CKC Japan at the Japan-Brazil Economic Forum – Tokyo, Japan
On March 26, Director Oji represented CKC Japan at the Japan-Brazil
Economic Forum, hosted by JERTO (Japan External Trade Organization).
The forum was co-hosted by the Brazilian Ministry of Foreign Affairs
and the Brazilian National Confederation of Industry (CNI), and the Japan
Business Federation and the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry from Japan.
Guests included President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva from Brazil and Prime
Minister Ishiba Shigeru from Japan, making it a national event involving both
countries.
At the meeting, CKC Japan presented one of 84 memorandums of understanding (MOUs) signed with Brazil: the “Memorandum of Understanding on a Demonstration Project for Slope Disaster Prevention Monitoring Using IoT Tilt Sensors.”
Our company’s Global Center (former International
Project Department) has been actively working to build a bridge between
the two countries for over 10 years, including through the Project of
Interchange, Cooperation and Business Creation for Nikkei Farmers of Latin
America.
CKC Japan will continue to work as a company that contributes to
society with its technology.
2025-01-31
Farmers from Latin America Meet to Exchange Experiences and Strengthen Cooperation – São Paulo, Brazil
On January 31, 2025 the second Meeting for Strengthening the Cooperation Amongst Nikkei Farmers of Latin America was held – in hybrid format – in São Paulo, Brazil. It aimed at ensuring the smooth and effective implementation our Project of Interchange, Cooperation and Business Creation for Nikkei Farmers in Latin America, and to promote the interaction between Japan and nikkei farmers, and also amongst nikkei farmers. This year, 134 people from eight Latin American countries joined the event, having the first participant from Urugay. In addition to presentations by participants of the training programs in Japan, there was a general exchange of opinions on the future perspectives of the program and a discussion on the various challenges faced by nikkei farmers from Latin America.
On the next day, a site visit was conducted to Pindorama (Mogi das Cruzes city) near the state of São Paulo, where the group visited a Japanese-Brazilian farmer engaged in open-field and hydroponic vegetable cultivation, the Pindorama Japan-Brazil Association, a Japanese-Brazilian farmer engaged in rural tourism, and a fruit tourism farm. In total, 75 people, including members of related organizations, participated in the site visit.
2024-11-16
Industry-Academia-Government Exchange Program 2024-2025 held at Tokyo
From November 16 to December 1, 2024, through the Industry-Academia-Government Exchange Program, Japanese food buyers from Latin America conducted business negotiations and market research in Japan, interacting and expanding their connections with Japanese agriculture and food industry-related companies and public institutions. This time, five Japanese food buyers (four from Brazil and one from Peru) visited Japan. In addition to individual market research and business negotiations, a corporate business meeting (Latin America Business Industry-Academia-Government Exchange Meeting) was held on November 26 where a business matching session was conducted with a total of 26 Japanese companies. The participants also visited “Japan’s Food” Export Fair as a place to research new Japanese foods.
Agricultural Technology Training Program 2024-2025
From September 28 to November 9, 2024, 12 nikkei farmers from Latin American countries were invited to Japan for the Agricultural Technology Training Program to expand their knowledge on the latest agricultural techniques, methods for improving agricultural productivity, soil improvement techniques, and sustainable agricultural production. The courses were set up on two themes, “improving productivity” and “circular agriculture” (with six people participating in each course), focusing on the use of microorganisms and biostimulants in agriculture. The visits included the Tokyo University of Agriculture’s Subtropical Farm, EM Research Institute, Kanagawa Prefecture Agricultural Technology Center, Kinchan Farm, Fukuoka Bioindustry Development Institute (microbial materials), Japan Food Ecology Center (food waste recycling), and J-AGRI – Japan’s largest agricultural exhibition.
Japan-Brazil Agriculture and Food Dialogue held in São Paulo, Brazil
The 5th Japan-Brazil Agriculture and Food Dialogue was held in São Paulo, Brazil. During the Public-Private Joint Business Seminar, topics such as stable grain supply, sustainable agricultural technologies, and strengthening of export ties between the two countries where discussed, followed by a PR reception and business matching session for Japanese agricultural, forestry, and fishery products where a new menu developed with scallops, oysters, and yellowtail were presented. Shochu, a traditional Japanese distilled spirit made from grains and vegetables, was also introduced.
The next day, the delegation visited the SFDS Port in Santa Catarina, a major Japanese retail chain, and the Brazilian Agricultural Research Corporation (EMBRAPA) in São Paulo.
2024-06-19
Global Center staff gave a presentation at a conference of Instituto de Engenharia in Brazil
On June 11th local time, Global Center staff of our company gave a presentation at a conference in Brazil hosted by Instituto de Engenharia(*) with theme “Prevenção de desastres naturais: soluções geotécnicas e hidrológicas no Japão”
A scene from the conference (from the official website)
At the conference of “Prevention of natural disasters: Solutions in Geotechnical and Hydrology in Japan”, Mr. Oji and Mr. Sekita of Global Center, Chuo Kaihatsu Corporation, gave the presentation on geological digital transformation and prevention of river disaster.
Mr. Oji, the Director of Global Center, introduced our geological digital transformation projects, and Mr. Sekita also explained the monitoring method for river environments using the example of Shakujii River.
The entire conference video is available on the Instituto de Engenharia YouTube channel.
