[Japanese Language ONLY] 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

4 Course Set

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

e-learning - Essentials of Directorship

22,000円（Incl. Tax）

When purchasing this program together with a BDTI open course, the e-learning program is offered at a 30% discount off the general course fee.

General course fee

22,000 yen

For Individuals

Corporate Members

15,400 yen

30% discount

Special Corporate Members

11,000 yen

50% discount

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 .

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.

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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)”.
Estimated study time: 4 hours and 45 minutes	*Since the course is divided into sections, you can stop at any point and resume where you left off.
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 Lawyer, Tanabe and Partners Law Office, &Director, BDTI 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.
Estimated study time: 60 minutes	Since the content is divided into sections, you can stop at any point and resume where you left off.
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 Lawyer, Tanabe and Partners Law Office, &Director, BDTI

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.

Estimated study time: 60 minutes

Since the content is divided into sections, you can stop at any point and resume where you left off.

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 / Representative Director, BDTI 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)”.
Estimated study time: 2 hours	Since the course is divided into sections, you can stop at any point and resume where you left off.
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 / Representative Director, BDTI

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)”.

Estimated study time: 2 hours

Since the course is divided into sections, you can stop at any point and resume where you left off.

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 Benes　Director, Founder BDTI 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 Lawyer, Tanabe and Partners Law Office, &Director, BDTI 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.
Estimated study time: 1 hour and 25 minutes	*Since the content is divided into sections, you can stop at any point and resume where you left off.
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

Lecturer

Nicholas Benes　Director, Founder BDTI
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 Lawyer, Tanabe and Partners Law Office, &Director, BDTI
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.

Estimated study time: 1 hour and 25 minutes

*Since the content is divided into sections, you can stop at any point and resume where you left off.

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

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The best part was being able to learn about the provisions of the Companies Act and the Financial Instruments and Exchange Act regarding corporate governance.

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I was able to review the basics of the Companies Act and the Financial Instruments and Exchange Act. I also learned about the ideal role of a company director and the criteria for decision-making, which was very informative.

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I had never systematically understood the role of outside directors before, so this was a learning experience for me.

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It explained the complex subject matter concisely and in a way that was easy to understand.