Company Overview
PROFILE
D-Quest Holdings, Inc.
| Corporate Name | D-Quest Holdings, Inc. |
| Business Details | Corporate risk consulting |
| Address | Ryumeikan-Honten Bldg. 5F,
3-4 Kanda-Surugadai, Chiyoda, Tokyo 101-0062, Japan Tel: +81-3-5296-8380 / Fax: +81-3-5296-8360 |
| Date Established | November 1, 2017 (via a split of D-Quest, Inc.) |
| Chair / CEO | Daisuke Wakiyama |
| President | Murayuki Kanaya |
| Alliance | Association of Certified Fraud Examiners (ACFE) [website] |
| D-Quest Group Affiliates | INTERMARK, Inc. [website]
ACFE JAPAN [website] |
| Certifications |
ISO/IEC 27001:2013 / JIS Q 27001:2014 [ISR025]
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D-Quest, Inc.
| Corporate Name | D-Quest, Inc. |
| Business Details | Corporate risk consulting (DQ Helpline; a whistleblower hotline service) |
| Address | Ryumeikan-Honten Bldg. 5F,
3-4 Kanda-Surugadai, Chiyoda, Tokyo 101-0062, Japan Tel: +81-3-5296-8333 / Fax: +81-3-5296-8331 |
| Date Established | July 1, 1987 |
| Date Reorganized | April 1, 2000 |
| President / CEO | Daisuke Wakiyama |
| Certifications |
ISO/IEC 27001:2013 / JIS Q 27001:2014 [ISR025]
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DQ Europe (D-Quest Europe GmbH)
| Corporate Name | D-Quest Europe GmbH |
| Address | Opern Turm 13F
Bockenheimer Landstraße 2-4, 60306 Frankfurt am Main Deutschland / Germany |
| Date Established | October 11, 2018 |
| President | Frank Becker |
| Contact | +49 69 2731 5657(Deutschland / Germany)
+81-3-5296-8333 (Japan) |
D-Quest America Office
| Address | 1308 Huntington Dr,
South Pasadena, CA 91030 / U.S.A |
| Date Established | April 1, 2020 |
D-Quest Group Affiliates
ACFE JAPAN
| Corporate Name | ACFE JAPAN
(Association of Certified Fraud Examiners Japan) |
| Address | Ryumeikan-Honten Bldg. 5F,
3-4 Kanda-Surugadai, Chiyoda, Tokyo 101-0062, Japan Tel: +81-3-5296-8338 / Fax: +81-3-5296-8337 |
| Website | https://ACFE.jp |
| Date Established | April 1, 2005: ACFE JAPAN (private group)
December 2007: ACFE JAPAN (intermediary corporation) December 2008: ACFE JAPAN (general incorporated association) |
| Chair of the Board | Joji Okada, CFE, CPA in Japan |
INTERMARK, Inc.
| Corporate Name | INTERMARK, Inc. |
| Address | Ryumeikan-Honten Bldg. 5F,
3-4 Kanda-Surugadai, Chiyoda, Tokyo 101-0062, Japan Tel: +81-3-5296-0033 / Fax: +81-3-5296-8331 |
| Website | http://www.intermark.co.jp/ |
| Founded | July 1996 |
| President / CEO | Shiro Toma |
| Certifications |
ISO/IEC 27001:2013 / JIS Q 27001:2014 [ISR025]
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History
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2022
Apr.
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D-Quest Holdings, Inc. announce the Change of Representative effective April 1, 2022. Daisuke Wakiyama has been appointed as chairman, and Yosuke Yamamoto has been appointed as president. |
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2000
Apr.
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D-Quest, Inc. established as a total consulting company focused on corporate-risk management (capital: JPY 10 million; headquarters: Shinjuku, Tokyo) As part of its risk management, began offering corporate investigative services for checking the reliability of companies during mergers & acquisitions or when dealing with new clients |
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2002
Jun.
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Increased capital to JPY 20 million |
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2003
May
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Partnered with Carratu International Plc., a company with 40 years of experience investigating intellectual-property rights and pharmaceutical patent infringement in the United Kingdom. Developed a system to bring the high-quality investigative services it had provided to top clients around the world to the Japanese market. |
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Oct.
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Developed D-Quest Helpline, a whistleblowing system that enables two-way communication over the Web while maintaining anonymity, as part of constructing a corporate internal control environment. Applied for a patent (Application No. 2003-411397) |
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2004
Jun.
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Established I2Brain Inc. in Los Angeles as a local subsidiary in Los Angeles, California. Acquired an license to conduct investigations in the United States (PI24183) |
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Aug.
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Increased capital to JPY 90 million |
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Oct.
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Obtained an exclusive license for Japan from the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners (ACFE), a world leader in the education of fraud and compliance professionals. |
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2005
Apr.
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Relocated headquarters to Uchisaiwaichō in Chiyoda Ward, Tokyo and launched ACFE JAPAN. Held its first kick-off meeting as the ACFE JAPAN office |
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May.
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Become a member of the World Association of Detectives (WAD), a global alliance of investigators and security professionals. |
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2006
Sep.
