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          • Harmony Jinzai, Inc.
          • METRICAL INC,
          • Rikkyo Institute for Business Law Studies
          • Stanford Project on Japanese Entrepreneurship
          • Sunrise Advisor Co., Ltd.
          • Kenta Kumagai (Attorney)
          • Kazutaka Kuroda
          • Takehiro Nakagawa

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          • Advantest Corporation
          • Anritsu Corporation
          • Azbil Corporation
          • Dalton Advisory KK
          • EAW K.K.
          • Farallon Capital Japan LLC
          • Marathon London Tokyo Office
          • Natixis Japan Securities Co., Ltd
          • Private: IMAGICA GROUP Inc.
          • Private: Sojitz Corporation
          • Virtuous Capital LLC
          • B-R31 ICE CREAM CO., LTD
          • Kyowa Kirin Co., Ltd.
          • Jamco Corporation
          • Panasonic Corporation
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          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

            Founding Sponsors

            Open

              Sustaining Donors

              Open

                Special Sponsors

                Open

                  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 Advisor Co., Ltd.
                  • Kenta Kumagai (Attorney)
                  • Kazutaka Kuroda
                  • Takehiro Nakagawa

                  Corporate Participating Members

                  Open
                  • Advantest Corporation
                  • Anritsu Corporation
                  • Azbil Corporation
                  • Dalton Advisory KK
                  • EAW K.K.
                  • Farallon Capital Japan LLC
                  • Marathon London Tokyo Office
                  • Natixis Japan Securities Co., Ltd
                  • Private: IMAGICA GROUP Inc.
                  • Private: Sojitz Corporation
                  • Virtuous Capital LLC
                  • B-R31 ICE CREAM CO., LTD
                  • Kyowa Kirin Co., Ltd.
                  • Jamco Corporation
                  • Panasonic Corporation
                  • Stanton Chase International K.K.

                  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」
                  「急がれる日本の企業統治改革-オリンパス、東電がやるべきこと」
                  「福島の教訓 – 日本は企業統治の向上を」

                  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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