Event Reports

The Honourable Ed Fast, Minister of International Trade, and Yoon Sang-jick, South Korea’s Minister of Trade, Energy and Industry, today issued the following statement: "We hereby recognize and celebrate the successful conclusion of negotiations toward the Canada-Korea Free Trade Agreement. We are...

Every year since 2011, O.G.A.(Ortiz Global Academy) has held the "A Christmas to Remember" holiday ball in Minamisanriku. The celebration is a chance to rejoice with old and new friends and family, and share a banquet rich in the exchange of traditions, International and Japanese. It is an...

In spring break 2013, CCCJ members and friends together with NPO, Ganbatte 365, brought down 11 high school students from Takata SHS in Rikuzentakata, Iwate Prefecture for a week of home stay and work experience in the big city. CCCJ Members offered their homes and their companies to help make the...

The Embassy of Canada is seeking a motivated high school student of Canadian citizenship currently studying or resident in Japan to represent Canadian youth in an exchange program on the topic of nuclear disarmament and non-proliferation. This two-day exchange program is being organized by the...

Over a six-day mission in Japan, from 19 to 24 January 2014, Mr. Jean -François Lisée, Quebec Minister of International relations, Francophonie and External Trade, held significant talks on politics, economics and innovation in Tokyo, Yokohama , Osaka, and Kyoto . The Quebec Minister’s visit to...

It with great sadness that we announce the sudden passing of Stephen Huggins, aged 47, on February 10th in Tokyo. Beloved husband of Meagan Maguire and father of Hana, Stephen also leaves behind his mother and two brothers in Canada. ‘Huggy’ (as he was nicknamed so appropriately) was a loving man...

Dean Allison, Chairman of House Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and International Development visited Japan during January 16 to 26, 2014. The CCCJ held a roundtable lunch on January 21 with attendances from the Executive Board of Governors, Committee Chairs and Honorary Board of Advisors of...

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...