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“The 156^th International issues Meeting” was held on the theme of “Current Status and future prospects of Canada-Japan relations”.

Canada is already engaged in TPP (Trans-Pacific Economic Partnership Agreement) negotiations. Both Canada and Japan seem to have the politically sensitive domestic agricultural sector in the TPP negotiations.

H. E. Mr. Jonathan T. Fried, Ambassador of Canada made a keynote speech on the common values ​​and interests of Japan and Canada, the economic relations, the EPA （economic partnership agreement）and so on.

After the lecture, we made a lively exchange of ideas and questions about shale gas development, the TPP participation, the U.S. economy, the population problem, and so on.