Event Reports

Greetings from the Canadian Chamber of Commerce in Japan.  From the CCCJ Gala Committee, and the CCCJ Secretariat, we are pleased to announce this year's Maple Leaf Gala "Canada-Japan Vision 2020" will take place on November 2 at Tokyo American Club. This is the largest event of the year in the...

Introduction: The UBC Baseball program is launching an international baseball initiative.  It will see the UBC varsity team start annual exhibition games and tournaments versus Universities and National Teams from countries across the world.  A major emphasis will be put on games against teams from...

On June 7, 2018, the Canadian Chamber of Commerce in Japan, along with fourteen other chambers in Tokyo hosted the annual joint chamber summer cocktails at the Roppongi Hills Club. There were roughly 384 attendees for this event-- the biggest number the event has seen so far.  This event is the...

The CCCJ's 17th Annual Golf tournament brought together 48 golfers at Tsutsujigaoka Country Club. A day of perfect weather, with blue skies and just enough sun, we enjoyed a full day of golf and beer before finishing off with an award dinnner party on the terrace. As with previous years, our...

On Sat. May 19th, several CCCJ governors and Honorary Board of Advisor members met with seven Members of Parliament who are members of the Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and International Development of the House of Commons. The Committee visited Japan as part of a three-country visit, which...

On April 19th, we had a Joint chambering night,"The Amore mio!" organized by ICCJ (Italian Chamber of Commerce) in collaboration with ABC (Austrian Business Council), ACCJ (American Chamber of Commerce in Japan), AHK Japan (German Chamber of Commerce and Industry in Japan), ANZCCJ (Australian and...

On June 22, 2017, the Board of Governors proposed an amendment to the current Constitution and Bylaws of the CCCJ to remove the current term limits to the governor positions (with new reporting requirements for incumbent nominees). The result was to table the discuss, and host a Town Hall meeting...

On April 5th, Young Professionals from CCCJ along with the American, Austrian, British, Belgian, Danish, Dutch, French, German, Greek, Italian, Norwegian, South-African, Spanish and Swiss Chambers enjoyed some networking at Longrain at Yebisu Garden Tower with the splendid view of Tokyo. The event...

On March 15th, we continued our CCCJ Speaker Series by welcoming the Dean of the McGill Japan MBA programme, Professor of Finance Isabelle Bajeux-Besnainou for a lunchtime seminar at Roppongi Hills Club. The event was supported by CCI France Japon and McGill MBA Japan.  Ms. Bajeux-Besnainou is the...

The fifth Tohoku Internship Project has concluded on Sunday, March 11, as the students from Takata High School headed back to their hometown. Since 2012, the CCCJ and Ganbatte365 have been active in organizing the program, which welcomes high school students from Rikuzentakata for a week-long...

On February 15, we hosted a double event - a Housewarming party for the new CCCJ office, and then a Canadian hockey night at the nearby Brew La La bar. Both events were open for everyone and attracted a good number of people.  Our Housewarming party was an informal event celebrating the new...

Membership rights of Canadian Chambers of Commerce have been expanded with a new cross-chamber agreement. From now on, CCCJ Members will be able to attend any event hosted by a participating chamber across Asia at the local members' price. Participating chambers include the Canadian Chambers of...