Event Reports

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...

On Wednesday July 27th, JETRO, the Japanese Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI), the Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) and other Ministries hosted a briefing for the foreign business community to present on the current situation of TEPCO's Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant...

From June 17 - 24, 2011, the Canadian Embassy in Tokyo conducted the Japan Seminar Series across Canada. The series consisted of a half-day seminar held in each of Halifax, Montreal, Toronto, Calgary, and Vancouver, to inform Canadians of commercial opportunities in Japan and the status of affairs...

VANCOUVER, July 22, 2011 -- Premiers today released a strategy entitled Canada in the Global Economy. They also announced that, within 12 months, Premiers will pursue a joint Council of the Federation mission to Asia with the federal government to advance an ambitious international trade agenda for...

On Wednesday, July 13, the CCCJ was invited by the Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) and the Canadian Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) to present to officials at a Roundtable session focusing on the Joint Study on the Possibility of a Canada-Japan Economic...

CCCJ invited by the Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) and the Canadian Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) to present to officials at a Roundtable session focusing on the Joint Study on the Possibility of a Canada-Japan EPA. Presentation is available below:

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:...