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Metrical Inc

METRICAL INC. is an independent leading Corporate Governance research firm in Japan where Corporate Governance is increasingly recognized as an important element on corporate management in these days. Thus, CG research and solutions would become an essential component of global capital markets and play important to contribute to transparency of the markets and maximize shareholders’ value in Japan. 

METRICAL INC. provides Corporate Governance research and analysis including rating services, and  also offers investment research and IR services with solutions and customized profound research on CG and IR issues.

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Executive Director, Metrical Inc

Aki Matsumoto

Executive Director

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<li>Management must shift from mindset of “doing only what's specified” and rethink true meaning of being a corporation, significance of going public, and management approach required to achieve those goals.</li>
<li>As the responsibilities of outside directors have grown, questions are being raised about their effectiveness, given that profitability hasn't improved and scandals occurred at companies with the same outside directors.</li>
<li>Just because the principle has been elevated to “the effective functioning of outside directors” doesn't mean that outside directors can suddenly do things they were previously unable to do.</li>
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Management must shift from mindset of “doing only what's specified” and rethink true meaning of being a corporation, significance of going public, and management approach required to achieve those goals.
As the responsibilities of outside directors have grown, questions are being raised about their effectiveness, given that profitability hasn't improved and scandals occurred at companies with the same outside directors.
Just because the principle has been elevated to “the effective functioning of outside directors” doesn't mean that outside directors can suddenly do things they were previously unable to do.


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Revised Corporate Governance Code: Who Will Breathe Life Into It...