CSR

The CCCJ CSR Committee announced on October 16, 2017 that with the partnership with HOPE International Development Agency, it will contribute JPY 180,000 towards a new well for rural Cambodia, capable of providing safe and clean drinking water to 4-6 families (20-30 people) A large part of HOPE’s...

Tohoku Youth Project 2019 Call for hosts, sponsors and volunteers *** Host a high school student from Rikuzentakata at your company and/or home for a week from March 3-10, 2019.   Since 2012, the CCCJ in collaboration with NPO Ganbatte 365 have organized an internship program for highschool...

Tohoku Intern Program Update! The 2016 Tohoku Internship Program is in full swing with 13 students at internships with different companies from and related to the CCCJ’s membership. Students arrived at Tokyo station on Sunday the 13th and have been at their internships since Monday. On Friday...

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...

Saskatoon, Saskatchewan – Canpotex Limited (Canpotex) announces a US $100,000 donation to the Canadian Red Cross to assist in relief efforts in the Philippines, following the aftermath of Typhoon Haiyan (typhoon) on November 3, 2013. Steve Dechka, Canpotex’s President and Chief Executive Officer...

The CCCJ welcomes 11 fine young teenagers from Takata Senior High School, Rikuzentakata, Iwate-ken, who arrived on Sunday the 24th for a week of home stay and work experience.  CCCJ members led by Neil van Wouw, Ray Pedersen, Ken Arbour and Robert Fuller organized the business community to open...

The Afan Woodland Trust Higashi Matsushima school project is one of four projects supported by the CCCJ's Tohoku Partnership Initiative. All of these projects highlight the ongoing needs of the Tohoku area. The CCCJ is committed to working with local organizations in a multiyear effort to rebuild...

By: Christian Howes, Chair, CCCJ Tohoku Partnership Committee. On the weekend of 30 June/1 July 2012, I was fortunate to be able to accompany videographer Yu Iwasaki of the recovery related website Ganbatte 365 as he visited two islands on Japan's northeast coast off its main island of Honshu.   We...

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...

Oranda-jima Project was introduced at the Joint Chamber Charity Event on April 25, 2011. Oranda-Jima is a project backed by Dutch businesses to rebuild and provide facilities for the community of Yamada-machi which was party destroyed by the Tohoku Earthquake Tsunami. Updates are available here:...