Event Reports

VANCOUVER, July 22, 2011 -- Premiers today released a strategy entitled Canada in the Global Economy. They also announced that, within 12 months, Premiers will pursue a joint Council of the Federation mission to Asia with the federal government to advance an ambitious international trade agenda for...

On Wednesday, July 13, the CCCJ was invited by the Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) and the Canadian Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) to present to officials at a Roundtable session focusing on the Joint Study on the Possibility of a Canada-Japan Economic...

CCCJ invited by the Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) and the Canadian Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) to present to officials at a Roundtable session focusing on the Joint Study on the Possibility of a Canada-Japan EPA. Presentation is available below:

Oranda-jima Project was introduced at the Joint Chamber Charity Event on April 25, 2011. Oranda-Jima is a project backed by Dutch businesses to rebuild and provide facilities for the community of Yamada-machi which was party destroyed by the Tohoku Earthquake Tsunami. Updates are available here:...

ABOUT FCIJ AND THE SURVEY The Foreign Chambers in Japan (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. The FCIJ conducted the...

On March 31st, JETRO, Japan's Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI), the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan (MOFA), and relevant ministries and agencies hosted a briefing for foreign companies on the current situation of the Fukushima dai-ichi nuclear power plant and the effects of the...

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs held the Japanese Government Procurement Seminar for FY2011 on April 22. A number of different Ministries presented on their procurement projects for this fiscal year. Each presentation, which is quite detailed in nature, lists an itemized agenda for procurement in...

Japanese Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism accepting proposals for emergency temporary housing using imported materials. Period of acceptance from April 15th, 2011 to April 25th, 2011. For more information on the project, please visit here:http://www.mlit.go.jp/en/report/press...

On April 12, the Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency of Japan raised the alert level of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant from a 5 to a 7, according to the International Nuclear and Radiological Event Scale. While there has been some media comparison to the Chernobyl event, which had been...

The Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs will be holding a Government Procurement Seminar for Fiscal Year 2011 on April 22nd, 2011 where they will be providing a general overview of the Government Procurement Procedures as well as the expected procurement for Fiscal 2011.

Information on the process of importating Potassium Iodine from the Japanese Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, Pharmaceutical and Food Safety Bureau. Credit given to the European Business Council in Japan for the supplying of the information as well as translation from Japanese to English. P...

General overview of the changes made by the Japanese Ministry of Finance, Customs and Tariff Bureau. Credit given to the European Business Council in Japan for the supplying of the information as well as translation from Japanese to English. Please note this is not an official Ministry translation.