Kojiro Ichikawa

Trade commissioner at the Embassy of Canada in Tokyo to assist Canadian ICT companies to develop business in Japan. Views expressed are mine.

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There is a lot of Canadian talent for Japan's Finance Services in #TFI 's mission to Tokyo Feb. 17 to 20, so, stay tuned!

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C-COM reports successful test results using patent pending Ka-Band phased array #antenna technology. To be watched. https://t.co/dgMTzSpm6Y

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New show for Canadian IT security companies to come to Japan - Cyber Security World 2016 https://t.co/gN9OivBUZv

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nanoPAY , a rising new FinTech star in Toronto? It has bought MINT's digital cash platform https://t.co/2HeOMUjcW8

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Fintech Venture investment is ramping up in Canada too with a new fund https://t.co/wOoqsMs6MA

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I’m going to #RSAC 2016 in San Fran! Who wants to come with me? https://t.co/RhhbHQj2eJ

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This year, World Economic Forum's cybersecurity conference will be fully supproted by Japanese government/ http://t.co/B70IDMi4B5

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Would US and Canadian ICT experts believe that Japan could be a leader in Cybersecurity by 2020? /http://t.co/78cUnOkbBq

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I've just updated my professional profile on LinkedIn. Connect with me and view my profile. http://t.co/HDpDjBIiZS #in

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Canon Canada decided to become one of the sponsors for the WCIT Montreal 2012 along with Intel, MS, Xerox, Open Text http://t.co/K69ofZ94

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Rakuten goes upbeat: its general shareholders meeting on March 29 was successful & 310 new staff joined the company http://t.co/543B6qJ1

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Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications is now officially encouraging local governments to use cloud services http://t.co/KEgmigGY

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Fujitsu, world’s 3rd largest ICT provider, opens a new Innovation Center in Quebec City. $20 Million Investment. http://t.co/WfDdeH7m

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Toshiba's latest move to boost competiveness in the world; Toshiba will shut 3 semiconductor factories in Japan. http://t.co/qXOCKD1x

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Japan IT market is bottoming out! IDC Japan now predicts -1.6 % instead of - 2.4 % for 2011 and + 2.8 % in 2012 (http://t.co/7ZHgSj2M)

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All of LIXIL (number 1 home equipment vendor in Japan; http://t.co/wm9G5XUo)'s 5,000 salesmen will use iPADs with Oracle middleware inside.

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Digital Signage market in Japan already exceeded10 billion US $ in 2009; by 2015, it will be around 20 billion $ http://t.co/gUa40WMl

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Japan as the number one: RIKEN and Fujitsu' K supercomputer is the fastest in the world. 10.51 petaflops. http://t.co/MvZYSabt

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Future of Japan will depend on its capacity to innovate social structure and business. The fusion of ICT and Japanese strength is the key.