Event Reports

Dear CCCJ Members past and present, With great sadness I must inform you of the passing last week in Vancouver of John Powles, a former CCCJ president and as great a friend of Japan as Canada has ever produced. As many of you may already be aware, John died on Sunday at the Lion's Gate Hospital...

The deadline for nominations to the Board of Governors for the term 2008-2010 closed on Friday, April 11. A recommended slate was then approved at  April 16, Board of Governors meeting. Members will soon receive an election ballot by mail. Results will be announced at the Annual General Meeting on...

CCCJ Small Business and Professional Member Reiko Sonoyama was profiled in the April 23, 2007, edition of Nikkei Business. Read the full text (in Japanese), from the file attachments:

The nominations period for the CCCJ Board of Governors is now closed. We thank all members who have submitted nomination forms to the CCCJ office. The Nominations Committee will present a recommended slate to the current Board of Governors which will be followed by a call for an Annual Election. All...

In response to the Government of Canada's recent announcement that it will close its consulates in Fukuoka and Osaka, the CCCJ wrote a letter to Prime Minister Stephen Harper urging the government to immediately review its decision. The CCCJ opposes the closures and believes that this decision does...

June was packed with a record six CCCJ events! BC Minister of Economic Trade and Development Colin Hansen kicked off our guest speaker luncheon series, followed by the Honourable Raymond Bachand (Quebec's Minister of Economic Trade and Development) and Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty, who was...

In accordance with the amendment to the Immigration Control and Refugee Recognition Act (Immigration Control Act), a new Residency Management System will start on July 9, 2012, the effective date of the amended law. In addition, in accordance with the amendment to the Basic Resident Registration...

On 25 May, the CCCJ hosted a breakfast roundtable with visiting members of the Canada-Japan Inter-Parliamentary Group (CJIG). The event featured an engaged discussion spanning the challenges and opportunities in doing business in Japan, progress with Canada-Japan Economic Partnership Agreement talks...

The Canadian Chamber of Commerce in Japan and the Canada-Japan Society of British Columbia strengthen ties, with the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding in the presence of the Honourable Christy Clark, Premier of British Columbia

Japan and Canada formally agreed to begin talks on a bilateral economic partnership agreement. Canada's Minister of Trade the Hon. Ed Fast congratulates both the CCCJ and the Keidanren for their efforts over the past years and months on achieving this historic new beginning.

The CCCJ and Keidanren release a Joint-Statement on the Report of the Joint-Study on the Possibility of a Canada-Japan Economic Partnership. The Canadian Chamber of Commerce in Japan (CCCJ) and the Keidanren's Committee on Canada express our great appreciation for the release of the Report of the...

In an event hosted by the Canada-Japan Society of British Columbia on March 2, 2012, professors and graduate students from the University of British Columbia (UBC) engaged a diverse audience on Canadian-Japanese bilateral and multilateral trade relations. Event report is available from the attached...