Seminar

On the 23rd of April 2014, the CCCJ is hosting a Joint Chamber briefing session for the foreign business community presented by Mr. Hideaki Ibuki, Director of Cool Japan Promotion, METI, and Mr. Nobuyuki Ota, CEO of the Cool Japan Fund. This will be an informative event including a Q&A. It will be...

Women are the key to a thriving Japan. They are initiating, leading and creating projects and organisations across different fields, industries, companies, communities and nations. Let’s expand that! Explore how women are expanding possibilities for others and themselves. We will look at how to...

JAPAN TOWARDS 2020: TIME TO GET STARTED Update: We are pleased to announce that Shinzo Abe, Prime Minister of Japan, will be the keynote speaker. More than a year now of “Abenomics”—in particular, a radical monetary policy—hints at a new Japan. But doubts remain about whether Shinzo Abe’s promises...

In this seminar, Asia Corporate Governance Association (ACGA) Secretary General Jamie Allen will explain the key points of ACGA’s recent report on this topic, and the conclusions that ACGA reached. Next, Bruce Aronson, Professor of Law at Hitotsubashi ICS, will summarize the findings of a useful...

企業に対するESG情報の開示に対する機関投資家の要求が世界的に高まる中で、日本における今後のESG動向について取り上げ、有識者をお招きして無料セミナーを開催します。本セミナーは、今後加速する日本におけるESG投資とソフト・ロー「コード」の方向性を整理していただく機会となります。IRのご担当者に実務上役立つ情報をお届けするのみならず、ガバナンス推進の観点からは取締役会のメンバー・担当者の方々にこそ、ご参加頂きたいセミナーです。 2012年には世界の金融資産の約25％が国連のPRI(責任投資原則)に署名している投資家によって運用されていました。この比率が2013年には約27％...

Chicken and Egg: Which Comes First, Business or Marketing? Why Marketing Means Business, Now More than Ever We are pleased to invite you to join us for a discussion and workshop with Robert Snow, President, Robert Snow Marketing Communications Inc. (Toronto and New York). Robert will speak on how...

毎年6月の株主総会シーズンが到来すると話題になる機関投資家の議決権行使に大きな影響を及ぼすと言われる議決権行使助言会社の助言基準の方針とその方向性が明らかになるのが例年11月末です。そこで今回は、世界最大手で最も信頼される助言会社の一つＩＳＳ（インスティテューショナル・シェアホールダーズ・サービシーズ株式会社）のエグゼクティブ・ディレクター石田猛行氏をお招きして、2013年の機関投資家による議決権行使の動向とISSの2014年の助言基準の方針と今後の方向性についてお話を伺います。 日本では2010年に上場企業の株主総会で賛成票の票数や比率を公表するよう義務化され...

Event held in Partnership with the Canadian Chamber of Commerce and the Keidanren.  Revitalizing growth opportunities through a formal Economic Partnership Agreement April 25, 2013 | 1 p.m. – 6 p.m. | Toronto, ON Last March, Prime Minister Harper and Japanese Prime Minister Noda announced the formal...

A conversation with an Icon of Japanese intellectual History: Round table discussion with John F Howes, Prof Emeritus of UBC, leading Japanese historian The CCCJ and UBC are proud to host Professor Howes for a discussion of the history of Canada/Japan relations and his many years of developing...

A presentation by the famous Professor Martin Hilb of the University of St. Gallen in Switzerland, followed by comments by Nobuyuki Hiraizumi, outside director at Kajima Corporation, and a panel discussion.  (Simultaneous Translation will be available)  Professor Hilb, a world famous professor and...