BDTI's e-Learning Courses: Company Law, Securities Law, and Corporate Governance

BDTI believes that it is most beneficial if managers and executives learn the basics an early stage, thereby allowing sufficient time for core knowledge and ” best practice” habits to permeate throughout the organization. For this reason, we offer low-cost e-learning courses on the Company Law, Securities Law, Corporate Governance Basics, and Corporate Governance Practice.

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Our e-Learning courses were designed by some of Japan’s most respected authorities in their respective fields:

Company Law

Kenichi Osugi

  • Professor of Law, Chuo University Law School
  • Director, The Board Director Training Institute of Japan

After graduating from the Law Department at the University of Tokyo, Professor Osugi taught at Tokyo Metropolitan University before assuming his present position. The main focus of his research and activities is in the areas of corporate governance, and laws affecting entrepreneurship and corporate restructuring. He serves (or has served) as a member of a number of expert advisory groups, such as METI’s Corporate Governance Study Group, and the M&A Study Group of ESRI at the Japanese Cabinet Office.

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Securities Law

Sachiko Ichikawa

  • Attorney,  Tanabe & Partners

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.

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Contact Information:
Tel: 03-6432-2337
Fax: 03-6432-2338
Email: info@bdti.or.jp

Corporate Governance (Basics)

Kenichi Osugi

  • Professor of Law, Chuo University Law School
  • Director, The Board Director Training Institute of Japan

After graduating from the Law Department at the University of Tokyo, Professor Osugi taught at Tokyo Metropolitan University before assuming his present position. The main focus of his research and activities is in the areas of corporate governance, and laws affecting entrepreneurship and corporate restructuring. He serves (or has served) as a member of a number of expert advisory groups, such as METI’s Corporate Governance Study Group, and the M&A Study Group of ESRI at the Japanese Cabinet Office.

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Corporate Governance (Practice)

Nicholas Benes

  • Director, The Board Director Training Institute of Japan
Mr. Benes received his B.A. in political science from Stanford University, and a JD-MBA degree from UCLA, after which he worked at JP Morgan for 11 years. He is an inactive member of the bar in California and New York, and is certified as a securities salesman in London and Japan. He was twice-elected Governor of the American Chamber of Commerce in Japan (ACCJ) and was long-time Chair of its FDI Committee; and presently chairs the Growth Strategy Task Force. In the past, he was active for many years as a member of the Experts Committee of the Japan Investment Council, an advisory committee to the Japanese Cabinet on FDI policy. He has served as an independent outside director at Alps Mapping, the listed company Cecile Ltd., and Livedoor Holdings (post-scandal). In total he has eight years of experience as a director of various Japanese corporations. In 2010, he was a member of the Financial Service Agency’s Corporate Governance Liaison Committee, which had been formed to provide private sector input to the Ministry of Justice and the Legal Affairs Advisory Council regarding amendment of Japanese Company Law. In 2013, Mr. Benes proposed that the LDP promulgate a Corporate Governance Code under the oversight of the FSA, a policy which was subsequently adopted as the foremost “pillar” of the government’s growth strategy. He then advised members of the diet and the FSA with regard to the drafting process and content of the corporate governance code.
Nicholas Benes

Sachiko Ichikawa

  • Attorney, Tanabe & Partners

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.

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Contact Information:
Tel: 03-6432-2337
Fax: 03-6432-2338
Email: info@bdti.or.jp