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Shigeki Maeda, Executive Vice President, Japan External Trade Organization

Collaboration between Canada and Japan-Innovation that changes the world-


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Major trade partners for Canada in 2016

Source: Data from Statistics Canada,Merchandise imports and exports between "Canada" and "World",by Harmonized System section, customs basis, year-to-date 2016

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(Photo: Cabinet Public Relations Office)


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Source: Ipolitikhttps://ipolitics.ca/2018/03/08/canada-signs-cptpp-trade-deal-trade-war-looms/Photo：AP

Source:The Nikkei. https://www.nikkei.com/article/DGXMZO27899360Z00C18A3000000/Photo:Reuters

https://ipolitics.ca/2018/03/08/canada-signs-cptpp-trade-deal-trade-war-looms/

https://www.nikkei.com/article/DGXMZO27899360Z00C18A3000000/


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Japan-Canada FDI


15.6 billion

USD

1.6 billion

USD

Japan- Canada Foreign Direct Investment (stocks, end of 2016)

Source: Ministry of Finance of Japan“Japan’s Balance of Payments (Direct Investment Assets/Liabilities)”

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Increase for seven

consecutive years

Canada

Japana


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Japanese companies’ high hopes for Canada


Innovation

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Deep learningAI

Deep learningQuantum

computing

autonomous vehicles


Investigation of practical applications of AI in cancer treatment, etc.

Joint development of technology for autonomous vehicles

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Successful cases of Japan-Canada collaboration

Development of high-speed data optimization


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Collaboration with innovative Japanese companies

Japan: The most innovative country in the world


Source: “Top 100 Global Innovators 2017”, Thomson Reuters

Top 100 Global Innovators 2017,Thomson Reuters

Automotive Sector

Manufacturing and Medical sector

Chemical and Cosmetics sector

1st in the world

1st(6 companies out of the top 7) (7 companies out of the top 12)

Number of Japanesecompanies: 39

RANK

(8 companies out of the top 14)

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Medicine

Finance

Agriculture

CanadianIT

Companies

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Canadian IT companies × Japanese industries


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Towards Asia through Japan

ASEAN 10 countries

ASEAN 10 countries, China, Korea, India, Australia, New Zealand, Japan

RCEPREGIONALCOMPREHENSIVEECONOMICPARTNERSHIP

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Canadian companies in Japan


Joint development of in-vehicle navigation systems

Converting user information and travel data into big data through an electric scooter sharing service

System development company in Kyoto

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Canadian companies in Japan

Photo from blackberry website“DENSO and BlackBerry Driving the Future of Digital cockpits”

Photo from JETRO’s success story


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Support by Japanese government

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Regulatory sandbox system


Regulatory authorityCompany

Experimental studies for new

business

Let’s be the first to try it!

We’ve developed a new technology.

Experiments in the sandbox of regulation

Deregulation

AIFinTech

IoT

Big data

Auto-flying

Auto-driving

Rule making

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IoT Acceleration Lab


Financial support

Regulatory support

Business-matching support

ScopeManufacturing Mobility

Medicalhealth

Public infra. construction

Energy Finance

Smart houses

Agriculture

Logistics

Administration

Industrial safety

Educational services

Tourism

Innovation

Facilitation

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“Japanese Green Card for Highly Skilled Foreign Professionals”

Permanent resident status can be acquired in as short as a year.

Now

Required points

70 or more 5years

3years

Shorten

1years

Shorten

Before

Required points

70 or more

Required points

80 or more

Required period of residence to apply for permanent residence

34 years old or younger 10

Annual salary 6 million yen

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Master's degree 20

Job experience of 3 years

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Patented invention 15

Graduated from a top-tier university

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Total 80

▶ Example of pointcalculation

In case of Engineer(33-years old)


Talent

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JETRO’s services

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JETRO’s activities and services

17,000Projects supported

(FY2003-2017)

1,700Cases of successful

investment by foreign companies with our

support

70+JETRO overseas offices

200+JETRO staff members

supporting your business in Japan

33%Projects from

North America

15 yrs.History of supporting foreign

companies’ investment in Japan


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Invest Japan Business Support Center (IBSC)

Free temporary office space

Free consultation services

IBSC in 6 cities


Facilitation

Consultation

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