2022/03/03
On Tuesday, March 1, the 2021 Shinzo Koizumi Memorial Lecture was streamed live via Zoom, featuring a lecture by Professor Emeritus Yukiharu Kurokawa (Professor at the Graduate School of Accounting and Finance, Chiba University of Commerce) titled "The Financial Condition of the Japanese Government and the Significance of Tax Payments."
Professor Emeritus Kurokawa is one of Japan's leading financial accounting researchers. He has held numerous positions, including as a member of the Business Accounting Council of the Financial Services Agency, chairman of the Road Asset Valuation and Accounting Standards Committee of the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism, a member of the Fiscal System Council of the Ministry of Finance and chairman of its Subcommittee on Legislation and Public Accounting, and a member of the Certified Public Accountant Examination Committee. He currently serves as the president of the Japan Industrial Accounting Association.
In his lecture, he spoke about the financial condition and tax payments from various perspectives with two main objectives. The first was to understand the financial condition of the Japanese government from the information provided by financial statements. The second was to confirm our own mindset regarding tax payments by reviewing various theories of public philosophy, examining the significance of tax payments as suggested by these theories, and thinking about future generations.
The audience listened intently, deepening their knowledge.
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