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
Hiroki Ishibashi	Expert, Global Accounting Management Department, Accounting Division, TOSHIBA Corporation
Goro Kumagai	Senior Fellow, Industry-Government-Academia Collaboration Office, Global Strategy Department, Mizuho Securities Co., Ltd.*
Shuichi Takahata	Manager, Financial Planning Group, Financial Planning Division, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.
Michiaki Matsumoto	Chief Manager, Head of Dept., Financial Accounting & Tax Dept., Accounting & Finance Div., Nippon Steel Corporation
Takao Kamiya	Vice Chair, ASBJ
Nami Yamaguchi	Board Member, ASBJ

*Board Member of the ASBJ (part-time)

Secretariat

Masayoshi Ogiwara	Translation Project Manager, ASBJ
Shuji Ito	Project Manager, ASBJ