e-learning
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 strengthen governance at your company.
- All courses combined are approximately 9 hours long. It's a comprehensive course lineup
- Supervised by experts in various fields, including proponents of corporate governance codes
- Composed in a story format. Easy to understand content
- Discounts available for group purchases based on number of participants
- PC (Windows and Mac compatible), iPhone, iPad, and Android device compatible
The course period is one year from the date of account issuance.
The four courses, “Company Law,” “Financial Instruments and Exchange Law,” and “Corporate Governance (Basic and Practical),” are offered as a set.
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.
For companies other than corporate members, if you apply for more than 11 people, Discounts based on the number of participants for companies that are not corporate members. If you are a company or organization that is not a corporate member and would like to receive a bulk discount, please contact us at Please contact us at info@bdti.or.jp for bulk discounts.
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 people are 33,000 yen (tax included) each. *Administrator IDs are not eligible for corporate membership discounts.
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e-ラーニング 「取締役入門」
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[Important notes regarding account issuance]
・After payment is complete, it will take at least five business days to issue an ID for e-learning courses. If you wish to take a course, please apply well in advance.
・Once you have applied, you cannot cancel the e-learning course or change the number of IDs issued.
・Once an ID has been issued, the user ID (registered name) cannot be changed.
・The course ID and information email will be sent directly from the contracted company, Cicom Brains Co., Ltd., rather than BDTI. Please set your email settings to receive emails from the Business Masters Administration Office at support@bizmas.jp, as the email may otherwise be sorted into your spam folder.
Overview of the four courses
| 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)”. |
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| 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 Systems ・Corporate Auditor System ・Corporate Auditors and Internal Control Systems Section 5 Outside Directors and Committees ・Outside Directors and Companies with Nominating Committees ・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
 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. Qualified as a U.S. Certified Public Accountant 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. |
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| Standard study time | 40 minutes *Separated into sections so you can start over even if you finish in the middle of a section. |
| Course Content | Section 1 Overview of the Financial Instruments and Exchange Law Section 2 When Misstatements, Etc. Happen Section 3 Protection of Investors When Misstatements, Etc. are Discovered Section 4 Responses Companies Should Take When Discovered 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)”. |
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| Standard study time | 1 hour and 30 minutes *Separated into sections so you can finish in the middle of the course and start over. |
| Course Content | Section 1 Introduction to Corporate Governance Section 2 Ito Report Section 3 Corporate and Investor Dialogue Section 4 Board of Directors Section 5 Compliance Section 6 Internal Control Systems |
| 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 |
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| 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 of Directors as defined by CGC ・Aim of Board Supervision ・Comparison with other countries ・Strength of Directors Section 2 Independent Outside Directors ・Importance of Outside Directors ・3 Committees ・Effective Use of Outside Directors Section 3 Practical Tips ・2 ways of Board of Directors with concrete examples Review ・The Never-Ending Journey |
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