Yoshiaki Wada, Vice-Chair joined the Bank of Japan in 1982. He worked for the Statistics and Economic Research Department, the IT System Department and for the Secretariat for Policy Board, Financial Systems and Bank Supervision Department. In 2010, Wada san joined NTT DATA Corporation, and currently works for the development of new financial technologies including XBRL, XML, J-SON and related solutions in the Digital Strategy Section of Financial Segments. Wada san is Chair for the XBRL Asia Round Table and also a board member of XBRL Japan.