早稲田コーポレートガバナンス研究機構
Waseda Corporate Governance Institute
Symposium at Waseda University

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2025年5月9日
The purpose of the Beneficial Shareholder Disclosure Regime
In February, Minister Suzuki of Justice referred the Legislative Council to add a beneficial shareholder confirmation system as one of the items for consideration in the amendment of the Companies Act. Our organization has been continuing discussions with overseas research collaborators from European countries on ensuring the transparency of beneficial shareholders, and in light of this ministerial inquiry, we have decided to hold a symposium at Waseda University, inviting Professor Carloine COUPET of Professor of Law at University Paris 2 Panthéon-Assas.
We would like to kick off the discussion with a keynote speech by Emeritus Tatsuo Uemura of Waseda University, who has been working hard for many years to revise the Companies Act and the Financial Instruments and Exchange Act, and deepen the discussion on the problems and issues of beneficial shareholder disclosure and its initiatives in Japan. Although the event will be held on a weekday, we would appreciate your participation by applying for participation using the Google form at the link below.
All reports and panel discussion are spoken in English other than the key note. The muti-language handouts would be distributed.
Venue
Large Conference Room at 4th Floor of No.11 Building, Waseda University
13:00 - 16:30 on 9th of May, 2025
Programme
Opening Comment: Professor Nobuo NAKAMURA, Waseda University
Section 1: Key Note, 13:00-13:40
Emeritus Professor Tatsuo UEMURA, Waseda University 'Before Discussions of Beneficial Shareholder Disclosure - past, present and future of Japanese Corporate Law Reforms'
Section 2: Reports: 13:45-14 1st Report: 13:45-14:15
Professor Hiroyuki BANDO, Nagoya Gakuin University
'Ongoing Issues on companies act reforms about beneficial shareholders in Japan'
Break: 14:15-14:30
2nd Report: 14:30-15:00
Professor Caroline COUPET, Paris-Panthéon-Assas University
'Identification of shareholders under French law'
Break: 15:00-15:20
Section 3: 15:20-16:30
Panel Discussion chaired by Professor Nobuo NAKAMURA: 15:20-16:00
Panelists:
Professor Caroline COUPET, Paris-Panthéon-Assas University
Emeritus Professor Tatsuo UEMURA, Waseda University
Professor Izumi KAWSHIMA, Waseda University
Associate Professor Mai ISHIKAWA, Tohoku University
Professor Hiroyuki BANDO, Nagoya Gakuin University
Q&A Session: 16:00-16:30
Closing Remark: Professor Izumi KAWASHIMA, Waseda University
Professor Carloline COUPET
https://www.assas-universite.fr/fr/universite/enseignants-chercheurs/mme-caroline-coupet
Please apply for: sorry in Japanese only, mail to info@wasedacgi.org in English please