Event Reports

Held at the Embassy of Canada in Tokyo last month, the Joint Chamber Bonenkai (year end party) saw the enthusiastic participation of over 275 representatives from the business community in Tokyo. Highly powered and full of networking opportunities, the event is held yearly with the combined effort...

The Canadian Chamber of Commerce releases Advancing our economic ties with China: Three priorities for Canadian business. While the United States will remain Canada’s top economic partner, its tempered growth has made more Canadian companies realize they should diversify their trade and investment...

On the eve of the New Year, performing art troupe Cirque Du Soleil wrapped up its long-running show Zed, at Tokyo Disney Resort on December 31st, 2011. The Quebec-based company executed a theatric display of acrobatics in front of a full-capacity crowd, in which Company Manager Claude Bourbonniere...

CCCJ makes presentation to Keidanren Committee on Canada on bilateral economic opportunities relating to the potential EPA between Canada & Japan as well as potential areas for effective cooperation between the Keidanren and the CCCJ. Presentation is available from the attached files.

In its latest report, Canada-Japan: Revitalizing the economic Partnership, the Canadian Chamber of Commerce in partnership with the CCCJ highlights the benefits of enhanced Canada-Japan relations and what a successful Canada-Japan Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) should include. Read full report...

Wilf Wakely, President of CCCJ, Eric De Groot, VP, Past-President of CCCJ and Lia De Groot pay respect with the laying of a wreath at the Commonwealth War Cemetery in Hodogaya, honouring Commonwealth servicemen and servicewomen who fell during the two World Wars and other conflicts.

CCCJ joins in press conference urging Japanese Government to strengthen requirements for Independent Directors in changes to Japanese Company Law with a view of improving Corporate Governance Press releases can be downloaded from the attached files.

On Monday, October 3rd two independent nuclear experts, Dr. Wade Allison of Oxford University (Author of “Radiation and Reason”) and Dr. Akira Tokuhiro of the University of Idaho (Professor of Nuclear and Mechanical Engineering), presented to a Joint-Chamber audience including CCCJ Members on the...

The Honourable Ed Fast, Minister of International Trade and Minister for the Asia-Pacific Gateway, today wrapped up a trade visit to Japan and Indonesia during which he made four trade-related announcements, and assisted Canadian businesses seeking out new economic opportunities in the region...

The nonprofit Board Director Training Institute of Japan (BDTI) has been certified by the Japanese government as a rare new koueki houjin to specialize in information sharing and training to improve corporate governance, something which is vital to improving the economy and the environment for...

The Japan Market Expansion Competition (JMEC), a business plan writing competition that is supported by the CCCJ and 15 other foreign chambers in Japan, can provide you with a tailor-made business plan that addresses your company’s specific business objectives in the Japanese market. JMEC, now in...

The Premier of Quebec, Jean Charest was in Japan on an official visit from August 23rd to 27th accompanied by Madame Monique Gagnon-Tremblay, Minister of International Relations and Minister responsible for La Francophonie and Jacques Daoust, President of Investissement Quebec. On August 25th, 2011...