What's New (Jul, 2016)

New Leadership takes office at the 50th JICPA Annual General Assembly

July 27,2016

On July 25, 2016, the 50th JICPA Annual General Assembly was held in the Imperial Hotel, Tokyo, and the new leadership for 2016-2019 assumed office. Their terms will last through the annual general assembly in 2019.

Ms. Aiko Sekine, the former Deputy President of JICPA, was appointed as the new Chairman and President. She is the first female leader in a history of JICPA. The new leaders will strongly take a series of initiatives to serve the public interest and strengthen the accountancy profession.

New JICPA Leadership

Chairman and President

Aiko Sekine

Deputy Presidents

Masaji Suzuki

Haruhiko Yamada

Giichi Yanagisawa

Shigeru Takahama

Deputy Presidents

Kiyonobu Takeuchi

Kazutomi Asai

Atsushi Takada

Chief Executive

Tadashi Umino

JICPA has completed the translation of IT Committee Research Report No. 48 (Abridged Version of Full Report)

July 26,2016

On July 26, 2016, JICPA has completed the English translation of IT Committee Research Report No. 48," The Outlook for IT-Based Auditing: Approaches to Next-Generation Auditing (Abridged Version of Full Report)".

The full report is prepared in the Japanese language (http://www.hp.jicpa.or.jp/specialized_field/20160328vav.html).

The translation can be obtained at:

http://www.hp.jicpa.or.jp/specialized_field/files/0-10-48-2-20160726.pdf

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