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  • Nicholas E. Benes
  • Kenichi Osugi
  • Ken Hokugo
  • Masataka Ueda
  • Motoyoshi Daizo
  • Sachiko Ichikawa
  • Yasuhiko Tanabe
  • Yukiko Nakagawa
  • Mu Congrong

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  • Allen T. Atchley
  • Daniel Bernstein
  • Vicki L. Beyer
  • Royanne Doi
  • Helen Dulik
  • Takaaki Eguchi
  • Takayuki Fujii
  • Kyoji Fukao
  • Makito Hamada
  • Koichiro Hayashi
  • Dai Kimura
  • David A. Makman
  • Hajime Matsuura
  • Koichiro Naganuma
  • Yuuichiro Nakajima
  • Kazuo Noda
  • Barrett O’Neill
  • Thierry Porte
  • Akio Sashida
  • Takaya Seki
  • Akihisa Shiozaki (Attorney)
  • Tadao Suzuki
  • Shinya Tsujimoto
  • Masataka Ueda
  • Bradford Walters
  • K.K. Curtis Herron
  • Glen S. Wood

Sustaining Donors

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  • Aflac Life Insurance Japan Ltd.
  • Baillie Gifford & Co
  • Dai-ichi Life Holdings, Inc.
  • DUAL Japan Ltd.
  • FEL
  • Fidelity Management & Research (Japan) Limited
  • Give2Asia
  • GMO
  • Independent Franchise Partners, LLP
  • Misaki Capital Inc.
  • Oasis
  • Prudential Holdings of Japan, Inc.
  • Swiss Institute of Directors
  • Strategic Capital, Inc.
  • TANABE & PARTNERS
  • The James Irvine Foundation
  • Daizo Motoyoshi
  • Hup Jin Goh
  • Kathy Matsui
  • Nicholas E. Benes
  • Tsuyoshi Maruki

Special Sponsors

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  • abrdn
  • Advisory Research, Inc.
  • Asset Value Investors Ltd.
  • Cosmo Public Relations
  • Cornwall Capital
  • La Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec (CDPQ)
  • ERS of Texas
  • Fidelity International
  • Franklin Templeton
  • Hibiki Path Advisors Pte. Ltd.
  • Ichigo Asset Management, Ltd.
  • Indus Capital Partners, LLC
  • Macquarie Capital Securities (Japan) Limited
  • Matthews International Capital Management, LLC
  • Morant Wright Management
  • Morrow Sodali
  • New Horizon Capital Co., Ltd.
  • Russell Investments
  • QuestHub
  • Shearman & Sterling LLP
  • State Street Trust and Banking Co., Ltd.
  • Symphony Financial Partners
  • Third Point LLC
  • Donald Kanak
  • James R. Weisser
  • Julian Bashore
  • Masaki Gotoh
  • Robert F. Grondine
  • Sayoko Matsumoto
  • Seishi Ikeda (Attorney-at-Law)
  • Katsuya Debari

Supporters

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  • The American Chamber of Commerce in Japan (ACCJ)
  • Asian Corporate Governance Association(ACGA)
  • CFA Society Japan
  • Codrington Corporate Governance Japan
  • Harmony Jinzai, Inc.
  • METRICAL INC,
  • Rikkyo Institute for Business Law Studies
  • Stanford Project on Japanese Entrepreneurship
  • Sunrise Advisors Co., Ltd.
  • Kenta Kumagai (Attorney)
  • Kazutaka Kuroda
  • Takehiro Nakagawa
  • The Canadian Chamber of Commerce in Japan (CCCJ)

Corporate Participating Members

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  • Acropolis Advisors
  • Advantest Corporation
  • Anritsu Corporation
  • Azbil Corporation
  • CLSA Securities Japan Co., Ltd.
  • Dalton Advisory KK
  • Farallon Capital Japan LLC
  • IMAGICA GROUP Inc.
  • Kyowa Kirin Co., Ltd.
  • Lazard Asset Management
  • Marathon London Tokyo Office
  • Misaki Capital Inc.
  • Panasonic Corporation
  • Pension Fund Association
  • Ricoh Japan
  • Sompo Asset Management Co., Ltd.

Glen S. Wood

Global Financial Analyst, Author, Media Contributor

The Board Director Training Institute (BDTI) is a "public interest" nonprofit in Japan dedicated to training about directorship, corporate governance, and related management techniques. It is certified by the Japanese government to conduct these activities as a regulated nonprofit. Read a summary about BDTI here, and see a menu of its services for both corporations and investors here.

