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(Japan Times, 10/25/2014) Prosecutors have delayed for three months a decision on whether to charge three former executives of Tokyo Electric Power Co. for their handling of the 2011 Fukushima disaster, an official with a panel that requested the indictments said Friday.

BDTI's October 10th English Director Boot Camp was a great success, including much input from the experienced directors at the table, and several Japanese participants. We are planning to hold the next course early in December. Sign up early!

A description of the course, and a sign-up page, can be found here:

There has been a lot of talk about stewardship in Japan over the past year. And there have been fine statements and announcements made about stewardship commitments by many institutions. This is all good, even if it is not clear how all this will play out.

But actions speak much louderthan words, – so we at BDTI think it fittingto point out that the following institutions have supported The Board Director Training Institute of Japan (BDTI) by making significant donations, in many cases more than once:

The “Japan Revival Vision” written by the LDP’s “Japan Economic Revival Headquarters” has been translated in full. It has been released by Dietman Shiozaki, and can be downloaded at this link:

https://www.y-shiozaki.or.jp/pdf/upload/20140620104142_aUVp.pdf

It can also be downloaded here: http://bdti.mastertree.jp/f/5lehza2y

Don’t miss the forest for the trees. Historically, May 23rd, 2014 will probably be seen to be the date when the ruling party of Japan, the LDP, “changed its spots”, mutating from the Old LDP to the New LDP.

It was on that day the LDP’s key growth strategy committee agreed upon its new “Japan RevivalVision”, a detailed 74-page document which definitively separated the LDP from many of the vested interests and obsolete structures that have dominated its past, by setting forth policies for:

The Board Director Training Instituteof Japan (BDTI) is the only organization in Japan focusing on the vital area of governance and directorship training for all board members. We are a rare “public-interest” organization, which means that BDTI is certified as such by the Japanese government and generally has tax-free status as a result.

Working Group Finance“ within the DJW (Japanese-German Business Association)

It is my pleasure to invite you and your acquaintances to the next meeting of the Working Group “Finance” within the DJW (Japanese-German Business Association).

The meeting will be held on Wednesday, March 12th 2014, 5:30pm-7pm (JPT) at the Tokyo Stock Exchange building, 2-1 Nihonbashi Kabutocho, 103-8220 Tokyo.

Including Larry Bates and Jim Weisser in this group, this means no less than four prior ACCJ Presidents and six former or existing board members, as well as numerous experienced CEOs,have taken the course. As usual, this group was so smart and had so many good questions, ourinstructor had his hands full… A description of […]