Japan Corporate Governance Code and SSBJ Sustainability Disclosure Corporate Training
Learn Japan's revised governance code and SSBJ disclosure standards in guided labs led by practitioners.
Edstellar, a corporate training company, delivers corporate training that helps your team apply Japan's Corporate Governance Code and the SSBJ sustainability disclosure standards. Employees learn the 2026 Code revision, board and committee expectations, and the three SSBJ standards through guided labs built on sample disclosures. Each session is tuned to your market segment, reporting position, and disclosure calendar.
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How we build a governance-ready, disclosure-capable team
THE EDSTELLAR GOVERNANCE AND DISCLOSURE CAPABILITY MODEL
Assess readiness
Skill checks map your team's Code knowledge, disclosure processes, and data maturity.
Standardize playbooks
One shared method for governance reports, comply-or-explain statements, and SSBJ notes.
Practice in guided labs
Labs cover board assessments, disclosure drafting, and four-pillar mapping with feedback.
Measure the lift
Lab reviews benchmark each team's drafting quality and disclosure readiness.
Scale across functions
One standard rolls out across governance, risk, compliance, legal, and audit teams.
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Program Overview: What is Japan Corporate Governance Code and SSBJ Sustainability Disclosure?
Japan Corporate Governance Code & SSBJ Sustainability Disclosure is Edstellar's instructor-led program for board, legal, finance, and sustainability teams navigating Japan's governance and disclosure regime. It covers the Corporate Governance Code and its 2026 revision, board independence and committees, the SSBJ standards, and climate disclosure with assurance across six modules and 24 hours. Participants learn to meet Japan's converging governance expectations. It is built for listed-company teams and their advisors.
Training is hands-on from the first module. Participants benchmark governance practices against the code, draft committee charters, and prepare SSBJ-aligned disclosure drafts in three guided workshops. Instructors coach each team through the 2026 revision changes and assurance readiness, giving direct feedback on their governance artifacts. Modules build from code foundations through the revision, boards, SSBJ, and climate assurance. It closes with a disclosure roadmap capstone reviewed by the instructor.
Japan is tightening both governance and sustainability disclosure at once, and foreign investors are watching compliance closely. Companies scramble when board structures or climate disclosures fall short of the new expectations. This program teaches your teams to handle both streams together: code-compliant governance and SSBJ-ready disclosures, built on the same credible foundation.
The capstone is a disclosure roadmap for the scenario company: governance gap analysis, SSBJ disclosure draft, and an assurance-readiness plan, defended in a review with the instructor. Your teams return with drafted disclosures and the governance craft to satisfy Japan's code, the SSBJ, and investor scrutiny together.
Sessions blend briefings with guided labs that mirror day-to-day work: reviewing governance reports, drafting tailored explanations, and mapping emissions data to disclosure requirements. We shape the content around your training needs, keeping the focus on your market segment, workflows, and reporting calendar.
Your team will enhance collaboration with shared review practices, upskill on Code principles and reskill toward SSBJ disclosure practice, building lasting capability and measurable performance. Delivery is hybrid across virtual and onsite sessions, scheduled around your calendar, with session materials and lab guides included for every participant.
What's Included in this Workshop for Your Enterprise Teams
- 1
Code foundations walkthrough
Map the Code's principles and comply-or-explain logic.
- 2
2026 revision briefing
Apply growth-oriented governance expectations.
- 3
Board practice labs
Assess independence, committees, and skills matrices.
- 4
SSBJ disclosure labs
Draft four-pillar climate notes from sample data.
- 5
Capstone roadmap
Build an integrated governance and disclosure plan.
- Instructor-led delivery across virtual, onsite, and hybrid
- Guided labs in every module with instructor coaching
- Capstone roadmap build, reviewed with your team
- Flexible scheduling around your calendar
- Lab guides and disclosure templates included
- Group size and batches set along with you
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Japan Corporate Governance Code and SSBJ Sustainability Disclosure Course Topics and Program Outline
A tailored 24-hour, six-module workshop: one learning journey from Code foundations to an assurance-ready disclosure roadmap. Sessions pair concepts with labs on real-world use cases. Materials include lab guides and templates, plus a capstone assessment.
