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The Economic Condition in Japan: Business Sentiments and Real Financial Positions
February 28, 2013 @ 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
On February 28, 2013, Sasakawa USA welcomed Dr. Cindy Yoshiko Shirata for a private, off-the-record discussion on Japan’s recently elected Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and his new economic revitalization strategy called “Abenomics.”
About the Speaker
In February 2012
, Dr. Cindy Yoshiko Shirata came to talk about Japan’s newly elected Prime Minister, Shinzo Abe, reforms monetary policy and undertakes aggressive financial measures. In Japan, daily business continues and it is essential for the public to know the reality of the current economic position.
Shirata explored the gap between the sentiment of executives/managers and the actual financial positions of Japanese corporations based on bankruptcy data. She also discussed the real financial position of Japan, which includes comparison between the financial position of Japanese public companies during the Bubble economy period and the period after the Lehman Shock.
Shirata is Professor of International Business, Graduate School of Business Sciences,Tsukuba University, Tokyo, Japan. She developed and launched a bankruptcy prediction model known as SAF2002. The model has been used by major banks and rating companies in Japan. She is one of the most well-known experts to develop bankruptcy prediction models in Japan.
Her major publications include; “Bankruptcy Prediction Model”, Chuo-Keizai Sha (2003) (Business Analysis Association Award); “Preparing Financial Report using XBRL”, Nihon Keizai Shinbun Sha (2003); “Predictable Information of Bankruptcy” (1999) (Japan Risk Management Association Award). Her academic services and honors are; The Secretariat General of Science Council of Asia, Committee Member of Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transportation and Tourism, Council Member, Legislative Council of the Ministry of Justice, Council Member of Science Council of Japan, Advisory Committee Member of Asia-Pacific Conference on International Accounting Issues; Advisory Board Member of Japan Risk Management Association,Board of Director, S.T.Corporation (TSE 1stlisted).
