Models," a model site in Takaoka, Toyama Prefecture, of homes assembled using complete kits imported from Canada. The long lasting, well insulated, earthquake-resistant homes feature ash floors and solid oak fixtures.
Information summarized from: Takaoka Shimbun courtesy of Canadian Embassy Translation Services, Tokyo |
January 25, 2008 |
The Bank of Japan decided January 22 to keep its key interest rate on hold in a widely expected move and warned that the Japanese economy is "slowing" for the time being due to global financial market turmoil and weak domestic housing investment. The nine-member Policy Board of the central bank voted to leave the target rate for unsecured overnight call money at 0.5%. stability.
The board at the same time cut the central bank's earlier assessment of Japanese economic growth after reviewing the bank's biannual outlook report released last October. The BOJ included the result of the review in its monthly economic report for January, saying the rate of real gross domestic product growth in fiscal 2007 through March "is likely to be slightly lower than the potential growth rate."
Information summarized from: Japan Today News |
January 23, 2008 |
The Canada Beef Export Federation (CBEF) will conduct a Canada Beef Technical Seminar for 150 guests at the Intercontinental Tokyo Bay Hotel from 5 to 9 p.m. January 29. Targeting the retail and food service industries, the event aims to make developers of beef products aware of the unique qualities of Canadian beef. This year’s seminar, the second in two years, will focus on steak and "short plate" beef. Speakers at the seminar will include CBEF executives and a teacher from a Japanese cooking school.
Information summarized from: Nihon Shokuryo Shimbun courtesy of Canadian Embassy Translation Services, Tokyo |
January 21, 2008 |
In an interview with a Japanese industrial paper, Alberta Minister of Employment, Immigration and Industry Iris Evans emphasized that Alberta oilsand was an important investment opportunity for Japan because Japan is highly dependent on foreign energy. She explained Canada’s own oilsand investments and its efforts to alleviate the personnel shortage in Alberta including the shortage of doctors and nurses.
Information summarized from: Nikkei Sangyo Shimbun courtesy of Canadian Embassy Translation Services, Tokyo |
January 17, 2008 |
In a recent Vancouver meeting with Japanese journalists, BC Assistant Deputy Minister of Economic Development Mike Carter appealed for Japanese investment and explained why the province had a bright future. Carter said, for example, that the BC economy’s current shift from natural resources and tourism to high technology would result in high growth. He also explained that BC was expanding its sea port and airport facilities, aiming for a 76-billion-yen (C $679.4 million) expansion in trade with Asia by 2020.
Information summarized from: Nihon Kaiji Shimbun courtesy of Canadian Embassy Translation Services, Tokyo
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January 15, 2008 |
Tomoshige Sakamoto of the Canadian Beef Export Federation says Japan’s rule that beef imported from Canada must come from animals under 21 months of age results in higher prices and lower sales. Canada’s beef exports to Japan this year are expected to reach 3,400 tonnes. Although that is 60% more than last year, it is only a tenth of the peak level reached before BSE. Sakamoto adds, however, that a wide "pipeline" is ready and that exports can increase rapidly if the age restriction is relaxed.
Information summarized from: Shokuhin Sangyo Shimbun courtesy of Canadian Embassy Translation Services, Tokyo
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January 11, 2008 |
The Asia Pacific region will experience slower economic growth in 2008, but is likely to avoid a sharp downturn due to the sub-prime mortgage crisis in the US, according to the Pacific Economic Cooperation Council’s annual State of the Region report. PECC forecasters expect 4.9% real GDP growth for the region as a whole in 2008, rising to 5.2% in 2009. This forecast assumes that the United States will not enter into a recession and that a recovery in the housing sector will take place in the second half of 2008. The report includes the findings of PECC’s annual survey of opinion leaders in the Asia Pacific region. Survey respondents identified high energy prices, water pollution, and global warming as the top three risks to economic growth in the region. The full report can be found at www.pecc.org/sotr.
Information summarized from: Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada Press Release |
January 9, 2008 |
Starting in April of 2008, Canada Pork International (CPI) will offer 2-day training courses in Japan for pork buyers from Japanese supermarkets. The buyers will learn about pork production in Canada, butchering techniques, and quality maintenance. CPI is offering the courses to raise awareness of Canadian pork in Japan and counteract possible negative influence from the rising Canadian dollar.
Information summarized from: Nikkei Marketing Journal courtesy of Canadian Embassy Translation Services, Tokyo
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January 7, 2008 |
Japan’s national broadcaster NHK announced that it has signed a contract to supply programs to Discovery Channel Canada. NHK will supply over 70 hours of programming between now and September 2010.
Information summarized from: Nikkei courtesy of Canadian Embassy Translation Services, Tokyo
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December 21, 2007 |
British Columbia’s Minister of State for Mining, Kevin Krueger, recently visited Japan following a visit to China. In a Japanese newspaper interview, he stressed BC’s rich and wide-ranging mineral resources and appealed for Japanese investment. He emphasized that BC’s coal was of high quality and was mined in an environmentally friendly manner. He also pointed out that BC was the only province in Canada producing molybdenum (a rare metal) and that BC was home to half of Canada’s mineral exploration companies. Finally, he stressed that Japan’s longstanding relationship with BC gave it an advantage over China in the global competition for mineral resources.
