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This one-dayintensive program teaches participants the key legal and corporate governance knowledge they need to responsibly serve on, report to, or analyze boards of Japanese companies, both public and private. The course consists of short lectures interspersed with ample time for interactive discussion and questions-and-answers about real-life situations that occur on boards, and how to handle them. The course is usually good fun for everybody, since we all learn from each others' experiences, as well as from BDTI. The program will cover topics such as:

The Japan HR Society (JHRS)'s magazine, The HR Agenda Magazine, published an interview with our Representative Director, Nicholas Benes about BDTI and why globalization means that Japanese companieswill have to increase (and standardize) training ofdirectors, and training for managers aboutgovernance and compliance matters.

You cannot achieve the strategic benefits of being a true global company unless you provide regular off-site learning opportunities for your Japanese staff and your foreign staff to mix.

We have uploadeda video of the main portion of theBDTI Symposium: “Practical Methods for Effective Board Management, As Used by Successful Companies” which weheld on February 12, 2013. This event featured lead speaker Professor Martin Hilb of the University of St. Gallen in Switzerland, and (as panelists) Professor and BDTI Representative Director Kenichi Osugi, Professor Bruce Aronson of the Creighton University School of Law, and Nobuyuki Hiraizumi (a director at Kajima Corporation.)

A Summary –

BDTI has moved its office to the following location in Setagaya-ku. Please feel free to contact us here at any time.

Address:
1-30-20 Kaminoge, Setagaya-ku, Tokyo

Telephone:
81-3-6432-2337

Fax:

81-3-6432-2338

Here in the UK, NGO's (Non Government Organisations) are definitely proving to be an effective way for the Government to lend cost-effective support to worthy Programmes that are just getting started, such as BDTI. In the form of Charitable Trusts, Community Interest Companies and the like, they actively fulfill roles that in the past have been expensive or impossible for government departments to fulfill. They attract private-sector operators and creative individuals who get the job done at a small fraction of the cost of a government department, – and with the right skills.

Thank you very much for your interest in symposium, Practical Methods for Effective Board Management, As Used by Successful Companies, with lead speaker Professor Martin Hilb.

Season's greetings!　 This is both an update, and an appeal for your support.

We are pleased to report that in 2012, The Board Director Training Institute of Japan (BDTI) made substantial progress:

[from the GPW Newsletter, which contains much more usefulinfo] – Each December GPW names 10 people around the world who had the most impact on corporate governance in the previous year. Here is the 2012‘GPW 10’:

Jamie Allen expanded the Asian Corporate Governance Association and built its influence with insightful reports and engagement.

Nick Benes advanced the notion of professional training for Japanese directors through the Board Director Training Institute of Japan.

Corporate Governance Models and Practices in Japan and East Asia

January 12, 2013, Waseda University, Global COE Program – This symposium will examine Japanese corporate governance, both theory and practice, in relation to corporate governance systems in other East Asian countries.