Built by Edstellar with governance and disclosure practitioners
Built by practitioners who prepare governance reports and SSBJ-ready disclosures, shaped around your stack and use cases.
Readiness checks map your team's Code knowledge, disclosure processes, and emissions data maturity before training begins.
Teams study the 2026 Code revision and the three SSBJ standards, with concepts tied to real disclosure examples.
Guided labs cover board assessments, comply-or-explain drafting, and four-pillar disclosure mapping with feedback.
Teams build an integrated governance-and-disclosure roadmap, closing with a capstone presentation and instructor review.
From Code foundations to an assurance-ready disclosure roadmap, every technique is practiced in guided labs.
Delivered as
Delivered as a hybrid program of live instruction and guided labs, scheduled around your team's calendar in flexible batches.
Walk through a published governance report in a guided session, identifying how a company maps each principle to its own practices.
learna)Origins and evolution: the 2015 Code and the 2018 and 2021 revisions
b)Principles-based design and the comply-or-explain approach
c)The five general principles and their supplementary guidance
d)TSE market segments and the corporate governance report
Compare 2021 and 2026 principle wording in a guided walkthrough, mapping what changed for board agendas and disclosures.
learna)From formal compliance to substantive value creation
b)Growth investments and disciplined capital allocation
c)Board enhancement: substance over numbers in independence
d)New interpretive guidance and tailored company explanations
e)Securities reports before the shareholders meeting; cyber and supply-chain risk oversight
Audit a sample board roster and governance report, then draft comply-or-explain statements for instructor review.
practicea)Independent directors: one-third for Prime, two for other markets
b)Nomination and remuneration committees that function in practice
c)Skills matrices and annual board effectiveness evaluations
d)Support systems for directors and kansayaku; minority shareholder protection
Map a sample company's sustainability disclosures to the four pillars, flagging gaps against the Application Standard.
practicea)SSBJ formation and the three March 2025 final standards
b)The Application Standard: rules for applying the framework
c)Alignment with ISSB IFRS S1 and S2, plus Japan-specific reliefs
d)Mandatory scope phasing and voluntary early application
Build a data-readiness checklist for a sample company and draft one climate disclosure note for instructor feedback.
applya)The four pillars: governance, strategy, risk management, metrics and targets
b)GHG emissions inventory: Scope 1, 2, and 3 under the GHG Protocol
c)Scenario analysis and climate-related strategy disclosures
d)Two-stage disclosure and the assurance readiness timeline
e)Building an auditable data inventory across business units
Produce and present an integrated governance-and-disclosure roadmap for a sample Prime-listed company, reviewed by the instructor.
applya)Mapping a sample company's Code compliance position
b)Assembling the SSBJ readiness and assurance plan
c)Presenting the roadmap: findings, priorities, and timelines
Customize this program tailored to your team?
Tell us your training needs: what your team already works with, the level they’re at, and the topics you want them to focus on. We’ll adjust the modules, duration and hands-on labs, and send you a customized outline for your group.
Key Skills and Outcomes Your Team Will Gain
A tailored competency track: each outcome is practiced in guided labs, from Code interpretation to an assurance-ready disclosure roadmap.
Interpret the Code's principles-based design
Read each principle with its supplementary guidance and apply the comply-or-explain logic to real disclosures.
Apply the 2026 revision's growth expectations
Assess how boards allocate capital to growth and strengthen oversight in substance, not form.
Evaluate board independence and committees
Test director rosters, committee charters, and skills matrices against Code expectations.
Draft comply-or-explain disclosures
Write tailored, company-specific explanations that stand up to investor review.
Navigate the three SSBJ standards
Apply the Application, General, and Climate standards and explain Japan's ISSB alignment.
Build climate notes across the four pillars
Draft governance, strategy, risk management, and metrics-and-targets content from real data.