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Increased capital to JPY 115 million |
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Sep.
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Published “Report to the Nations on Occupational Fraud and Abuse, 2006”, Japanese Edition. |
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2007
Apr.
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Participated as the only Japanese directing company of the Institution for Fraud Prevention (IFP), an international fraud-prevention organization established through a partnership between the Association for Certified Fraud Examiners (ACFE) and the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA). Organizations such as the Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI) and the Government Accountability Office (GAO) are also members of the IFP |
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Sep.
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Relocated headquarters to the Nihonbashi area of Chūō, Tokyo |
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Dec.
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Converted ACFE JAPAN to an intermediary corporation and established the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners JAPAN, Limited Liability Intermediate Corporation, to handle office operations. |
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Dec.
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Acquired a patent for our whistleblowing system, “D-Quest Helpline.” (Patent No. 4059843) |
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2008
Apr.
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Launched the "Reduce Misconduct Incidents and Fraud at Sales Branches to Near Zero" course, using correspondence materials that capitalize on the ACFE's fraud prevention expertise (Design and Distribution: Kinzai Institute for Financial Affairs Inc.). |
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Jul.
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Relocated headquarters to the Yaesu area of Chūō Ward and absorbed the corporate investigation division of affiliate IIS International Inc. |
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Sep.
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Published “Report to the Nations on Occupational Fraud and Abuse, 2008”, Japanese Edition. |
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2009
Jul.
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Increased capital to JPY 194.45 million |
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Oct.
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Contracted a project from the Ministry of Economy, Trade, and Industry entitled “Study of Official Development Assistance for Small- and Medium-Sized Businesses in FY 2009—Research on the Status of Counterfeit Item Distribution over the Internet” |
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Nov.
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Launched the Risk Search Service (RSS) |
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Dec.
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Converted the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners, JAPAN from an intermediary corporation to a general incorporated association in accordance with changes to the intermediary corporation system. |
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2010
Jun.
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Released our Chinese Investigation Support service to assist business operation in China |
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Jul.
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Announced the “d-School Training Course for Whistleblowing Contact Point Staff” program. |
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Aug.
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Released “webcro”(Web-Crawler), a data-collection service targeting blogs and message boards. |
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Sep.
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Published “Report to the Nations on Occupational Fraud and Abuse, 2010”, Japanese Edition. |
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Oct.
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Held the first ACFE JAPAN conference (“Fighting Hidden Fraud—United IN THE FIGHT”) as the Japanese office |
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2011
Feb.
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Published “Examining the Theory Behind and Handling of Corporate Fraud through Case Studies” via a collaboration between D-Quest Inc. and ACFE JAPAN |
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Feb.
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Published “Dealing with Corporate Fraud Q&A”(Dobunkan Shuppan) |
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Apr.
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Released a search service for past registrations and applications for design trademarks at the Patent Office |
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Jun.
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Became a corporate member of the Japan Trademark Association |
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Oct.
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Held the second ACFE JAPAN conference (“Japan and Fraud—Examining Fraud Prevention the Japanese Way”) as the Japanese office |
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2012
Feb.
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Began conducting annual whistleblower training for large companies |
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Feb.
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Conducted harassment training three times a year for global pharmaceutical companies |
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Mar.
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Decreased capital to JPY 97 million |
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Jul.
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Relocated headquarters to Kanda-Surugadai in Chiyoda Ward, Tokyo due to redevelopment construction |
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Sep.
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Published “Report to the Nations on Occupational Fraud and Abuse, 2012”, Japanese Edition. |
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Oct.
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Held the seminar “Best Approaches and Perspectives toward Trademarks / Trademark Work Sought by Companies” |
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Oct.
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Held the third ACFE JAPAN conference (“Fraud Prevention and Corporate Governance”) as the Japanese office |
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Nov.
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Released the “Power-Harassment Prevention Training” program |
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2013
Apr.
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Acquired the managing rights of Bay Atlanda, the company operating the InterMark system for similar trademark searches. Began operating a trademark database |
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Jul.
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Held the seminar “The importance of trademark investigations” |
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Sep.
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Held a practical-training course for improving the skill of Whistleblowing contact point staff |
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Oct.
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Held the seminar “Best Approaches and Perspectives toward Trademarks / Trademark Work Sought by Companies” |
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Oct.
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Held the fourth ACFE JAPAN conference (“Fighting Fraudulent Accounting”) as the Japanese office |
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Dec.
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Held “Power Harassment Series #1” with practical training for responding to whistleblowing |
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2014
Mar.
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Held “Sexual Harassment Series #1” with practical training for responding to whistleblowing |
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Jun.
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Held “Dealing with Labor Issues #1” with practical training for responding to whistleblowing |
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Jun.
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Delivered a lecture on "Cultivating the Skills Needed for In-house Whistleblowing Section Staff" at the Mizuho Seminar sponsored by the Mizuho Research Institute. |
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Jul.
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Sent a lecturer to the "Trademark Usage Research" introductory seminar at the Corporate Legal & IP Association's (CLIP) 47th Annual Seminar. |
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Sep.
