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28.06.2021 [Webinar] Doing Business with Japan ④: What to Know about Cross-Cultural Marketing

Organized in collaboration with

Multicultural marketing strategist, Ms. Ayaka MATSUI will share her expertise with us to present the strategies for entering the Japanese market.

The topics of discussions are:

How do you find your niche in the new market?
Can you transpose North American marketing strategies to Japan?
We’ve often heard that Japanese businesses tend to place heavy focus on customer satisfaction over profitability – Is that true ?
What are cultural issues that one should know when dealing with Japan?
Importance of using or reaching out to cross-cultural marketing consultants?
Tips on how to enter the Japanese market
How to find an agency/distributor? etc…

You have questions on the subject?
Do not hesitate to share them via the registration form↓↓↓

DATE	Monday, June 28, 2021 from 7p.m. to 8 p.m. EDT (admission from 6:55 p.m.)
APP	Zoom (the link will be sent before the event.)
LANGUAGE	English
FEE	Member & Student: Free / Non member: 5 CAD
REGISTRATION	Please fill out the online application and submit it at the latest on Sunday, June 27. An invoice will be emailed to non-member.

Past events

27.05.2021 [Webinar] Doing Business with Japan ③: What to Know about Banking

Organized in collaboration with

For the third part of our Webinar Series, 2 specialists in international financial services have shared their expertise with us:
Mr Daniel Lachance & Mr Mathieu Cousineau DeGarie.

Points of presentation:

Japanese banking outlook & the BN’s relations with it
Currency risk management & specificities of the Yen
Marketing and risk management in payments / contract performance

28.04.2021 [Webinar] Doing Business with Japan ② : What to Know From a Legal Perspective

Organized in collaboration with Shearman & Sterling LLP (Tokyo)

Part II of our Webinar Series “Doing Business with Japan”.
Live from Tokyo, Mr. Karl Pires, a lawyer specializing in cross-border transactions, has presented the essential legal considerations when doing business with Japan.

What are the various forms of business operations in Japan ? Market entry strategies? Restrictions on foreign investment? What other legal considerations do you need to know?

Date: Wednesday, April 28th, from 7:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. EDT Montreal Time

App: Zoom

Language: English

Admission: Member & Student: Free / Non member: 5 CAD

25.03.2021 [Webinar] Doing Business with Japan:
What’s to know about government programs and assistance?

Organized in collaboration with
JETRO x General Delegation of Quebec in Tokyo

How Japan provides an enabling environment for investment and business with Quebec? What are the support programs and services offered by JETRO and the General Delegation of Quebec in Tokyo?

Our presenters provided us with practical advice that allow to make the right choices and take the right decisions:
Mr. Takeshi SAITO, representative of JETRO Toronto
Mr. David BRULOTTE, Delegate General of Quebec in Tokyo
(Q&A session scheduled at the end of the conference)

Date : Thursday, March 25, 2021, from 6:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. EDT – Montreal Time

App : Zoom

Languages : French (Mr. Brulotte) & English (Mr. Saito)

Admission : Free

28.01.2021 Virtual Shinnenkai

The largest gathering of Quebec-Japan business people in Quebec took place this year on ZOOM.

Despite the extraordinary situation due to the Covid-19 pandemic, we have kept the tradition of doing our Kampai “from distance”. Participants from Quebec, Ontario, the US and even Japan joined us to celebrate this New Year virtually.

Thank you to the professionals of Japanese culinary culture in Montreal who animated the event through video performances : Mr. Hideyuki Imaizumi (Marusan), Ms. Reina Sakao (Sakao Enterprise – O Japanese Tea) and the sake sommelier, Ms. Kuniko Fujita.

The Quebec-Japan Business Personality of the Year was awarded to Mr. Yuichiro Kaneko, CEO of Uniqlo Canada Inc., which opened its first Quebec branch in fall 2020.

Thank you very much to the sponsors for their generous support!