Information summarized from: Fuji Sankei Business Eye courtesy of Canadian Embassy Translation Services, Tokyo
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December 20, 2007 |
Auctions of Canadian herring roe have been underway for nearly a month in Osaka, Kobe, and Nagoya. Canadian fishing restrictions resulting in a smaller catch are raising prices in Japan. Roe sold under the "Yellow Diamonds" brand is 10-30% more expensive than last year. Even so, dealers recommend Canadian herring roe for this year’s holiday tables because the quality is outstanding.
Information summarized from: Sankei Shimbun, Yomiuri Shimbun, Kobe Shimbun, Mainichi Shimbun, Chunichi Shimbun, Nikkan Suisan Keizai Shimbun courtesy of Canadian Embassy Translation Services, Tokyo
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December 19, 2007 |
Negotiations between Canada’s largest potash producer, Canpotex, and Japanese potash buyers (agriculture cooperatives and trading companies) over the January-to-June 2008 price of potash have ended with the Japanese side accepting a price hike of 40 to 50%, the largest in history. Prices have been rising for several years and Japanese negotiators tried to keep prices down for Japanese farmers, but there was little they could do because global demand for potash is high and suppliers are few. Shipping costs have risen drastically as well, and no relief is in sight.
Information summarized from: Kagaku Kogyo Nippo courtesy of Canadian Embassy Translation Services, Tokyo |
December 18, 2007 |
The Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada has announced details of its Research Grants Program which is principally funded through the proceeds of an endowment established by the Government of Canada. It is designed to support research and informed discussion on public policy issues related to Canada's engagement with the Asia Pacific region. The Asia Pacific Research Grants are available in four categories: Policy Research Grants; Post-Graduate Research Fellowships; Media Fellowship Grants; and Special Initiative Funding. All grant recipients will be selected on the merits of their proposals and on their potential contribution to advancing the objectives of the Foundation’s programs. Applications may be submitted in English or French. Detailed information about the Research Grants Program is available at: http://www.asiapacificresearch.ca/grants/2008_09/index.cfm.
Information summarized from: Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada Press Release |
December 17, 2007 |
Canadian Minister of Agriculture and Agri-food Gerry Ritz met with Japan’s Senior Vice Minister of Agriculture Masahiro Imamura on the sidelines of an FAO (United Nations Food and Agricultural Organization) meeting in Rome in November. Aiming for an end to Japan’s strict age limits for imported beef, Ritz told Imamura that Canada would like to pursue technical talks on beef safety based on OIE (International Organization of Animal Health) standards (which are less strict than Japan’s). Imamura did not respond to Ritz’s proposal, stating instead that Japan would respond to beef issues "based on scientific evidence, with food safety as a prerequisite."
Information summarized from: Nihon Nogyo Shimbun courtesy of Canadian Embassy Translation Services, Tokyo |
December 14, 2007 |
Japan’s Kochi Prefecture recently sent a 23-member mission on an 8-day study trip to Canada to learn about biomass energy and environmentally friendly tourism. In Toronto the group met CEO David Layzell of BIOCAP, a Canadian organization promoting use of biomass fuels. It also visited BIOX Corporation near Lake Ontario, a U of T spinoff that makes biodiesel fuel from soybeans, canola, and restaurant and slaughterhouse waste.
Information summarized from: Kochi Shimbun courtesy of Canadian Embassy Translation Services, Tokyo |
December 12, 2007 |
Sixty tonnes of tangerines (mikan) from Kanagawa Prefecture southwest of Tokyo have been shipped from Shimizu port to Canada where they will be sold as "Christmas oranges" under the Sun brand. Director Yoshiharu Ishiguro of the JA (Japan Agriculture) fruit centre in Shonan says, "We like to export because we can sell at stable prices. This year was a good one and the fruit is delicious."
Information summarized from: Nihon Nogyo Shimbun courtesy of Canadian Embassy Translation Services, Tokyo
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December 10, 2007 |
The Canadian Pacific Kazunoko (herring roe) Association organized a seminar in Nagoya last month sponsored by the Japan Dietetic Association and Healthy Nippon 21 Council. Two experts presented research suggesting that regular herring roe consumption may reduce blood cholesterol. They also stated that herring roe contained more protein than other fish eggs. The 200 dieticians and health care workers in attendance were treated to a "kazunoko box lunch" featuring herring roe and camembert cheese wrapped in ham. The seminar was also given in Fukuoka.
