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Prince Edward Island Luncheon

In honour of the 150th year anniversary since the Charlottetown Conference was held in Prince Edward Island, the Honourable Robert W.J. Ghiz came to speak about the great opportunities waiting in PEI. PEI may be Canada’s smallest province, with roughly 145,000 people, but each year one million...

Shinnenkai 2014 - Event Report

To celebrate the start of the year of the Horse, the CCCJ held our annual Shinnenkai at the Canadian themed Whistler Café on January 28th, 2014. The event garnered more than 50 people for an exciting night of networking, drinks, and poutines.  During the evening, Adrian Marquez of Plan B Corporation...

Mayor of Victoria Round Table

The CCCJ hosted a coffee meeting on November 18, 2013 to discuss Mayor Fortin’s Russian and Japanese mission, and to speak about the concept of the ‘Glocal’ Economy – municipalities taking on local issues in a global or international forum.  Together with Chambers of Commerces around the world...

Joint Chamber Bonenkai ~ 20th Anniversary

On December 12, the Canadian Chamber of Commerce in Japan once again spearheaded the Joint Chamber Bonenkai at the Canadian Embassy. Attracting well over 300 guests, the event brought members from: the American Chamber of Commerce in Japan, the Australian and New Zealand Chamber of Commerce in Japan...

Japanese Reflections of a Canadian Diplomat

~ Roundtable Discussion with Margaret Huber ~ Event Report On November 8th, the CCCJ was pleased to welcome back to Japan an old friend and great supporter of Japan, Canada's former Consul General in Osaka, Ms. Margaret Huber.  Margaret has just come to the end of a stellar career in the Canadian...

FCIJ Business Confidence Survey - Fall 2013 Report

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...

CCCJ welcomes impending Canada-EU free trade deal

The Canadian Chamber of Commerce in Japan welcomed news on October 16 that Canada and the European Union had reached a tentative free trade deal, officially dubbed the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA). Prime Minister Stephen Harper is now in Brussels to put the final touches on the...