We are pleased to announce the Call for Submissions for the 8th international conference of The Japanese Accounting Review (TJAR) to be held on January 6, 2018 at Rokkodai Campus of Kobe University in Japan. The conference committee invites accounting researchers from around the globe to submit interesting and innovative papers. Areas of coverage include, but are not limited to: Financial Accounting and Reporting, Taxation, Auditing, Management Accounting, International Accounting, Accounting History, and Accounting Education.