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, Faculty of Commerce, Waseda University
Kenji Arai	Technical Director, KPMG AZSA LLC
Hiroki Ishibashi	Expert, Global Accounting Management Department, Accounting Division, TOSHIBA Corporation
Shinichi Imakiire	Deputy General Manager, Finance Division, Finance Group, Hitachi, Ltd.
Hiroshi Kato	Assistant Head of Accounting Controlling Dept., Manager, Accounting Research Team, Accounting Controlling Dept., Sumitomo Corporation
Goro Kumagai	Senior Vice President, The Securities Analysts Association of Japan*
Yuta Shimomura	CPA, Ernst & Young ShinNihon LLC
Kei Tsuchiya	Senior Vice President, The Securities Analysts Association of Japan
Michiaki Matsumoto	Chief Manager, Head of Dept., Financial Accounting & Tax Dept., Accounting & Finance Div., Nippon Steel Corporation
Kenichi Yoshimura	Partner, Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu LLC
Takao Kamiya	Vice Chair, ASBJ
Emi Chujo	Board Member, ASBJ
Nami Yamaguchi	Board Member, ASBJ

*Board Member of the ASBJ (part-time)

Secretariat

Masayoshi Ogiwara	Translation Project Manager, ASBJ
Motoaki Fukue	Project Manager, ASBJ