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Kawahara Naoko

カワハラ ナオコ | Kawahara Naoko
Affiliation and department：
Kindai University Faculty of Business Administration Department of Accounting

About Kindai University Faculty of Business Administration Department of Accounting


Job title： Professor
Homepage URL  (1)： http://kaken.nii.ac.jp/d/r/40511184.ja.html
Research field  (1)： Accounting
Research keywords  (22)： Corporate Governance ,  Sustainability Education ,  Sustainability Information Assurance ,  ESG/SDGs Disclosure ,  Local governments' environmental disclosure ,  ESG risk ,  Climate change information disclosure ,  Biodiversity information disclosure ,  ESG Fraud ,  Public Accounting and Auditing ,  Accounting Fraud ,  Sustainable Finance ,  Social Business ,  Social and Environmental Accounting ,  Social Impact Assessment ,  Social and Environmental Reporting ,  Environmental Information Disclosure ,  Sustainability Reporting ,  Non-financial Information ,  ESG Disclosure ,  Responsible Investment ,  Sustainability
Research theme for competitive and other funds  (5)：
  • 2025 - 2028 Financial Effects of Sustainability Disclosure: Exploration of Operational Variables and Causal Machine Learning.
  • 2018 - 2021 Information disclosure on social impact of municipalities' renewable energy business - Impact report model
  • 2015 - 2019 Corporate Social and Environmental Disclosure by Indonesian Companies
  • 2010 - 2012 Disclosure of Accounting Information Related to Environmental Risk on Financial Reports in Japan
  • 2010 - 2012 Empirical Study on the Practice of Applying Fair Value Accounting among listed Companies on the Stock Exchanges in East Asia
Papers (93)：
  • Naoko Kawahara. Challenges in Enhancing the Quality and Reliability of Sustainability Information Through Assurance. Shokei-gakuso, Journal of Business Studies. 2025. 72. 1. 1-13
  • Naoko Kawahara. Relationship between Corporate Women Directors, Carbon Emissions, and Carbon Disclosure Quality - A Literature Review -. Shokei-gakuso, Journal of Business Studies. 2025. 71. 4. 295-309
  • Naoko Kawahara. Gender-Related Accounting and Reporting. Shokei-gakuso, Journal of Business Studies. 2025. 71. 3. 1-18
  • Naoko Kawahara, Noriko Iris. The Relationship between Sustainability Disclosure, Sustainability performance, and Corporate Governance. Journal of Business Studies. 2024. 71. 2. 37-57
  • Naoko Kawahara, Dewi Fitriasari, Noriko Irie. Debatable Nature of Environmental, Social, and Governance Information: Focusing on Mandatory Disclosures. Kindai Management Review. 2024. 12. 90-105
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MISC (4)：
  • Naoko Kawahara. <2023 National Survey of Agricultural Corporations Report> Relationship between Business Status and Financial Status of Agricultural Corporations. Hot Agriculture Group; HAG. 2025
  • Naoko Kawahara. Learning with Graduate Students. 2023. 21. 2. 7-10
  • 田中 充, 藤野 善久, 入江 賀子, 川原 尚子, 浦郷 昭子, 柴田 裕希. パネルディスカッション「環境影響評価の多様な発展に向けて」. 2023. 21. 1. 40-50
  • 荒川 真司, 川原 尚子, 萩原 栄. 国際トレンディ 2008年度海外会計・監査調査研究基金資産(旧岡本基金)による海外派遣報告. 会計・監査ジャーナル. 2009. 21. 4. 133-135
Books (6)：
  • ESG・SDGs素朴な疑問Q&A
    2022
  • Q&A - Simple questions on environment and CSR for CPA (2016 version)
    2016
  • Q&A - Simple questions on environment and CSR for CPA
    2012
  • Accounting for Freshman
    Chuokeizai-sya, Inc. 2011
  • MBA International management encyclopedia
    Chuokeizai-sya. Inc. 2007
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Lectures and oral presentations  (36)：
  • Climate-Related Information Disclosure by Listed Companies in Japan
    (3rd Global Virtual Conference on Climate Change (Climate Conclave 2024) 2024)
  • Relationship between sustainability disclosure and corporate governance
    (Kansai CFE Research Association 2024)
  • Challenges in Responding to ESG Fraud Risks.
    (14th ACFE JAPAN Conference 2023)
  • Examination of the Subject Matter and Methodologies of Social Impact Assessment: A Case of Assessments of Rural Sustainability Projects
    (The 21st Annual Conference on The Japan Society for Impact Assessment 2022)
  • Harvesting costs of forest biomass in Japan: A Bayesian multilevel meta-analysis
    (3rd Edition of Renewable and Sustainable Energy Virtual 2022)
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Education (2)：
  • SOAS, University of London International Foundation Courses and English Language Studies Diploma in English for Academic Purposes
  • SOAS, University of London Department of Finance and Management MSc of Finance and Financial Law
Professional career (2)：
  • MSc in Finance and Financial Law (University of London)
  • Diploma in English for Academic Purposes (University of London)
Work history (2)：
  • 2009/04 - 現在 Kindai University Professor
  • 2008/04 - 2009/03 Kindai University Associate Professor
Committee career (17)：
  • 2015/12 - 現在 Nabari City Member, Nabari City Education Committee
  • 2024/06 - 2026/06 Shijyonawate City Chairperson, Shijyonawate City Sewerage Utility Management Council
  • 2021/11 - 2025/11 Osaka Prefecture Member, Osaka Prefecture Comprehensive External Auditor Selection Committee
  • 2025/03 - 2025/08 Osaka Waterworks Authority Member, Hannan Water Service Rate Review Committee
  • 2025/03 - 2025/08 Ikoma City Chairperson, Ikoma City Sewerage Project Management Council
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Awards (3)：
  • 2025/03 - IOP Publishing IOP Publishing Outstanding Reviewer 2024 Reviewing for Environmental Research: Food Systems
  • 2024/03 - IOP Publishing IOP Trusted Reviewer Certification: Outstanding
  • 2019/07 - Japan Society for the Promotion of Science Awarded to special committee members of the Special Committee of the Research Fellows, etc.
Association Membership(s) (6)：
The Japan Society for Impact Assessment ,  Japan Land and Environment Institute ,  Centre for Social and Environmental Accounting Research (CSEAR) ,  International Association for Impact Assessment (IAIA) ,  Japan Auditing Association ,  Japan Accounting Association
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