; Introduction; Summary of this book; Outline of the chapters; 1 Background; Prior literature; Theoretical background; 2 Accounting … regulation in Japan; Institutional background; Achieving the convergence of IFRS and Japanese GAAP (2001-2006); Voluntary … adoption of IFRS (2007-2011); Increasing the voluntary application of IFRS (2011-); Summary; 3 Interplay between Japan …