Issue 1 2026

It’s Sunday March 8th as I write, the morning after Prime Minister Carney flew home from Tokyo after a whirlwind 24-hour visit. During meetings with Prime Minister Takaichi, Carney signed a new ‘Comprehensive Strategic Partnership’ with Japan that aims to deepen ties in defense, technology, critical minerals and energy projects, including LNG, hydrogen and nuclear technologies.

For a humble quarterly like ours, a prime ministerial visit to this distant outpost of Canada – days before we go to press! – was a chance too good to pass up. But what could we write about a visit with no public events that lasted under 24 hours from March 6 to 7

You’ll find some good reads in this issue, I think it’s fair to say.

For starters, a self-introduction by Meabh Reidy, the Limerick lass who has quickly won respect all-round as the CCCJ’s new office manager. Meanwhile, over at the Canadian Embassy we hear they’re blushing at our praise – well-deserved! – of the way they handled Mark Carney’s meeting with PM Takaichi. Our piece on…

"It began with an early February call from Ian Mckay, Canada’s Ambassador to Japan: “Have you heard of OpenText? They came up under the radar, but apparently they’re now the second-largest Canadian operation in Japan. Are they a CCCJ member? You should write about them.” Conveniently, I found OpenText was planning a major event at a Tokyo hotel on February 26th, just before our deadline. And…

Canada still has a long way to go in reconciling relationships with its Indigenous peoples and recognizing their land rights. Attempts to address these issues over recent decades have resulted in a complex and often inconsistent legal landscape that has led to lasting discord between Indigenous communities, regulators and industry.

This has posed a challenge for Canadian resource…

The CCCJ is privileged to have among its members our “Honourary Board of Advisors,” a group
of senior Japanese professionals with long experience in business or public service, most
of whom have close connections with Canada. We are grateful for their wisdom, advice and introductions to their many valuable contacts. Here is a profile one of our cherished advisors…

An academic member of the CCCJ, Dr. Nomura, is a pediatric emergency physician and an adjunct professor at Gifu University’s Medical Education Development Center. He is currently engaged in research work at McGill University in Montreal.

In late October last year, the CCCJ welcomed a new office manager to oversee daily operations, support members, coordinate major events… and much more. She has quickly become a valued member of the Chamber team. And she’s from Ireland, where you find given names in the Gaelic language that baffle outsiders. That’s why we’ll tell you that “Meabh Reidy” rhymes with “Wave Speedy,” and in katakana it…

カーニー首相訪日と誕生日

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カナダのマーク・カーニー首相は3月6日から7日にかけて日本を訪問したが、滞在は24時間未満で公開行事もほとんどなく、その詳細はあまり報じられていない。しかし、その中で印象的だったのは、高市早苗首相の65歳の誕生日を祝うために贈られた特別なケーキである。