Board of Directors

Open
  • Nicholas E. Benes
  • Kenichi Osugi
  • Ken Hokugo
  • Masataka Ueda
  • Motoyoshi Daizo
  • Sachiko Ichikawa
  • Yasuhiko Tanabe
  • Yukiko Nakagawa
  • Mu Congrong

Founding Sponsors

Open
  • Allen T. Atchley
  • Daniel Bernstein
  • Vicki L. Beyer
  • Royanne Doi
  • Helen Dulik
  • Takaaki Eguchi
  • Takayuki Fujii
  • Kyoji Fukao
  • Makito Hamada
  • Koichiro Hayashi
  • Dai Kimura
  • David A. Makman
  • Hajime Matsuura
  • Koichiro Naganuma
  • Yuuichiro Nakajima
  • Kazuo Noda
  • Barrett O’Neill
  • Thierry Porte
  • Akio Sashida
  • Takaya Seki
  • Akihisa Shiozaki (Attorney)
  • Tadao Suzuki
  • Shinya Tsujimoto
  • Masataka Ueda
  • Bradford Walters
  • K.K. Curtis Herron
  • Glen S. Wood

Sustaining Donors

Open
  • Aflac Life Insurance Japan Ltd.
  • Baillie Gifford & Co
  • Dai-ichi Life Holdings, Inc.
  • DUAL Japan Ltd.
  • FEL
  • Fidelity Management & Research (Japan) Limited
  • Give2Asia
  • GMO
  • Independent Franchise Partners, LLP
  • Misaki Capital Inc.
  • Oasis
  • Prudential Holdings of Japan, Inc.
  • Swiss Institute of Directors
  • Strategic Capital, Inc.
  • TANABE & PARTNERS
  • The James Irvine Foundation
  • Daizo Motoyoshi
  • Hup Jin Goh
  • Kathy Matsui
  • Nicholas E. Benes
  • Tsuyoshi Maruki

Special Sponsors

Open
  • abrdn
  • Advisory Research, Inc.
  • Asset Value Investors Ltd.
  • Cosmo Public Relations
  • Cornwall Capital
  • La Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec (CDPQ)
  • ERS of Texas
  • Fidelity International
  • Franklin Templeton
  • Hibiki Path Advisors Pte. Ltd.
  • Ichigo Asset Management, Ltd.
  • Indus Capital Partners, LLC
  • Macquarie Capital Securities (Japan) Limited
  • Matthews International Capital Management, LLC
  • Morant Wright Management
  • Morrow Sodali
  • New Horizon Capital Co., Ltd.
  • Russell Investments
  • QuestHub
  • Shearman & Sterling LLP
  • State Street Trust and Banking Co., Ltd.
  • Symphony Financial Partners
  • Third Point LLC
  • Donald Kanak
  • James R. Weisser
  • Julian Bashore
  • Masaki Gotoh
  • Robert F. Grondine
  • Sayoko Matsumoto
  • Seishi Ikeda (Attorney-at-Law)
  • Katsuya Debari

Supporters

Open
  • The American Chamber of Commerce in Japan (ACCJ)
  • Asian Corporate Governance Association(ACGA)
  • CFA Society Japan
  • Codrington Corporate Governance Japan
  • Harmony Jinzai, Inc.
  • METRICAL INC,
  • Rikkyo Institute for Business Law Studies
  • Stanford Project on Japanese Entrepreneurship
  • Sunrise Advisors Co., Ltd.
  • Kenta Kumagai (Attorney)
  • Kazutaka Kuroda
  • Takehiro Nakagawa
  • The Canadian Chamber of Commerce in Japan (CCCJ)

Corporate Participating Members

Open
  • Acropolis Advisors
  • Advantest Corporation
  • Anritsu Corporation
  • Azbil Corporation
  • CLSA Securities Japan Co., Ltd.
  • Dalton Advisory KK
  • Farallon Capital Japan LLC
  • IMAGICA GROUP Inc.
  • Kyowa Kirin Co., Ltd.
  • Lazard Asset Management
  • Marathon London Tokyo Office
  • Misaki Capital Inc.
  • Panasonic Corporation
  • Pension Fund Association
  • Ricoh Japan
  • Sompo Asset Management Co., Ltd.

Articles about BDTI

Social Entrepreneurship
Do the Right Thing
A Charitable Giving Society

Articles by Nicholas Benes

“Japan’s unfinished reforms”
“Japan’s governance conundrum”
“Governance policy in Japan: Kicking the can down the road?”
“Japan’s corporate governance stymies sustainable investing“
“Corporate governance in Japan now”
”Japan’s New Code of Conduct”
”Corporate Governance Reform in Japan”
”The Reform Abenomics Needs”
“Governance | US vs. Japan—Part Two”
“Governance | US vs. Japan—Part One”
”Quick Reform Wins for Abe”
”Japan’s Coming Shareholder Revolution (2001)”

「コーポレートガバナンスを変革する」
「コーポレートガバナンス・コードの提案者から企業へのアドバイス」
「コーポレートガバナンス・コードが効果を発揮するために」

「アベノミクス、真の審判は総選挙後-初の企業統治指針に注目」
「上場企業が目指すべきベスト・プラクティスの行動基準を」
「アベノミクスが必要とする改革とは」
「安倍首相がすぐに成し遂げられる改革」

Articles by Kenichi Osugi

“Protecting Minority Shareholders During Shifts inCorporate Control”

“What is Converging? Rules on Hostile Takeovers in Japan and the Convergence Debate” (Asian-Pacific Law & Policy Journal, 2007)

“Recent Reform of Japan's Corporate Law in an International Context: Who have Participated in the Reforms, and How?” (Japanese Yearbook of International Law Vol. 53. ,2010)

“On the Convergence of Corporate Law around the World and its Background” (Horitsu Jiho, 2012)

“How to Improve the Monitoring Function of the Board of Directors” (Shoji Homu, 2011)

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