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, Industry-Government-Academia Collaboration Office, Global Strategy Department, Mizuho Securities Co., Ltd.* |
| Nobuyuki Sato | Expert, Global Accounting Management Department, Accounting Division, TOSHIBA Corporation |
| Yuta Shimomura | CPA, Ernst & Young ShinNihon LLC |
| Shuichi Takahata | Manager, Financial Planning Group, Financial Planning Division, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. |
| Michiaki Matsumoto | Senior Manager, Head of Department, Financial Accounting & Tax Dept., Accounting & Finance Div., Nippon Steel Corporation |
| Katsunobu Mandai | Professor, Faculty of Commerce and Management, Hitotsubashi University |
| Kenichi Yoshimura | Partner, Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu LLC |
| Yasunobu Kawanishi | Vice Chair, ASBJ |
| Hideaki Hirose | Board Member, ASBJ |
| Rieko Yanou | Board Member, ASBJ |
*Board Member of the ASBJ (part-time)
Secretariat
| Masayoshi Ogiwara | Translation Project Manager, ASBJ |
| Shingo Yamazawa | Project Manager, ASBJ |
