economy

Canada-Japan Bilateral Business News - November 7th *** Japan’s Economy: Big bazookas (The Economist, November 7th) Honda to invest $857 million in Alliston (Toronto Star, November 6th) Japanese gaming firm gumi Inc. opens office in Vancouver (Foreign Affairs, Trade and Development Canada, November...

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 http://www.sia.go.jp/e/pdf/english.pdf

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...

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...