Event Reports

CCCJ Cultural Ambassador Rakugo Comic Storyteller Katsura Sunshine Launches Rakugo World Tour, to Mark 85 Years of Japan - Canada Diplomatic Relations On the evening of 4 June, Canadian Chamber of Commerce in Japan (CCCJ) Cultural Ambassador Rakugo comic storyteller Katsura Sunshine launched his...

1     Report on Nominations for the 2014 CCCJ Election A call for nominations was sent to every member by e-mail on April 22nd, 2014. I am very pleased to report that we had an excellent response this year to our call for nominations of candidates to serve on our Board of Governors. The following...

On May 23th,  33 CCCJ Members and guests participated in our 14th Annual CCCJ Golf Tournament at the beautiful Tsutsujigaoka Country Club in Tochigi Prefecture. The weather was perfect for a great round of 18 followed by a fun after party and awards ceremony. Special thanks to the CCCJ Golf...

On the 22nd of May 2014, the CCCJ co-hosted a Public-Private Partnership (P3) Seminar with the Canadian Embassy to Japan. The event was a great success with the aid of our Supporting Organizations; the Embassy of the United States, the Japanese Cabinet Office, the American Chamber of Commerce in...

British Columbia is welcoming the news that Hitachi High-Technologies Corp. and Air Water Plant & Engineering Inc. (HTAW) are investing $2.2 million to open their North American head office in Vancouver. The office will co-ordinate manufacturing and sales in North America for tank containers that...

Thank you for your continued support, both morally and financially. I would like to give you an update about BDTI’s progress, and invite you to participate in our fund-raising drive for this year by making a donation, which is now possible by both bank remittance (best) and credit card (also welcome...

Toronto Homecoming 2014 will take place Oct 9-11 (Toronto Homecoming, 12th May) The Canadian Chamber of Commerce in Japan Appoints Andrew Lambert Executive Director (CCCJ, 9th May) Canadian Solar Announces Selective Preliminary Results for the First Quarter 2014 (MSN Money, 7th May) Manulife profit...

On the 23rd of April 2014, the CCCJ hosted a Joint Chamber briefing session with the ACCJ and the CCIFJ 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. The seminar alone garnered over 100...

Canada Welcomes Japan’s Ratification of Hague Abduction Convention April 1, 2014 - The Honourable Peter MacKay, Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada, and the Honourable Lynne Yelich, Minister of State (Foreign Affairs and Consular), today welcomed the coming into force of the Hague...