International conferences at JICPA
A couple of international conferences were held at the headquarters of JICPA in October.
The International Accounting Standards Committee Foundation (IASCF) held the Roundtable, on Part 2 of its Review of the Foundation's Constitution, in Tokyo on October 21, 2009. Three trustees, Mr. Tsuguoki (Aki) Fujinuma, JICPA's former Chairman and President, Mr. Noriaki Shimazaki, Chairman of the Sub-committee on Accounting of Nippon Keidanren (Japan Business Federation), and Mr. Jeffrey Lucy from Australia, welcomed more than 30 participants. Those included Mr. Yamazaki, the Deputy President of JICPA, Mr. Kinoshita, the Chief Executive of JICPA, representatives of accounting firms, and overseas visitors from South Korea and Australia. The opening speech was given by Mr. Katsunori Mikuniya, Financial Services Agency of Japan Commissioner. Participants and the trustees had intensive discussions.
On October 19 and 20, 2009, a meeting was held of the International Ethics Standards Board for Accountants (IESBA) of the International Federation of Accountants (IFAC). Subsequently, IESBA members, including Mr. Richard George, its Chair, delivered a seminar focused on the recently revised IFAC Code. 