CFA Institute has published the report, Asia-Pacific REITs: Building Trust through Better REIT Governance. This report provides eight recommendations for existing REIT structures in order to improve current governance practices and standards, with the ultimate goal of improvingunitholder protection.
This report is available at CFA's web site, http://www.cfaj.org/publications/Asia-Pacific%20REITs(E)ccb.v2011.n4.1.pdf
The Board Director Training Institute (BDTI) is a "public interest" nonprofit in Japan dedicated to training about directorship, corporate governance, and related management techniques. It is certified by the Japanese government to conduct these activities as a regulated nonprofit. Read a summary about BDTI here, and see a menu of its services for both corporations and investors here.