On Monday, May 22nd, the CCCJ together with Air Canada, our sustaining member, hosted Air Canada - CCCJ Lunch Reception at Grand Hyatt Tokyo where participants joined to hear Air Canada’s latest Commercial Strategy presented by Mark Nasr, Air Canada’s Executive Vice President Marketing and Digital...

On Thursday, May 11th, the CCCJ hosted the Special Monthly Mixer – Meet the Candidates at Midtown BBQ Tokyo in Iidabashi. Organized by Ai Nakagawa and Gordon Hatton, co-chairs of the Nominations Committee, over 25 participants joined the evening to meet with the candidates of the 2023 CCCJ Board of...

On Friday, April 14th, the CCCJ Market Access Advisory Committee (MAAC), chaired by Mr. Shailesh Shukla, ICD.D,MBA,BE, hosted its inaugural MAAC Forum at CIC Tokyo. Having Mr. Ichita Yamamoto, Governor of Gunma Prefecture, and Ms. Fujiko Amano, Director for Investment Collaboration at the Ministry...

On Saturday, March 25th, the CCCJ Wellness Committee hosted “Break Dance Lesson 101” in Shibuya. Organized by Joey Wu, Chair of the Wellness Committee, 14 participants joined the fun breakdance lesson taught by the two professionals, Jason Tao who has 15 years of breaking experience, and Aki Kaneko...

On Thursday March 16th, the CCCJ held the March Monthly Mixer at our corporate member, HyLife Pork Table restaurant in Daikanyama. Nearly 50 guests, including CCCJ governors, members and their colleagues and friends enjoyed catching up with one another and making new acquaintances over a buffet...

On Wednesday January 25th, the CCCJ Speed Mentoring Session took place at CIC Tokyo at Toranomon Hills Business Tower. After the 2 online sessions on Career Mentoring in 2022, we were grateful to be able to hold this Speed Mentoring for the first time in person.  A total of 10 mentees joined to...

On Thursday December 15th, the Canadian Chamber of Commerce in Japan hosted its Bonekai at our Corporate member, The Tokyo EDITION Toranomon. Over 80 guests joined to celebrate the special year end and enjoyed a fine spread of Canadian themed cocktail food and drinks provided by the EDITION.  As an...

On Thursday October 27th, the CCCJ hosted the October Monthly Mixer at our corporate member, HyLife Pork TABLE restaurant in Daikanyama, Canada’s leading full-integrated producer of premium pork. Over 45 participants enjoyed a fantastic line of buffet style food featuring high quality Canadian roast...

Date: Monday, September 19, 2022 Venue: Art Gallery Ontario Number of participants: Japan side – 30, Canada side – 23, total 53 Distinguished Guests: Ambassador Yamanouchi, Mr. Takuya Sasayama, Consul General in Toronto, Mr. Jun Saito, Consul General in Montreal, and Ambassador McKay. [Meeting...

On September 15th, the CCCJ hosted the September Monthly Mixer at our corporate member, The Tokyo Toranomon EDITION’s 31st floor Lobby Bar.  This was our 4th Monthly Mixer in 2022.  Not being able to hold the mixer during the summer, we were happy to see some familiar faces and meet lots of new...

On September 8th, CCCJ members were invited to join this special hybrid event hosted by The Japan International Dispute Resolution Center (JIDRC), Japan Commercial Arbitration Association (JCAA), and European Business Council in Japan (EBC). Starting with an on-site/virtual tour of the JIDRC’s...

Canadian Chamber of Commerce in Japan Honorary Board of Advisors and the Board of Governors got together to revive the ties and talked about the next steps to move forward together over dinner prepared by Seiji Omote, Governor, HBA. The meeting was a place where they inspired each other.