Japan-Brazil Agriculture and Food Dialogue Senior Officials Meeting held at Tokyo
As part of the Interchange, Cooperation and Business Creation Project for Nikkei Farmers of Latin America, a senior official meeting was held in Tokyo between Japan’s Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries and Brazil’s Ministry of Agriculture. The two sides exchanged views on topics such as stable grain supplies, strengthening trade relations, and sustainable production, discussing ways to strengthen the cooperation between Japan and Brazil.
In addition to that, a Joint Public-Private Business Mission was held at the Brazilian Embassy, where Japanese and Brazilian companies interacted with each other. On the following day the group visited a rice farm and the National Agriculture and Food Research Organization(NARO Genebank).
For more details, please access: https://nikkeiagri.jp/R6/business.html#04
2024-04-03
The project for Nikkei Farmers of Latin America 2024-25 started
We have commissioned the cooperation project with Nikkei farmers in Latin America which is led by the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (MAFF), for 13 years including the predecessor projects. In this year, for the first time since the pandemic, we invite 17 Nikkei farmers to Japan, and deliver 2 training programs and 1 interchange program of the Latin American agribusiness negotiation meeting with Japanese companies. We also plan to organize a business mission program which Japanese companies visit Latin America for the further business creation between Japan and Latin American countries. In this project, Nikkei farmers from Brazil, Argentina, Paraguay, Bolivia, Peru, and also Colombia and Mexico participate in.
These projects realized so far
– Delivered training programs in Japan for Nikkei farmers with the theme of agricultural production, processing and sales
– Held various conferences and webinars to strengthen the business cooperation between Japan and Latin America, and also among Latin American countries.
– Organized business matching meetings (Online and Site-visit) for Japanese companies and Nikkei farmers, and launched a trading platform “Latin America Trading Platform”.
We will continue to make a strong contribution with the business cooperation between Japan and Nikkei farmers in Latin America.
The interview of our president, Makoto Tanaka, was published in the international English news magazine TIME (Asia edition)
TIME is an American news magazine founded in 1923.
Asia edition is
subscribed in 25 Asian countries, including Japan.
For more
information, please refer to the chapter “Japan’s International
Impact” in the feature article “Japan’s Innovation Kings” in the
relevant issue.
President: Makoto Tanaka’s interview article was published in Newsweek magazine
Newsweek (international edition) 17th Jun, 2022 issue. Click to view article PDF
Our President Mr. Makoto Tanaka was interviewed by Newsweek magazine (international edition) and the article was published in the issue of 17th Jun, 2022. Newsweek magazine has a circulation of 4 million worldwide.
In the article, the president emphasized “As a leader of the slope disaster prevention technology, Chuo Kaihatsu would like to contribute to slope disaster prevention around the world using “Kantaro”, the early warning system (EWS).”
The Chinese and Portuguese translations are as follows.
[Português] Líder em tecnologia de prevenção de desastres naturais nas encostas
Líder em tecnologia de prevenção de desastres naturais nas encostas
Devido à mudança climática se observa cada vez mais o aumento dos deslizamentos de terra e dos desastres nas encostas, Chuo Kaihatsu tem como objetivo trazer a tecnologia de última geração para o Sudeste Asiático, América do Sul e para o mundo.
Fundado em 1946, Chuo Kaihatsu tem realizado levantamentos geotécnicos, medições e análises de projetos estruturais como estradas, pontes, barragens, portos e edifícios em todo o Japão. Ao logo de 75 anos tem se dedicado em realizar estudos da topografia e geologia do Japão, onde tem uma grande incidência de desastres, e agora quer levar ao mundo a tecnologia de prevenção de desastres que acumulou ao longo dos anos.
“Queremos contribuir para a prevenção e mitigação de desastres nas encostas da América do Sul e na China, onde temos a nossa base instaurada, com a nossa tecnologia monitoramento das encostas reconhecida por sociedades acadêmicas internacionais”, Makoto Tanakao presidente da empresa.
Pode se dizer que o Sistema de Alerta Prévio (EWS) é a base da prevenção de desastres. Dentre as principais tecnologias EWS de Chuo Kaihatsu o Kantaro é o que tem a maior performance em se tratando em monitorar o comportamento do solo e emitir a alerta previa mente, possibilitando o espaço de tempo para tomar as decisões e ação para a evacuação antes dos desastres. “Somos a única empresa no mundo que tem o índice de controle para prever falhas nas encostas. O Kantaro, nosso EWS tem uma atuação ampla para a prevenção de desastres nas encostas e está sendo introduzidos nos países como a China, Austrália, Butão, Sri Lanka e Brasil”, acrescenta o Sr. Tanaka.
Atualmente a Chuo Kaihatsu oferece serviços de ponta em análise geotécnica e mitigação de desastres, fornecendo informações geológicas através da Internet, simulação de solo e estrutura usando Grandes Dados e IA, avaliação de risco de solo com os dados pontuais coletados pelos drones, e manutenção de solo e estrutura usando tecnologia de sensores. “Queremos instalar nossos sensores de inclinação Kantaro em diversas condições ao redor do mundo. Com isso, podemos evitar o maior número possível de desastres nas encostas”, acrescenta o Sr. Tanaka.
Devido às mudanças climáticas, os desastres naturais estão se tornando cada vez mais freqüentes. Usufruindo todo o conhecimento e as técnicas, adquiridas no Japão, a Chuo Kaihatsu tem o papel fundamental para contribuir para a prevenção dos desastres nas encostas não só no Japão, mas para o mundo.
Makoto Tanaka, Presidente da empresa Chuo Kaihatsu Corporation
