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Kensaku Kimura
/ Posted: 2020-10-15
/ Last updated: 2022-04-29
Technological Evolution, Macroeconomic Uncertainty, and Accounting Standards Publicly traded companies holding part of their reserves in bitcoin to protect their purchasing power. What was a fantasy a few years ago is becoming a reality. Two huge news stories have come…
Kensaku Kimura
/ Posted: 2020-01-24
/ Last updated: 2022-10-16
Significant differences with J GAAP, already causing GAAP differences between the two standards In December 2019, the AICPA (American Institute of Certified Public Accountants) released a guidance on the accounting of crypto currencies. This nonauthoritative guidance was released as…
Kensaku Kimura
/ Posted: 2019-03-22
/ Last updated: 2020-01-23
Mandatory English Financial Disclosures Coming to the Tokyo Stock Exchange Starting with English disclosures of quarterly financial information A Nikkei article on March 15, 2019 caught our attention. “Tokyo Stock Exchange to reduce first section listings by 30% –…
Kensaku Kimura
/ Posted: 2018-11-15
/ Last updated: 2020-01-29
BlockChainJam 2018 Looking Back Got to take a sneak peek into the future BlockChainJam 2018 that took place on October 21, 2018 was a huge success with a jam packed audience and great speakers. Thank you to everyone that…
Kensaku Kimura
/ Posted: 2018-10-04
/ Last updated: 2023-01-06
Crypto Accounting Standard PITF No. 38 Practical Solution on the Accounting for Virtual Currencies under the Payment Services Act World’s First Crypto Accounting Standard? On March 14, 2018, the ASBJ (Accounting Standards Board of Japan) issued PITF (Practical Issues…