The seminar entitled "Gatekeepers and Corporate Governance: Recent Developments in the United States and Japan" was held on August 2, 2005 at the Hotel Okura in Tokyo, sponsored by the Center for Japanese Legal Studies of Columbia Law School, supported by Anderson Mori & Tomotsune and Nagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu, and in cooperation with Nihon Keizai Shimbun, Inc.
 
The seminar gathered prominent specialists at the forefront of the study of corporate governance in the United States and Japan, who participated in panel discussions entitled "Sarbanes-Oxley and the Post-Enron Environment" and "Developments in Japan". The panels were made up of the following individuals, including one of our own associates, Yoshimasa Dan.
 
Panel One: Sarbanes-Oxley and the Post-Enron Environment 
Moderator： Curtis J. Milhaupt, Columbia Law School
John C. Coffee, Columbia Law School
Daniel Goelzer, Public Company Accounting Oversight Board
Harvey Goldschmid, Securities and Exchange Commission, Columbia Law School
David Sneider, Simpson Thacher & Bartlett 

Panel Two: Developments in Japan 
Moderator and Panelist: Hideki Kanda, University of Tokyo
Tsuguoki Fujinuma, Japan Institute of Certified Public Accountants
Eisuke Nagatomo, Tokyo Stock Exchange
Hiroyuki Ishizuka, Nagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu
Yoshimasa Dan, Anderson Mori & Tomotsune 
 
We sincerely appreciate all of the guests' attendance at the seminar.