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    October 1, 1987,

    The Quebec-Japan Business Forum is officially established.

    The initial mission of the association is:

    “To promote relations between Quebec business people and Japanese business people, as well as to promote economic exchanges. ”

    Surrounded by a group of dynamic business people, the association is created by the following founding members:

    • Normand Bernier, Financial (Bank of Tokyo)
    • Masato Miyachi, banker (Bank of Tokyo)
    • Sumihiko Sato, Trade Commissioner (JETRO)

    Economic context

    In the 1980s, Japan developed a better organization of work and favoured technological innovation in the most promising sectors (telecommunications, electronics, information technology, office automation, robotics, biotechnology, etc.). In October 1987, Mr. Noboru Takeshita succeeded Mr. Yasuhiro Nakasone as Prime Minister.

    In Quebec, after the major cuts of 1986-87, Robert Bourassa’s government announced in the 1987-88 budget that the economy was doing well and that it had succeeded in reducing the deficit. In 1987, Quebec’s Minister of International Relations, Gil Rémillard, travelled to Japan to make known his administration’s position on Quebec’s political future.

    History of the Presidents

    PRESIDENTS OF THE QUEBEC-JAPAN BUSINESS FORUM

    M. Normand Bernier (Banque de Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ)

    M. Gaston Boucher (Hydro-Québec)

    M. James A. Robb (Stikeman Elliott)

    M. Jean Bazin (Fraser Milner Casgrain)

    M. Michel Labonté (Banque Nationale)

    M. Amos Simpson (Banque de Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ)

    Mme Suzanne Éthier (Gouvernement du Québec)

    M. Robert Jean (Hydro-Québec)

    M. Brian Lambert (Sumitomo)

    M. Philippe Arseneau (JAL)

    Mme Lynda Paquin (Hydro-Québec)

    M. Claude Francoeur (Canippon)

    M. Philippe Arseneau (Vacances Tour Est)

    Mme Akira Yamaguchi (Sun Bridge Inc.)

    From 1987 to 2018

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    2000-2001

    2001-2002

    2002-2005

    2005-2007

    2007-2009

    2009-2012

    2012-2016

    2016-2017

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