Event Reports

On Friday May 13th, the annual CCCJ Spring Golf Scramble was held at the Tsutsujigaoka Golf and Country Club in Ashikaga-shi, Tochigi.  With 72 participants, tickets were sold out at an incredibly fast rate! Thank you, everyone!  The winning group of this Spring’s golf tournamenwent to —  Team...

Rio Tinto, a Corporate member, has produced a first batch of high purity scandium oxide at its commercial scale demonstration plant in Sorel-Tracy, becoming the first North American producer of this critical mineral, which is notably used in solid oxide fuel cells and in aluminium alloys. Details...

Thanks to the coordination of Former Ambassador Sadaaki Numata, Chairman of Honorary Board of Advisors, CCCJ Chairman David Anderson, Vice Chair Annamarie Sasagawa, and Executive Director Noriko Ishida visited the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to meet and greet newly appointed  Japanese ambassador...

On April 26, specialist professional recruitment firm Robert Walters Japan, a Corporate Member, announced the results of a survey on management conducted among company employees working in Japanese and foreign-affiliated companies in Japan. Full Report: https://www.robertwalters.co.jp/en/about-us...

Specialist professional recruitment firm Robert Walters Japan, a Corporate member of CCCJ, announced the results of a survey regarding childcare leave conducted among company employees working in Japanese and foreign-affiliated companies in Japan. For more information read here

Paternity leave usage rate: 17% in foreign companies, 11% in Japanese companies Survey findings on childcare leave among male company employees in Japan On 7 March, specialist professional recruitment firm Robert Walters Japan, a Corporate member of CCCJ, announced the results of a survey...

On a Saturday morning in February, the CCCJ hosted “Hockey Morning in Tokyo” at a privately booked ice rink in the heart of downtown Tokyo, welcoming Coach Mike and players from Yokohama GRITS, CCCJ's sustaining member. The weather was on us and around 40 skaters joined to enjoy skating in their own...

It is election time once again, and we’d like to cordially ask you to help the Chamber, and help yourself become even more involved in the Canadian community in Japan, by running for the Board of Governors of the CCCJ! You will need to have another member fill out the document below if you wish to...

On February 17th, The Japan Society and the Canadian Chamber of Commerce in Japan (CCCJ) in partnership with the Sasakawa Peace Foundation and the National Association of Japan-America Societies (NAJAS) presented an online seminar that highlighted key geostrategic challenges in Asia;

• Economic...

The Canadian Chamber of Commerce in Japan hosted its third annual Investment Seminar on Dec 10th, 2021 from 10:00 JST virtually on Zoom. We welcomed again Mr. Arjun Kumar and Ms. Tasleem Jamal from Sprucegrove Investment Management, based in Toronto. Sprucegrove has been a CCCJ member since 2020...

On October 9, about 20 Canadian Chamber of Commerce in Japan (CCCJ) members and friends gathered at Shiba Koen for a morning of yoga and running, followed by a lunch picnic overlooking Tokyo Tower. After a prolonged period of staying home, participants enjoyed celebrating this year’s Thanksgiving...