Working Group
Objective
The ASBJ has set up the Working Group: Endorsement of IFRS to carry out the endorsement process of accounting standards and interpretations (“Standards”) issued by the IASB and to determine whether Standards could be accepted in Japan, so as to develop the Japan’s Modified International Standards (JMIS): Accounting Standards Comprising IFRSs and the ASBJ Modifications.
Members
Chair
| Atsushi Itabashi | Director, ASBJ |
Members
| Kenichi Akiba | Professor of Commerce, Waseda University |
| Shinya Arakawa | Deputy General Manager, Corporate Accounting Department, Global Controller Division, Mitsui & Co., Ltd. |
| Shinichi Imakiire | Deputy General Manager, Finance Group, Hitachi, Ltd. |
| Makoto Kaimasu | Executive Vice President, The Securities Analysts Association of Japan |
| Masahiro Kawanishi | Partner, PricewaterhouseCoopers Aarata LLC |
| Goro Kumagai | Senior Fellow, Markets Strategic Intelligence Dept., Mizuho Securities Co., Ltd.* |
| Shuichi Takahata | Manager, Financial Planning Group, Managerial & Financial Planning Department, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. |
| Yoshiaki Hasegawa | Partner, KPMG AZSA LLC |
| Yuki Higashikawa | Partner, Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu LLC |
| Katsunobu Mandai | Professor, Faculty of Commerce and Management, Hitotsubashi University |
| Tomoo Morimoto | Group Manager, Global Accounting Management Department, Accounting Division, Toshiba Corporation |
| Rieko Yanou | Partner, PricewaterhouseCoopers Aarata LLC* |
| Shinichi Yamatoko | Senior Manager (Assistant General Manager), Financial Accounting & Tax Dept. Accounting & Finance Div., Nippon Steel Corporation |
| Yasunobu Kawanishi | Vice Chair, ASBJ |
| Hideaki Hirose | Board Member, ASBJ |
*Board Member of the ASBJ (part-time)
Secretariat
| Masayoshi Ogiwara | Translation Project Manager, ASBJ |
| Masao Nakane | Project Manager, ASBJ |
| Akira Mashimo | Project Manager, ASBJ |
