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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.

A Policy Shift from Simply Maintaining Corporate Performance to How to Raise Added Value Is Needed

Women Founders Should Be Supported Rather than Goals that Are Less Feasible for Achieving Diversity

Main Issue Is the Content Rather than the Progress in Complying with the Corporate Governance Code

Japan's Gender Gap Index Remains Low. Power to Change the Existing Structure Is Still Invisible.

Voting Rights that Fulfill Fiduciary Duty Are a Key for Tense Corporate Management Practices

Share Buybacks Exceed BOJ's ETF Purchases, but BOJ's Presence Is Significant in Another Aspect

Executive Director, Metrical Inc

Aki Matsumoto

Executive Director

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<li>Cases of illegal transactions by the president of a company from the founding family should be handled in terms of legal violations before corporate governance.</li>
<li>If we focus on the issue of corporate governance, the problem is that the board of directors and statutory auditors have failed to fulfill their duties and cross-shareholdings were involved.</li>
<li>If corporate governance is not effective in practice, we should at least expect to see improvements in corporate governance practices in organizational forms that are more legally binding.</li>
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Cases of illegal transactions by the president of a company from the founding family should be handled in terms of legal violations before corporate governance.
If we focus on the issue of corporate governance, the problem is that the board of directors and statutory auditors have failed to fulfill their duties and cross-shareholdings were involved.
If corporate governance is not effective in practice, we should at least expect to see improvements in corporate governance practices in organizational forms that are more legally binding.


Should Move to a Legally Binding Structure to Prevent Corporate Governance from Becoming a Skeleton

TSE Tokyo Price Index TOPIX

Should Move to a Legally Binding Structure to Prevent Corporate Governance from Becoming a Skeleton