Event Reports

Canada-Japan Bilateral Business News - February 10th  *** Click here for Feb 10th's CCCJ Bilateral News  cover picture source: The Globe and Mail *** Please take a minute and like us on our Youtube, LinkedIn, Facebook and Twitter accounts  

2015 Shinnenkai 新年会 The CCCJ celebrated the year of the Sheep, with a casual Shinennkai at Whistler Café on January 22nd, 2015. Around 60 people - both members and guests - packed the cozy, Canadian themed bar. This is the second time that the CCCJ throws its New Year party at this venue, and the...

Daruma Energy Hyper LPG Truck Launch  CCCJ member, Daruma Energy, in conjunction with Joto Garage received a grant from METI to launch Japan’s first domestically developed dual fuel truck, Hyper LPG Truck. This truck is powered by a mixture of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) and diesel fuels. This...

Canada-Japan Bilateral Business News - January 20th *** Japanese film crew in Whati, N.W.T., to shoot ice road documentary (CBCnews, January 19th) Low oil prices a boon to Asian economies (Globe and Mail, January 19th) OECD Calls for Japanese Labor ‘Flexicurity’ (WSJ, January 19th) Exxon rolls out...

Canada-Japan Bilateral Business News - January 13th  ***  ________________________________________ CCCJプレスリリース 在日カナダ商工会議所、カナダ・韓国自由貿易協定発効を歓迎 日加経済連携協定に向けた前進を慫慂   CCCJ Press Release The Canadian Chamber of Commerce in Japan Applauds the Entry into Force of the Canada-Korea Free Trade Agreement En...

  English follows Japanese プレスリリース 在日カナダ商工会議所、カナダ・韓国自由貿易協定発効を歓迎 日加経済連携協定に向けた前進を慫慂 東京、日本；２０１５年１月１３日 – 在日カナダ商工会議所（CCCJ）は、本日、カナダ政府、並びに大韓民国政府へ、2015年1月1日から発効したカナダ・韓国自由貿易協定(CKFTA)についてのお祝いの言葉を送ります。CKFTAは、アジア太平洋地域でカナダの最初の自由貿易協定となるものです。 カナダのビジネス界およびその従業員は、GDP1兆1000億ドルにのぼりアジアで4番目...

Canada-Japan Bilateral Business News - January 6th  *** Toyota not releasing revolutionary Mirai in Canada due to lack of government support (Globe and Mail, January 5th) JAPAN’S PEPPER LUNCH OPENING FIRST CANADIAN LOCATION IN METRO VANCOUVER (Vancity Buzz, January 5th) Canada’s mining sector braces...

The 2014 Joint Chamber Bonenkai was held on December 11th at the Canadian Embassy in Aoyama Itchome.Hosted by the Canadian Chamber of Commerce in Japan, the event drew over 300 guests from the following participating Chambers:

• American Chamber of Commerce in Japan - ACCJ
• British Chamber of...

Canada-Japan Bilateral Business News - December 16th  *** Canada Pension Weighs Talisman Offer as Repsol Nears Deal (Bloomberg, December 16th) Japan’s snap election result: Romping Home (Economist, December 15th) Japan House of Representatives Election Results Map (Yomiyuri, December 15th) Japanese...

Canada-Japan Bilateral Business News - December 9th ***  Japan’s recession deeper than first thought (Globe and Mail, December 7th) Japan and Abenomics: Moment of reckoning (The Economist, December 6th)Yuen Pau Woo on Canada’s connection to Asia: ‘We have to figure out our energy relationship’ ...

Japanese follows English On November 18, 2014 the CCCJ Trade Policy Committee hosted an engagement with Canada’s chief negotiator, Mr. Ian Burney, and Canada’s lead negotiators for Government Procurement and Technical Barriers to Trade, who were in Tokyo for the seventh round of Canada-Japan...

Canada-Japan Bilateral Business News - December 2nd *** Alberta Oil’s 2014 Year in Review (Alberta Oil Magazine, December 1st) Moody's Downgrades Japan On Concerns That Abenomics Could Be Failing (Business Insider, December 1st) Japan November final manufacturing growth eases, still suggests modest...