- You are No. Visitor Since October 10, 1996 Last Updated: November 22, 2001 Welcome to Accounting News in Japan. Yoshinori Kawamura provides information about what's news in accounting standards in Japan. For multi-lingual translations, click here to AltaVista. New Additions: Added noew on BADC's Tentative Report on Asset Impairments--November 22, 2001--Go to What's News page. Added news on ...www2g.biglobe.ne.jp/~ykawamur/index.htm