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Daily Brief ESG: What Are the Reasons Japanese Companies Cannot Overcome the Drawbacks of Traditional Management? and more

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  • What Are the Reasons Japanese Companies Cannot Overcome the Drawbacks of Traditional Management?


What Are the Reasons Japanese Companies Cannot Overcome the Drawbacks of Traditional Management?

By Aki Matsumoto

  • What are the reasons Japanese companies cannot overcome the drawbacks of traditional management?
  • In Japan, the concept of fiduciary duty is generally not widely understood, but institutional investors must fulfill their accountability to beneficiaries just as much as management does.
  • Consequently, AGMs remained concentrated at late June, making it physically difficult to attend, and since annual securities reports couldn’t be used as a basis for decision-making, virtually nothing has changed.

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