Event Reports

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:...

ABOUT FCIJ AND THE SURVEY The Foreign Chambers in Japan (FCIJ) is an informal organization comprised of foreign chambers of commerce and business groups in Japan mainly for the purpose of information exchange and enhancement of the activities of the component organizations. The FCIJ conducted the...

On March 31st, JETRO, Japan's Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI), the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan (MOFA), and relevant ministries and agencies hosted a briefing for foreign companies on the current situation of the Fukushima dai-ichi nuclear power plant and the effects of the...

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs held the Japanese Government Procurement Seminar for FY2011 on April 22. A number of different Ministries presented on their procurement projects for this fiscal year. Each presentation, which is quite detailed in nature, lists an itemized agenda for procurement in...

Japanese Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism accepting proposals for emergency temporary housing using imported materials. Period of acceptance from April 15th, 2011 to April 25th, 2011. For more information on the project, please visit here:http://www.mlit.go.jp/en/report/press...