The ABCJ/GCNJ Annual Annual Anti-Corruption Forum was held on September 19, 2019.  This year, the Forum focused on three topics: Use of the plea bargaining system for anti-bribery cases;  Result of and response to the OECD phase 4 evaluation report; Promotion of collective actions through the Tokyo Principles. The forum was officially supported by the Ministry of Economy, Trade, and Industry (METI).

ABCJ's courtesy visit was featured on the website of the NACC of the Thailand (in Thai).

On August 2, members of ABCJ, Kengo Nishigaki, Tsutomu Hiraishi (Jakarta), Akira Takeuchi, Takeshi Naito, Shinya Fujino, Takeshi Yoshida and Rie Kuwabara, paid a courtesy visit to the National Anti-Corruption Commission ("NACC"), Thailand's anti-corruption law enforcement authority against senior officials and legislators, and exchanged a wide range of the opinions regarding NACC's anti-corruption efforts including NACC's guidelines ("Guidelines on Appropriate Internal Control Measures for Juristic Persons to Prevent Bribery of State Officials, Foreign Public Officials, and Agents of Public International Organizations"); the guidance for juristic persons to establish an anti-corruption compliance system; and NACC's support available for Japanese companies in Thailand that struggle with the local corruption issues.

On August 1, members of ABCJ, Kengo Nishigaki, Takeshi Naito, Shinya Fujino, Takeshi Yoshida and Rie Kuwabara, paid a courtesy visit to the Public Sector Anti-Corruption Commission ("PACC"), Thailand's corruption enforcement authority against inferior officials, and exchanged a wide range of the opinions regarding the local corruption issues in Thailand; PACC's anti-corruption efforts; and PACC's support available for Japanese companies in Thailand that struggle with the local corruption issues.

The OECD Working Group on Bribery pubiished the Phase 4 evaluation report of Japan's implementation of the Anti-Bribery Convention. ABCJ participated in the panel during the OECD's on-site visit for the evaluation and reported anti-bribery efforts and challenges for Japanese business. 

Together with Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) and Global Compact Network Japan (GCNJ), ABCJ supported JETRO (Japan External Trade Organization)  to host a seminar on Anti-Bribery Measures for SMEs Promoting Oversea Business Development. 

ABCJ is committed to assisting the relevant organizations and agencies in raising the awareness on anti-bribery issues among SMEs and in promoting their collective actions.

In order to promote anti-corruption collective actions in Japan, ABCJ and GCNJ will jointly host the first Annual Anti-Corruption Forum in Tokyo on September 27, 2018. This Annual Forum will create a platform for Japanese companies, experts, and other stakeholders to regularly discuss how to strengthen their anti-corruption practices and to promote their collective actions.  For the details, see the Forum flyer (Japanese).

ABCJ was featured in the article "In Japan, anti-corruption pros band together to help companies comply"on the FCPA Blog.

The members of ABCJ, Kengo Nishigaki, Tsutomu Hiraishi (Jakarta), Akira Takeuchi, Takeshi Naito, Shinya Fujino and Takeshi Yoshida, paid courtesy visit to the anti-corruption law enforcement authority in Indonesia, Komisi Pemberantasan Korupusi ("KPK", Corruption Eradication Commission in English), and exchanged the opinions on the Indonesian local corruption issues, KPK's efforts as anti-corruption activities and KPK's support available for the Japanese companies in Indonesia which struggles with the local corruption issues.

After exchanging the opinions, the joint press conference by KPK and ABCJ was held and the ABCJ's courtesy visit to KPK was reported by the local media.

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The Anti-Bribery Assessment Tool, which was jointly authored by ABCJ and GCNJ, was featured on the special report entitled "Corporate Bribery Risks To Be Assessed by Investors" on the legal section of Nikkei Newspaper (Japanese).

Dr. Shinya Fujino, ABCJ member and secritariat, joined the G7 High level Workshop on Corruption Measurement organized by the Foreign Ministry of Italy and spoke on anti-bribery issues in Japan and the ABCJ's engagement.

ABCJ members authored feature articles in the section entitled  "Towards Effective Systems for Prevention of Foreign Bribery" on Liberty and Justice, 2017, No. 68, published by the Japan Federation of Bar Associations (Japanese).

ABCJ members and secretariat, Attorney Daisuke Takahashi and Dr. Shinya Fujino, authored  "The Japanese Anti-Bribery Landscape and Collective Actions - Bar Association Guidance and Beyond” on IACAlumnus IssueXIII, December 2016, published by International Anti Corruption Academy.

ABCJ members authored a series of articles entitled "Commentary to JFBA's Guidance on Prevention of Foreign Bribery" on New Business Law , No.1081-1097, published by Shoji-Homu (Japanese).