Photos: From left, Shoei Utsuda, Global Chairman, Mitsui & Co, Inc.; Perrin Beatty; Akio Mimura, Chairman, Japan Chamber of Commerce & Industry; Hon. Greg Rickford, Minister of Natural Resources
Today, in Tokyo, the Japan-Canada Chamber Council hosted its first joint event. The Council is a partnership between the Canadian Chamber of Commerce and the Japan Chamber of Commerce & Industry. Around 100 participants, including Japanese and Canadian business leaders and government officials from both countries as well as the provinces of British Columbia, Ontario and Alberta, participated in the initial meeting where the Hon. Greg Rickford, Minister of Natural Resources, was the keynote speaker.