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  • Japan's regulator bets on human capital to make ISSB disclosure count

    14 September 2026

    Koichiro Kuramochi, chief accountant and director of the international accounting office of the Financial Services Agency in Japan, explains why human capital disclosure is the area he expects to prove sustainability reporting's worth to investors

  • Japanese lessons on human capital disclosures

    24 April 2025

    As ISSB 'considers the considerations' of potential future work

  • 'A running start' on human capital disclosures

    30 April 2024

    ISSB urged to build on SASB and other investor initiatives and standards, as it begins its research project on workforce-related risks and opportunities

  • Japan issues draft sustainability reporting standards

    04 April 2024

    IFRS S1 and S2 incorporated, with additional jurisdiction-specific disclosures

  • Regulators globally divided over which topic the ISSB should focus on beyond climate

    31 August 2023

    While they unanimously called on the international standard setter to focus on implementing IFRS S1 and S2

  • Japan continues to fly the flag for human capital

    31 August 2023

    Japanese respondents to the ISSB agenda consultation call for social disclosures

  • Japan to push for human capital disclosures at G7

    06 March 2023

    ISSB will consider it as the next area of work for upcoming standards