Award for XBRL Japan’s Mizutani-san
On September 20 The Japanese Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry announced that Manabu Mizutani, former president of PCA and lead vice chairman of the Computer Software Association (CSAJ), is this years’ winner of the “Individual Award for Contributions to Digitisation.” Mizutani-san is a leading member (and a Director) of XBRL Japan and our congratulations go out to him!
The award recognises individuals and companies for contributing to the research and development of advanced information processing technology in Japan.
Mizutani-san was nominated for using his personal experience in both accountancy and software to contribute to the technical specification (XBRL) of disclosure systems and the national electronic tax return system. CSAJ’s research on the protection of personal information, the improvement of data provision and the data usage environment was also a factor.
Congratulations Mizutani-san from all of your friends around the world!