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Published “Report to the Nations on Occupational Fraud and Abuse, 2014”, Japanese Edition. |
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Oct.
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Conducted an introductory food defense seminar for corporate food safety managers (in cooperation with the Japan Frozen Foods Inspection Corporation). |
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Oct.
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Delivered a lecture on "Cultivating the Skills Needed for In-house Whistleblowing Section Staff" at the Mizuho Seminar sponsored by the Mizuho Research Institute (Osaka venue). |
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Oct.
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Held the fifth ACFE JAPAN conference (“Fraud Risk in Global Business”) as the Japanese office |
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Dec.
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Held “2014 WorkMAX”, a practical-training course for improving the skill of Whistleblowing contact point staff |
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2015
Feb.
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Held a compliance seminar for the Japan Generic Medicines Association |
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Mar.
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Sent a lecturer to “Cultivating the skills needed for managing corporate consultations and reporting hotlines” at the Mizuho Seminar sponsored by the Mizuho Research Institute (Tokyo venue, Osaka venue) |
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Apr.
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Launched cloud version of Risk Search service (to verify negative claims against a client) |
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May
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Held a lecture on "Promoting the Employment of People with Disabilities" |
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Jun.
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Sent a lecturer to “Cultivating the skills needed for managing corporate consultations and reporting” at the Mizuho Seminar sponsored by the Mizuho Research Institute (Tokyo venue) |
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Oct.
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Held the “Improved Handling of Harassment Cases Seminar—How to Skillfully Deal with Workplace Problems” at a seminar sponsored by Joyo Industrial Research |
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Oct.
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Held the sixth ACFE JAPAN conference (“Fraudulent Accounting, Revisited”) as the Japanese office |
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2016
Feb.
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Published “Report to the Nations on Occupational Fraud and Abuse, 2016”, Japanese Edition |
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Apr.
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Held “White-Collar Crime and Criminology” at a seminar sponsored by ACFE JAPAN |
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May
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Began accepting Korean-language reports by phone |
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Jun.
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Sent a lecturer to “Cultivating the skills needed for managing corporate consultations and reporting” at the Mizuho Seminar sponsored by the Mizuho Research Institute (Tokyo venue) |
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Jul.
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Launched “MentalPort”, a stress-checking service |
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Oct.
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Held the seventh ACFE JAPAN conference (“Principles of Fighting Fraud”) as the Japanese office |
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2017
Mar.
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Acquired the ISO/IEC 27001:2013／JIS Q 27001:2014 [ISR021] ISMS: Information Security Management System qualification |
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Jun.
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Sent a lecturer to “Cultivating the skills needed for managing corporate consultations and reporting”at the Mizuho Seminar sponsored by the Mizuho Research Institute (Tokyo venue) |
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Jul.
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Held the seminar “Global Compliance in the Age of Data Protection—Latest Trends in the European Union's GDPR” |
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Jul.
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Published “Report to the Nations on Occupational Fraud and Abuse, 2018”, Japanese Edition |
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Aug.
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Sent a lecturer to “Important Points for Introducing and Operating a Global Whistleblowing System,” the second session of “Important Points for Introducing and Operating a Whistleblowing System” sponsored by the Business Research Institute |
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Nov.
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Established D-Quest Holdings, Inc. by splitting D-Quest, Inc. It inherited the consulting, research, and related business |
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2018
Jul.
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Formed an alliance with lawyers in the United States, Europe, and Asia, creating a global network of law firms |
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Oct.
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Established DQ Europe in Frankfurt, Germany |
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2019
Jul.
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Transferred a registered ISMS certification body to [ISR0125] ASR Co. Ltd. |
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2020
Apr.
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Established D-Quest America Office in Los Angeles, U.S.A. |
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2022
Apr.
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DD-Quest Holdings, Inc. announced change of representative effective April 1, 2022. Daisuke Wakiyama has been appointed as chairman, and Yosuke Yamamoto has been appointed as president. |
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Jun.
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Launched “ESG Report Bank”, an app to support corporate ESG initiatives |
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Jun.
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Launched Whistleblowing one-stop service in accordance with the revised Whistleblower Protection Act (enforced June 1, 2022) |
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Oct.
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Held the seventh ACFE JAPAN conference (“Why are anti-fraud measures urgent now?”) as the Japanese office |
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2023
Apr.
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Launched “Governance Q,” a comprehensive corporate governance information media |
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Sep.
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DQ Helpline 20th Anniversary Event “DQ Symposium: Whistleblowing System and Corporate Integrity” |
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Oct.
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Held the seventh ACFE JAPAN conference (“Diversified Fraud-Prospects for Changing Governance”) as the Japanese office |
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2024
Feb.
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DQ Helpline is certified “ASP・SaaS Information Disclosure Certification System for Safety and Reliability of Cloud Services” from Japan Cloud Industry Association (ASPIC) |
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Apr.
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D-Quest Holdings, Inc. launched a new product “riskey,” a news screening service to verify and monitor relationships with antisocial forces. |
