e-learning - Essentials of Directorship

Company Law, Securities Law, Corporate Governance (Basics), Corporate Governance (Practical)

An e-learning course that teaches the fundamentals of governance to executives, managers, and IR personnel at both head offices and subsidiaries. With over 17,000 participants to date, this course is used by many companies for employee training. We encourage you to utilize this course to instill knowledge of key laws and practices, and awareness of governance at your company.

All modules combined take approximately nine hours to complete. It's a comprehensive course lineup
Supervised by experts, including the person who proposed Japan corporate governance code to the government
Designed with a story format and style that makes the content easy to understand.
Discounts available for group purchases. based on the number of participants
PC (Windows and Mac compatible), iPhone, iPad, and Android device compatible

The course usage period is one year from the date of account issuance.
The four modules, “Company Law,” “Financial Instruments and Exchange Law,” and “Corporate Governance (Basic and Practical),” are offered as a set package.

Course fee (price per person)

[General course fee]: 22,000 yen (tax included)

[General Corporate Member]: (30% discount) 15,400 yen (tax included) *Please check here for prices based on the number of purchasers.

[Special Corporate Member]: (50% discount) 11,000 yen (tax included) *Please check here for prices based on the number of purchasers.

If a company representative needs to monitor the progress of participants, they will need to purchase a separate administrator ID. The price of an administrator ID is 55,000 yen (tax included). Additional IDs for two or more persons are 33,000 yen (tax included) each. *Administrator IDs are not eligible for corporate membership discounts.

Bulk Discount

For companies other than corporate members applying for more than 11 people, discounts will be based on the number of participants. If you would like to receive a bulk discount, please contact us at info@bdti.or.jp .

We will issue your account within this year only if your payment is confirmed by Friday, December 19, 2025.

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Overview of the Four Courses

Lecturer	Kenichi Osugi Professor of Law, Chuo University Law School Graduated from the University of Tokyo, Faculty of Law, and served as Associate Professor at the Tokyo Metropolitan University Faculty of Law before assuming his current position. His main areas of research and activities are corporate governance and venture business law. He is a member of the Corporate Governance Study Group of the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry, the Study Group on Corporate Governance Systems, and the M&A Study Group of the Economic and Social Research Institute, Cabinet Office. His publications include “Corporate Law (3rd ed. co-authored by Yuhikaku 2015)” and “Casebook Corporate Law (5th ed. co-authored by Kobundo 2015)”.
Standard study time	4 hours and 25 minutes *Separated into sections so you can finish in the middle of the course and start over.
Course Content	Section 1 Structure of a Stock Company Section 2 Duties of Directors (Duties) Section 3 Status of Directors Section 4 Corporate Auditors and Internal Control System ・Corporate Auditor System ・Corporate Auditors and Internal Control Systems Section 5 Outside Directors and Committees ・Outside Directors and Companies with the Nominating Committee structure ・Recent Amendments (e.g., Company with Audit Committee System) Section 6 Corporate Accounting, Auditing and the FIEA

Lecturer	Sachiko Ichikawa Partner, Tanabe Sogo Law Office; Director, Corporate Officer Training Organization of Japan Graduated from the University of Tokyo, Faculty of Law. Obtained LLM from Georgetown University Law Center. Admitted to the Dai-Ichi Tokyo Bar Association and the State Bar of New York. She is a certified public accountant in the U.S. and specializes in crisis management and litigation handling of accounting fraud cases. She is a vice chair of the Foreign Law Subcommittee of the Labor Law Committee of the Dai-ichi Tokyo Bar Association, where she leads research on business and human rights, is a SASB FSA Credential Holders, a member of the GRI Labor Advisory Group, Economic Impact Working Group and is familiar with sustainability disclosure standards. She is currently an outside director of Tokyo Electron Limited, Olympus Corporation, Azbil Corporation and a board member of the Sony Education Foundation. Drawing on her experience, she has served as a lecturer at various BDTI Director training sessions, leading discussions on risks related to securities fraud litigation, company-with-committees practices, and the relationship between sustainability topics and the board of directors.
Standard learning time:	40 minutes ※The course is divided into sections, so you can resume from where you left off even if you stop midway.
Course Contents	Section 1 Overview of the Financial Instruments and Exchange Law Section 2 What is a “Misrepresentation” or Similar Issue? Section 3 Protection of Investors When Misrepresentations, etc. are Discovered Section 4 Measures Companies Should Take When Misrepresentations are Revealed Section 5 Directors’ Liability

Lecturer

Sachiko Ichikawa Partner, Tanabe Sogo Law Office; Director, Corporate Officer Training Organization of Japan

Graduated from the University of Tokyo, Faculty of Law. Obtained LLM from Georgetown University Law Center. Admitted to the Dai-Ichi Tokyo Bar Association and the State Bar of New York. She is a certified public accountant in the U.S. and specializes in crisis management and litigation handling of accounting fraud cases. She is a vice chair of the Foreign Law Subcommittee of the Labor Law Committee of the Dai-ichi Tokyo Bar Association, where she leads research on business and human rights, is a SASB FSA Credential Holders, a member of the GRI Labor Advisory Group, Economic Impact Working Group and is familiar with sustainability disclosure standards. She is currently an outside director of Tokyo Electron Limited, Olympus Corporation, Azbil Corporation and a board member of the Sony Education Foundation. Drawing on her experience, she has served as a lecturer at various BDTI Director training sessions, leading discussions on risks related to securities fraud litigation, company-with-committees practices, and the relationship between sustainability topics and the board of directors.

Standard learning time:

40 minutes
※The course is divided into sections, so you can resume from where you left off even if you stop midway.

