About Us

CJC Advisory Network is a one-stop consulting firm specializing in the cannabis space. We work closely with accounting, tax, legal, and other professionals to provide a variety of solutions that meet the challenges of an ever-diversifying cannabis industry.

We are your cannabis business solutions partner in Japan and Canada. CJC Advisory Network is a one-stop consulting firm specializing in the cannabis space. We work closely with accounting, tax, legal, and other professionals to provide a variety of solutions that meet the challenges of an ever-diversifying cannabis industry. To succeed in this industry, businesses must stay up to date with the latest industry information, regulations, and technologies and adapt to continuous change. We are committed to working closely with each of our clients to help them achieve their goals.

Vision

To create a vibrant cannabis industry that serves as a positive economic engine that acts responsibly towards all industry stakeholders, including partners, neighbours, customers, and government.

Mission

To guide our clients compliantly and assuredly into cannabis industry in Canada and Japan

We offer expertise building and implementing outstanding business strategies for companies entering new markets.

To build strong connections between clients and potential partners

CJC Advisory Network forge joint ventures with teams who are in search of knowledgeable operations and business partners.

To provide innovative and effective integrated marketing solutions

To provide innovative and effective integrated marketing solutions which help our clients grow their businesses and realize their marketing and sales goals.

Our Members

Shinji Ukita
Chief Executive Officer

Ryoma Ishii
President

Laura M. Johnston
Business Analyst/Office Administrator

Rohit Attri
Senior Consultant/Quality Assurance Person

Advisory Board

Yojiro Ukita
Lawyer(Tokyo Bar Association)

David Harris
Master Grower

Shinji founded Saskatchewan-based Cannabis Japan Central in 2017, a non-profit organization committed to cannabis education and the promotion of a legal medical cannabis industry in his home country. The organization acts as a network for Japan-based CBD businesses and international partners and investors. Shinji began exporting CBD products from the US to Japan when his father became ill with cancer. The experience motivated him to improve the quality of CBD products made available to the Japanese people. Through a joint venture with Tokyo-based Marijuana JP, Cannabis Japan Central currently exports via the US hemp-derived CBD isolates for the manufacture of a wide variety of products in Japan.

Prior to his arrival in Saskatchewan, Shinji managed a non-profit organization in Bali, Indonesia, established to eradicate poverty in that country. He later founded Koryo, an employment agency based in Nishio, Japan, to aid survivors of what is now called Great East Japan Earthquake. Since his arrival in Canada, Shinji has worked on many cannabis projects in various capacities. He has collaborated with Japanese CBD companies, consulted and developed their business plans, supported angel investment, and established cultivation sites in Canada. Motivated to help people, Shinji is evangelistic about cannabis medicines and the health and well being that cannabis can contribute to creating balanced lifestyles.

Ryoma is a founder of ASA Magazine, the most trusted news resource for cannabis industry located in Yamanashi, Japan in 2021. Ryoma is a yogi, a coffee bean researcher and also a serous business man. When he practiced yoga in India and Sri Lanka, he also learned benefits of using cannabis.

Ryoma started the media to advocate for legalization of cannabis in Japan, promoting education on the medical benefits of cannabis and hemp and seeks to counter misunderstanding and misinformation on the subject.

Laura is an innovative business strategist who excels at enabling others achieve their goals and deliver positive results. She brings creative solutions to small and large companies, thrives in a fast- paced environment, and is entrepreneurial in spirit.

Laura started her practice when her friend asked her to help him start his business. It was then she found her true passion. She works with startups and existing businesses that endeavors to innovate, transition, and thrive. She has since worked independently and with professional teams, implementing initiatives in a wide variety of projects.

Rohit holds a Bachelor of Science in Agriculture degree from the University of Saskatchewan. He has extensive experience in multiple fields including cannabis industry, biotechnology, agriculture, sales, microbiology, and food industry.

He is a QAP and previously he has worked in many Health Canada`s licensed cannabis companies, agriculture and food industry and earned vast experience in quality assurance (QA), compliance, Health Canada regulations, various types of audits, cannabis propagation, production, processing, extraction, packaging, and distribution.

He has extensive knowledge of the Cannabis Regulations, Controlled Drugs and Substances Regulations, HACCP and the Food and Drugs Act, as well as many others. He also has experience working with and implementing systems for GMP, SQF, GAP, GLP and GPP, among others.