[Event Report] Ambassadors' Lunch

Ambassadors' Lunch 

On the 9th of April, as part of a series of events marking the 85th anniversary of diplomatic relations between Canada and Japan, the Canadian Chamber of Commerce in Japan, brought corporate and government friends together to celebrate and thank H.E. Ambassador Norihiro Okuda, for his efforts as Japanese Ambassador to Canada, and to welcome H.E. Kenjiro Monji Japan’s next Ambassador to Canada.

CCCJ Vice Chair, Marc Bolduc, President at Vancouver based Hitachi High Technologies AW CRYO, emceed the special event. CCCJ HBA Chairman, Ambassador Numata, offered introductory remarks introducing the backgrounds of both Ambassadors and warmly wished them success with their new postings. After the lunch's main course, a herb butter sauce Canadian lobster prepared by the Roppongi Hills Club's French Cellar, CCCJ Chairman, Wilf Wakely, congratulated both Ambassadors on their new assignments.

Chairman Wakely, thanked the Saudi Arabia bound Okuda-taishi for the efforts made under his stead as Ambassador, highlighting enhanced mutual business interests between the two countries in recent years. He also offered Monji-taishi - Japan's former Ambassador to the Permanent Delegation of Japan to UNESCO - the support of the CCCJ in advancing Japan-Canada commercial interests going forward. 

This event was a useful oportunity for the CCCJ to reachout to the Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and demonstrate that our Chamber represents a broad cross-section of businesspersons and entrepreneurs from both countries.     

Finally, we would like to thank Manulife - one of the CCCJ's Corporate Sustaining Members - for its generous sponsorship of this important event celebrating the strong business relationship between Canada and Japan. 

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