Plan an assurance-ready disclosure program
Sequence data collection, controls, and reviews toward mandatory SSBJ application.
Teams that Benefit from this Japan Corporate Governance Code and SSBJ Sustainability Disclosure Group Training
Governance, risk, compliance, legal, and audit teams learn to read the Code, assess board practice, and draft SSBJ-aligned disclosures together. Sessions follow real reporting cycles, so content adapts to role and experience and each cohort practices the workflows it owns.
Run board assessments grounded in the 2026 Code.
Governance teams learn to assess board composition, committee charters, and independence against the Code's principles, then document findings that stand up to investor review.
Workflow friction
- Independence assessed on paper, not substance
- Committee charters that exist but never run
- Boilerplate governance report language
How the program helps
- Independence checks mapped to Code expectations
- Skills matrices built in guided labs
- Board evaluations documented with rigor
Practice use cases
- Board roster audits
- Skills matrix labs
- Report drafting drills
Connect risk oversight to governance and disclosure.
Risk and compliance teams map cyber, supply-chain, and climate risks into board reporting and SSBJ strategy disclosures with auditable evidence trails.
Workflow friction
- Risks reported without board context
- Climate data scattered across units
- Assurance evidence assembled too late
How the program helps
- Risk registers linked to board agendas
- Climate risks framed for SSBJ strategy
- Control evidence ready for assurance
Practice use cases
- Risk mapping labs
- Disclosure evidence drills
- Assurance checklists
Draft disclosures that satisfy the Code and the market.
Legal and secretarial teams draft comply-or-explain statements and securities-report disclosures with the precision investors and regulators expect.
Workflow friction
- Generic explanations copied year to year
- Securities reports finalized under pressure
- Investor questions answered without records
How the program helps
- Company-specific explanations, not boilerplate
- Securities report drafting with confidence
- Shareholder meeting materials prepared early
Practice use cases
- Comply-or-explain drafting
- Report review labs
- Meeting prep drills
Test governance controls and disclosure readiness.
Internal audit teams learn to test the controls behind governance reports and SSBJ disclosures, building the evidence packs assurance providers will ask for.
Workflow friction
- Controls over disclosures untested
- Data lineage missing for metrics
- Findings raised after publication
How the program helps
- Governance control testing in labs
- Disclosure walkthroughs documented
- Assurance evidence packs prepared
Practice use cases
- Control testing labs
- Evidence pack drills
- Walkthrough exercises
Cohorts train as a cross-functional workforce, with each small group aligned on shared disclosure standards and review practice.
Prerequisites: This program benefits governance, risk, compliance, legal, secretarial, and audit teams that prepare or review corporate disclosures. Familiarity with financial reporting helps but is not required, and no prior sustainability disclosure experience is needed. Content adapts to each cohort's market segment, tools, and reporting position so every team practices the workflows it owns.
Compliance Analyst to Governance and Disclosure Specialist
Tracks how governance and compliance professionals progress from Code fundamentals to integrated disclosure programs across the four career levels.
One program that grows with governance careers, from basics to confident practice.
Mixed cohort, or several teams at once?
We can tailor the training to different teams, roles, and experience levels within the same program.
Certificate of Training Completion.
On successful completion, employees receive an Edstellar course completion certificate, recognizing their commitment to ongoing learning and professional development. It validates the skills they have built and motivates them to keep growing and contribute to organizational success.
Earned, not attended. Awarded on completion of all hands-on labs and the capstone project.
Training Delivery Modes: Virtual, Onsite and Hybrid
Choose the delivery format that fits your teams: every mode includes guided labs, instructor coaching, and the full six-module curriculum.
Hybrid Training
Instructor-led sessions mix onsite and virtual delivery with guided labs throughout. Teams assess sample disclosures and draft Code and SSBJ notes while the instructor coaches. Hybrid keeps scheduling flexible without losing live review.
- Live instruction across onsite and virtual sessions
- Guided labs with instructor coaching and review
- Sample disclosures and drafting practice throughout
- Flexible scheduling without losing live interaction
Onsite Training
The full program runs at your office with the same guided labs and instructor coaching. Teams work through their own disclosure position in a focused setting, with schedules set around your calendar.