Course Contents

Section 1 Overview of the Financial Instruments and Exchange Law
Section 2 What is a “Misrepresentation” or Similar Issue?
Section 3 Protection of Investors When Misrepresentations, etc. are Discovered
Section 4 Measures Companies Should Take When Misrepresentations are Revealed
Section 5 Directors’ Liability

Lecturer	Kenichi Osugi Professor, Chuo University Law School / President, Japan Institute for Corporate Officer Development Graduated from the University of Tokyo, Faculty of Law, and served as Associate Professor at the Tokyo Metropolitan University Faculty of Law before assuming his current position. His main areas of research and activities are corporate governance and venture business law. He is a member of the Corporate Governance Study Group of the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry, the Study Group on Corporate Governance Systems, and the M&A Study Group of the Economic and Social Research Institute, Cabinet Office. His publications include “Corporate Law (3rd ed. co-authored by Yuhikaku 2015)” and “Casebook Corporate Law (5th ed. co-authored by Kobundo 2015)”.
Standard learning time:	1 hour 30 minutes ※The course is divided into sections, so you can resume from where you left off even if you stop midway.
Course Contents	Section 1: Introduction to Corporate Governance Section 2: The Ito Report Section 3: Dialogue Between Companies and Investors Section 4: The Role and Functioning of the Board of Directors Section 5: Compliance Section 6: Internal Control System

Lecturer

Kenichi Osugi Professor, Chuo University Law School / President, Japan Institute for Corporate Officer Development

Graduated from the University of Tokyo, Faculty of Law, and served as Associate Professor at the Tokyo Metropolitan University Faculty of Law before assuming his current position. His main areas of research and activities are corporate governance and venture business law. He is a member of the Corporate Governance Study Group of the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry, the Study Group on Corporate Governance Systems, and the M&A Study Group of the Economic and Social Research Institute, Cabinet Office. His publications include “Corporate Law (3rd ed. co-authored by Yuhikaku 2015)” and “Casebook Corporate Law (5th ed. co-authored by Kobundo 2015)”.

Standard learning time:

1 hour 30 minutes
※The course is divided into sections, so you can resume from where you left off even if you stop midway.

Course Contents

Section 1: Introduction to Corporate Governance
Section 2: The Ito Report
Section 3: Dialogue Between Companies and Investors
Section 4: The Role and Functioning of the Board of Directors
Section 5: Compliance
Section 6: Internal Control System

Lecturer	Nicholas E. Benes, Executive Director, Public Interest Corporation for the Development of Corporate Executives After earning a bachelor’s degree in political science from Stanford University, he obtained a juris doctorate and a master’s degree in business administration from the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). After working at J.P. Morgan for 11 years, he founded JTP Co., Ltd., which specializes in M&A advisory services. He is licensed to practice law in California and New York. In 2010, he joined the Corporate Governance Liaison Conference hosted by the Financial Services Agency. He has served as a foreign special committee member of the Cabinet Office’s Foreign Direct Investment Conference, a director of the American Chamber of Commerce in Japan (ACCJ), chairman of the ACCJ’s Growth Strategy Task Force, a director of Alps Co., Ltd., an outside director of LDH Co., Ltd. (formerly LiveDoor) and Cecile Co., Ltd. following their respective scandals, and a director of IMAGICA GROUP. In 2013, as a proposer of the Financial Services Agency’s “Corporate Governance Code,” he provided detailed advice on the code’s content to the responsible lawmakers and the Financial Services Agency. He currently serves as an independent outside director of Advantest Corporation. Sachiko Ichikawa Partner, Tanabe Sogo Law Offices; Director, Corporate Officer Training Organization B.A. in Law, University of Tokyo. Obtained LLM from Georgetown University Law Center. Admitted to the Dai-Ichi Tokyo Bar Association and the State Bar of New York. He is a Certified Public Accountant licensed in the U.S. and specializes in crisis management and litigation handling of accounting fraud cases. He is a SASB FSA Credential Holders and a member of the GRI LaborAdvisory Group and Economic Impact Working Group. He is a member of the GRI LaborAdvisory Group and the Economic Impact Working Group, and is an expert on sustainability disclosure standards. He is currently an outside director of Tokyo Electron Limited, Olympus Corporation, Azbil Corporation, and the Sony Education Foundation. Drawing on his own experience, he has served as a lecturer at various executive training sessions conducted by BDTI, leading discussions on risks related to securities fraud litigation, company-with-committees practices, and the relationship between sustainability topics and the board of directors.
Standard study time	1 hour and 40 minutes *Separated into sections so you can finish in the middle of the course and start over.
Course Content	Section 1 Role of the Board of Directors ・3 Responsibilities of the Board as defined by the Governance Code ・The Purpose of Board Supervision ・Comparison with other countries ・”Director Strength” or “Power” Section 2 Independent Outside Directors ・Importance of Outside Directors ・3 Committees ・Effective Use of Outside Directors Section 3 Practical Tips ・Two types of Boards: Concrete Examples Review ・The Never-Ending Journey

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Testimonials from Students

The drama was very realistic, and I watched it while imagining what I would do if it were me.

I was able to reconfirm the the most important aspects of management, which I tend to forget in my daily work.

I understood the contents very well. I would like to remain aware of each of them and apply them to my work.

It is difficult to find time to go out to Tokyo, so I would like to consider using e-learning in the future.

It was easy to understand and well organized. I would like all employees, not just board members, to make use of it.

I felt that dialogue with - and feedback from - general shareholders is necessary in management.

It was good to remember what I had forgotten. I would like to constantly put it in practice, to make it stick.