May 21, 2021
Japan’s listed companies are increasing their focus on environmental, social, and governance (ESG) issues in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic, according to a survey by the country’s Government Pension …
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Japanese company, Toshiba, which has been restructuring after admitting accounting failures in 2015 has published its annual report for 2016 after receiving a qualified opinion from its auditor, PWC Arata, which meant the firm avoided being delisted from …
Read MoreCompliance with the Japanese corporate governance code of 2015 shows strong compliance according to research published by the Tokyo Stock Exchange (TSE).
The Code contains five general principles, 30 principles, and 38 supplementary principles and like the UK code …
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Guidance on Stewardship Code for institutional investors in Japan to perform their duties effectively has been published by the Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI), the United Nations Environment Programme Finance Initiative (UNEP FI) and the Generation Foundation as part of …
Read MoreThe Japanese Government Pension Investment Fund (GPIF) recenlty tweeted about the “excellent” integrated reporting of some of the country’s firms. However, Manifest’s analysis shows that sustainability reporting in Japan is falling short of many investors expectations.
Based on analysis of …
Read MoreJapan’s Financial Services Agency has announced draft regulations aimed at improving corporate governance disclosures.
With effect from March 31st 2010, companies will be required to disclose a detailed breakdown of individual pay for each executive earning more than ¥100 million …
Read MoreA recent article from The Economist has highlighted another real-world connection between firm performance and governance structures.
Commenting on the massive accelerator safety recall and how the Toyota management has handled itself, the Economist points out that the problems it …
Read MoreNozoe Kuniaki, ousted CEO of Tokyo Stock Exchange’s 40th largest company, Fujitsu, this week issued a Court petition in an attempt to clear his name following unfounded accusations of links to organised crime.
At a news conference this week, Nozoe …
Read MoreWelcome news this week about Japanese corporate governance developments from Washington-DC based Council of Institutional Investors. Jonathan Urick, CII’s international governance policy co-ordiantor met with Makoto Seta and Toshiya Otsu of the Japanese Financial Services Agency (FSA) to discuss their …
Read MoreSome 18 Japanese companies are known to have disclosed the results of their 2009 AGMs on their corporate websites, in what is an improvement from two companies on 2008 according to Sumitomo Trust. Japanese regulators are expected to introduce a …
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