Yuji Ijiri is a retired accounting researcher and educator. He was the Robert M. Trueblood University Professor of Accounting and Economics at Carnegie Mellon University

Carnegie Mellon University

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 until his retirement on June 30, 2011.

He obtained his bachelor of law degree at Ritsumeikan University

Ritsumeikan University

Ritsumeikan University has a growing reputation as one of the main private universities of Japan. It is part of a group of prestigious private universities in the Kansai area, called "Kan -Kan -Dou -Ritsu "...

 in 1956. That same year, he became a Certified Public Accountant

Certified Public Accountant

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 in Japan at the age of 21, and remains the person having achieved that at the youngest age.

He obtained his masters degree at the University of Minnesota

University of Minnesota

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 in 1960 and his Ph.D.