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Author Sanada, Masatsugu

Title Accounting Regulation in Japan : Evolution and Development from 2001 To 2015
Published Milton : Routledge, 2019

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Description 1 online resource (109 pages)
Series Routledge Focus on Accounting and Auditing
Routledge focus on accounting and auditing
Contents Cover; Half Title; Series Page; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of figures; List of tables; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Summary of this book; Outline of the chapters; 1 Background; Prior literature; Theoretical background; 2 Accounting regulation in Japan; Institutional background; Achieving the convergence of IFRS and Japanese GAAP (2001-2006); Voluntary adoption of IFRS (2007-2011); Increasing the voluntary application of IFRS (2011- ); Summary; 3 Interplay between Japan's accounting standards and theories of regulation; Public interest theory; Capture theory; Cultural theory; Summary
ConclusionsSummary of our findings; Value and contributions; Future challenges; Bibliography; Appendices; Appendix A; Appendix B; Appendix C; Index
Summary Little has been published on accounting standards in Japan and how they have developed. The purpose of this study is to construct a historical narrative of the interplay between accounting standards in Japan and theories of regulation. The authors demonstrate that delegation of the authority for accounting standard setting to the private sector in Japan is incomplete, and thus, the role of the public sector remains important. In the discussion about IFRS implementation in Japan, the movement in the United States, industry opinions, and ideological conflict between fair value versus historical cost play important roles. These elements combined led to the ambiguous coexistence of four sets of accounting standards in Japan. First, by using an explaining-outcome process-tracing method, the authors examine how these sets of standards occurred and explore the significance of each. Second, they deliver an explanation of this unique coexistence through the lens of theories of regulation. In doing so, they provide an overview of the history of the recent development of accounting regulation in Japan and offer an up-to-date response to current affairs or policy debates in Japan that have been rapidly changing. Providing a rare insight into accounting regulation in Japan, an IFRS non-application country, this concise text will be of great interest to researchers and advanced students in international accounting and accounting regulation
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Masatsugu Sanada, PhD, joined Kyoto Tachibana University in April 2019 as Associate Professor in Accounting, Faculty of Contemporary Business, having previously been Associate Professor at Shujitsu University. Sanada entered the Graduate School of Economics at Kyoto University as a mature student and obtained his PhD in 2012. Yoshihiro Tokuga, PhD, is Professor of Accounting at the Graduate School of Management, Kyoto University. He is President of the Japan Accounting Association, former President of Asian Academic Accounting Association, and former Vice-President of International Association of Accounting Education and Research. He also serves as the Chairman of Business Accounting Council of the Financial Services Agency of Japan
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Subject Accounting -- Standards -- Japan -- History -- 21st century
Accounting -- Japan -- History -- 21st century
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- General.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Accounting -- General.
Accounting
Accounting -- Standards
Japan
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
Author Tokuga, Yoshihiro, 1955-
ISBN 9781000710021
1000710025
9780429273261
0429273266
9781000710809
1000710807
9781000710410
1000710416