- Full program delivered at your office
- Guided labs using your disclosure context
- Instructor coaching throughout every module
- Schedules set around your calendar
Live Virtual Training
Live virtual sessions deliver the complete program online with guided labs in every module. Teams join from any location, draft disclosures in shared exercises, and get instructor feedback in real time.
- Complete program delivered online
- Guided labs with real-time instructor feedback
- Shared drafting exercises across locations
- Join from any location, same curriculum
Need a training format that works for your team?
Full days, half days across weeks, or split by module. Tell us the delivery window and we schedule the cohort around it.
Frequently Asked Questions
Share your team size, timelines, and delivery preference, and we will send a detailed per-group quote with batch options.
Yes. A short discovery call maps your governance and disclosure priorities, then we shape the modules, labs, and schedule to your team.
Yes. Hybrid and live virtual delivery run across time zones, with guided labs included in every session.
Yes. Onsite sessions run at your office with the same guided labs and instructor coaching as the hybrid format.
The program runs 24 hours across six modules, with each module's hours sized for guided practice and instructor review.
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Where this Training Fits in Your Team's learning path.
Japan's Corporate Governance Code and SSBJ disclosure build on general board governance. Your team learns governance, applies the Japanese code and SSBJ standards in this course, meets J-SOX internal control rules, and finally reports to the ISSB standards SSBJ is aligned with.
Why Choose Edstellar as Your Japan Corporate Governance Code and SSBJ Sustainability Disclosure Corporate Training Provider
When comparing providers, Edstellar is the training partner teams choose for governance expertise and 5+ years of corporate training experience. Our methodology pairs readiness checks with guided labs, so your teams leave with drafted disclosures and a roadmap, not just notes.
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Tailored
Every cohort's labs, disclosures, and exercises are tuned to your market segment, reporting position, and disclosure calendar.
Proven Methodology
A Diagnose-to-Scale method moves teams from readiness checks to audited disclosure practice with measured checkpoints.
Practice-Based Learning
Guided labs in every module turn Code principles and SSBJ requirements into drafted disclosures and tested controls.
Expert Trainers
Practitioners who prepare governance reports and sustainability disclosures coach your team on real reporting workflows.
Global Scale
Programs run across regions and time zones, so distributed governance, risk, and audit teams train on one standard.
Measurable Outcomes
Lab reviews and a capstone roadmap show exactly how far each team's drafting and disclosure readiness has advanced.
Connect Japanese Governance Practice With Sustainability Disclosure and Evidence Planning
Edstellar helps governance and reporting teams examine board practice alongside SSBJ disclosure requirements. Participants compare code provisions, evaluate independence and committee arrangements, and draft explanations and climate disclosures. The final roadmap connects governance actions with data and assurance needs, reviewed for specificity, supporting evidence, and a realistic sequence of reporting improvements.
- Step 01
Consult
We assess governance and reporting familiarity, board-review responsibilities, and gaps in explanations, climate data, or assurance records to identify the cohort's disclosure-development needs.
- Step 02
Plan
We establish the Code's principles-based approach before comparing provisions and reviewing board practice, then connect SSBJ disclosure mapping and climate evidence in the integrated roadmap.
- Step 03
Align
We align governance and sustainability reporting expertise with secretariat, legal, risk, and audit roles, framing exercises around the cohort's market segment and reporting context.
- Step 04
Customize
We adapt sample board rosters, governance reports, and climate data to familiar issuer profiles, including generic explanations and missing evidence that require substantive revision.
- Step 05
Execute
Participants assess independence, draft comply-or-explain statements, and prepare climate notes and data checklists, receiving feedback on governance reasoning, disclosure specificity, and assurance preparation.
- Step 06
Evaluate
We assess the integrated roadmap for supported board and committee conclusions, clear SSBJ gap analysis, traceable disclosure evidence, and assigned actions suited to the reporting context.
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