2004 Canada-Japan Tourism Conference to be Held in Alberta
The Canadian Tourism Commission (CTC) has announced that the 9th Canada-Japan Tourism Conference will be held in Banff, Alberta next May. Specific dates need to be confirmed by Japanese officials. This conference will facilitate knowledge and information sharing on travel and tourism as well as foster good working relationships between senior Japanese public and industry officials with their Canadian counterparts. The first Canada-Japan Tourism Conference was held in 1993.
Information summarized from CCNMatthews. From the Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada News Service.
Sharp Corp. and BitFlash Develop Document Display System for Cell Phones
Sharp Corporation of Japan and Ottawa-based BitFlash have developed an Electronic Document Display System for mobile phones that enables business documents and graphics, used on the PC desktop, to be displayed with zoom-in/out viewing on mobile phones by converting the files to the international standard SVG-Tiny format. BitFlash offers standards-based software for wireless multimedia messaging. The company's Mobile SVG-based solutions are used by device manufacturers, content creators, wireless carriers, infrastructure solution vendors, and handset manufacturers.
Information summarized from Sharp Corporation Press Release. From the Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada News Service.
Seaway Networks Announces Distribution Agreement in China and Japan
Ottawa’s Seaway Networks Inc., a fabless semiconductor company providing silicon-based content processing solutions for advanced networking equipment, announced that it has signed distribution agreements for the company’s SW5000 for China and Japan. For China, Seaway signed the agreement with Hong Kong-based MetaTech Limited and in Japan, Seaway signed up Bussan Microelectronics Corp. as its distributor. The SW5000 converts packet-based traffic into contiguous streams of data and processes the resulting streams.
Information summarized from SSeaway Networks Inc. Press Release. From the Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada News Service.
Wi-LAN Partners with EXE Technology to Sell Wireless Access Products in Japan
Calgary-based Wi-LAN Inc., a global provider of broadband wireless communications products and technologies, and Japan-based EXE Technology Inc., a developer and designer of broadband networks, have joined together to sell Wi-LAN’s broadband fixed wireless access products in Japan. Target consumers are Internet service providers, telecommunications companies, local governments, enterprise users and system integrators.
Information summarized from Wi-LAN Inc. Press Release. From the Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada News Service.
01 Communique’s Remote Access Service Now Available to Japan’s K-Opticom Consumers
Japan-based Hitachi Business Solution, a business partner of 01 Communique, has entered into an agreement with K-Opticom, to offer their DoMobile remote access service to K-Opticom’s customers using high-speed Internet service. K-Opticom, an Internet connectivity company headquartered in Osaka, Japan is a subsidiary of Kansai Electric Power Co. Inc.
Information summarized from Canada NewsWire. From the Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada News Service.
Plaintree Systems Inc. Signs Contract with Japan’s Phi Co. Ltd. for Product Distribution
Plaintree Systems Inc. has signed a contract with Tokyo-based Phi Co. Ltd., a company specializing in marketing technology from North America to the Pacific Basin. Under the contract, Phi Co. Ltd. will be the exclusive distributor of Plaintree’s products in Japan. Plaintree develops and manufactures network switches as well as the WAVEBRIDGE series of optical wireless links. Plaintree is headquartered in Ontario.
Information summarized from Canada NewsWire. From the Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada News Service.
ONGOING to Feb. 7, 2004
The Graphic Appetite: Shin Matsunaga Poster Exhibition
Presented by The Japan Foundation Toronto
The themes of his posters are universal; the issues are global; and his style is international. The diversity of Matsunaga's creative pursuits forms a continuum between two opposites: raw personal hand-drawn images and cool, universal, geometric computer-generated forms. In spite of the diversity of style, form and content that one experiences in the show, the viewer is paradoxically left with an impression of wholeness.
Location: The Japan Foundation Toronto, 131 Bloor Street West
Admission is Free.
December 25 & 26
Christmas Day & Boxing Day
The Japan Society is Closed
On Behalf of the Japan Society, we will you all a happy and safe holiday
January 15 (Thursday) from 8:30am to 9:30am
Japan Adjusts - Breakfast Meeting
Recent strong real growth figures have put Japan at the top of the G7 Growth tables, while the Nikkei has recovered from 25 year lows, and 10 year bond yields have risen above 1.5%. Is this the beginning of the long awaited recovery of the Japanese economy? Thirteen years of modern day depression have force an adjustment but to what end?
The Japan Society will host a Breakfast Meeting with Guest Speaker, Paul Summerville, Managing Director, Regional Head Asia Pacific for TD Securities, Branch Manager of TD Securities (Japan) Inc. Tokyo Branch.
Location: Gowling Lafleur Henderson LLP (Commerce Court West Offices), 199 Bay Street (On Bay, South of King Street), Boardroom 49A & B.
Complimentary Admission.
To RSVP, please contact Marianne Kamiyama at 416-366-4168 or email at admin@japansocietycanada.com
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