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Manning Elliott, a Corporate member, prepared a Canadian Tax Guide, in Japanese, for JETRO, as follows:

カナダ税制の概要2021年度版（2022年2月） | 調査レポート - 国・地域別に見る - ジェトロ (jetro.go.jp)

On May 26th, more than 70 CCCJ and JCCC members participated in the Mitsubishi Corporation—Activity in Canada event online, with presentations led by Kaori Namiki, Kosuke Abe, Peter Armstrong, and Tracy Reynolds. The seminar began with a welcome remark by David Anderson, Chairman of the CCCJ, stating his goals during his term.

On Friday May 13th, the annual CCCJ Spring Golf Scramble was held at the Tsutsujigaoka Golf and Country Club in Ashikaga-shi, Tochigi.

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.

Thanks to the coordination of Former Ambassador Sadaaki Numata, Chairman of Honorary Board of Advisors, CCCJ Chairman David Anderson,

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.

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

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!

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 way. The quiz show at the end was a competition to win the GRITS goodies, thanks to the generous donation from Yokohama GRITS.

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;

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.