Role of the organisation
The ASBJ is the private-sector Japanese accounting standard-setting body. All accounting standards set by the ASBJ are subject to endorsement by the Financial Services Agency (FSA), a Japanese government agency.
The ASBJ, a core organisation within the Financial Accounting Standards Foundation (FASF) in Japan, is directly responsible for the development and deliberation of accounting standards and the contributions to the development and improvement of international accounting standards.
The FASF was established in 2001 to contribute to the sound development of financial practices in Japan and sound capital markets by making recommendations and contributions to the international accounting system by studying, researching, and developing generally accepted accounting standards, and by studying and researching disclosure systems and various other practices pertinent to business finance systems.
The IASB and the ASBJ have been working together to achieve convergence of IFRS Standards and Japanese Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (Japanese GAAP) since 2005. That work was formalised in 2007 with the Tokyo Agreement.