Information summarized from: Nikkan Suisan Keizai Shimbun courtesy of Canadian Embassy Translation Services, Tokyo
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December 7, 2007 |
The Canada Beef Export Federation held its annual "Canada Beef and Veal Seminar" in Tokyo with 270 guests in attendance. In addition to a press conference and reception, the seminar featured speakers from the Federation, the Canadian and Alberta governments, and the private sector. An ambitious Japan sales target of "44,000 tonnes per year by 2015" was announced. The goals seems unreasonable considering that less than 3,000 tonnes was exported to Japan in 2006, but Federation President Ted Haney is confident that Canada’s efforts in quality, traceability, and safety combined with a relaxation of Japan’s import restrictions will make a big difference. The rise of the Canadian dollar over the past two years has recently depressed exports.
Information summarized from: Shokuhin Sangyo Shimbun, Nihon Shokuhin Shimbun, Shokuhin Sangyo Shimbun courtesy of Canadian Embassy Translation Services, Tokyo |
December 5, 2007 |
The Tokyo International Anime Fair (TAF), a four-day annual event launched in 2002, will be held from March 27 to 30, 2008. The Canadian Embassy in Tokyo will again coordinate the Canada Pavilion at TAF 2008. The Embassy will also provide networking opportunities and meeting arrangements between Canadian and other companies attending TAF. The Embassy invites Canadian companies interested in exploring the Japanese and other Asian markets to take advantage of space to display their promotional material or demonstrate their products. Contact the Canadian Embassy in Tokyo and visit the official TAF website at http://www.tokyoanime.jp/en/ for more details.
Information provided by: Canadian Embassy, Japan |
December 3, 2007 |
Japanese architect Hiroshi Kato, who is rebuilding Rinkoji Temple in Mishima, Shizuoka Prefecture, says that he expects the Canadian white cedar he chose for the temple’s beams, girders and pillars to last over 1,000 years. "There is no problem concerning durability or strength," Kato says. He traveled to Vancouver Island to select the wood originating from 1400-year-old trees.
Information summarized from: Nikkei courtesy of Canadian Embassy Translation Services, Tokyo |
November 30, 2007 |
Japan’s Oriental Land Company has announced that Cirque du Soliel’s new theatre at Tokyo Disneyland will open October 1, 2008. It will be called "Cirque du Soleil Theatre Tokyo" and will present entirely new shows. Group ticket sales have already begun.
Information summarized from: Nikkei Sangyo Shimbun courtesy of Canadian Embassy Translation Services, Tokyo |
November 28, 2007 |
Although some freight, primarily auto-related, is being carried by Chinese and Korean ships from Japan to Canada’s new container terminal in Prince Rupert, BC, Japanese shipping companies are taking a wait-and-see attitude before deciding whether to use the new port themselves. Specifically, they want to see how well Canadian National does at moving freight by rail from Prince Rupert to markets in the USA. If the railroad performs well through the winter, Japanese shippers may shift to Prince Rupert when they renew service contracts in spring of 2008.
Information summarized from: Nihon Kaiji Shimbun courtesy of Canadian Embassy Translation Services, Tokyo |
November 26, 2007 |
While in Japan to give a speech in Kitakyushu City, Manager Ry Smith of Canada's "Hydrogen Village" in Ontario is visiting universities and companies to look for useful technologies. At Hydrogen Village, over 30 companies are experimenting with hydrogen filling stations and fuel cell power. Smith says he also wants to work with Japanese companies in the Chinese automobile market, where fuel cells are likely to be widely used.
Information summarized from: Asahi Shimbun, Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun courtesy of Canadian Embassy Translation Services, Tokyo |
November 23, 2007 |
The awards ceremony for the second annual Maple Sweets recipe contest in Japan was held at the Canadian embassy in Tokyo. This year’s contest, in bakery and confectionery divisions, drew 117 entries. First prize of 300,000 yen (C $2,500) and a trophy went to Tomoko Nose of The Manhattan Makuhari for her confection, "And Maple." The contest aims to promote use of maple syrup and maple sugar by professional chefs in Japan. It was conducted by Queen Bee Garden of Tokyo (honey and maple product dealer) with co-sponsorship by the Canadian embassy and the Quebec Maple Syrup Product Association (Fédération des producteurs acéricoles du Québec) and support from the Federation of Japan Confectionery Associations.
Information summarized from: Nihon Shokuryo Shimbun courtesy of Canadian Embassy Translation Services, Tokyo |
November 21, 2007 |
Canada Pork International (CPI) and the Canadian Embassy in Tokyo sponsored an event to announce publication of the Japanese edition of The Canadian Pork Story, a book all about Canadian pork. Speakers from CPI, the Embassy, and the Alberta government told the audience about the safety and quality of Canadian pork and about the importance of the Japanese market.
Information summarized from: Shokuhin Shimbun courtesy of Canadian Embassy Translation Services, Tokyo |
November 5, 2007 |
 The 12th Foreign Chambers in Japan (FCIJ) Business Confidence Survey was conducted October 15-26, 2007. The results and analysis are now available online at the FCIJ website. The next survey will be conducted in April 2008. The results from that survey will be published early May 2008.
The FCIJ is an informal organization comprised of foreign chambers of commerce and business groups in Japan mainly for the purpose of information exchange and enhancement of the activities of the component organizations. |
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