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Japan

The TOPIX, also known as the Tokyo Stock Price Index, is a capitalization-weighted index of all companies listed on the First Section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange. The index is supplemented by the subindices of the 33 industry sectors. The index calculation excludes temporary issues and preferred stocks, and has a base value of 100 as of January 4, 1968.

Demae-can Co., Ltd. operates websites offering comprehensive delivery services.  The Company's websites allow users to order food, dry cleaning, and repair and recycling services through the Internet.

Monogatari Corporation operates a restaurant chain.  The Company's restaurants include Japanese, BBQ, noodle, and Japanese-style pancake restaurant.

Hitachi Construction Machinery Co., Ltd. develops, manufactures, sells, and repairs construction machinery. The Company's products include hydraulic excavators, crawler cranes, wheel loaders, shield machines, and bulldozers. Hitachi Construction Machinery, a subsidiary of Hitachi, Ltd., markets its products worldwide through sales offices overseas.

ZOJIRUSHI CORPORATION manufactures kitchen appliances, heat-insulating containers, and environmental equipment.  The Company's products include rice cookers, coffee makers, thermos bottles, humidifiers, and water purifiers. Zojirushi sells its products in Japan, North America, and Asia.

Keisei Electric Railway Co., Ltd. provides passenger rail and bus transportation services in the Metropolitan Tokyo and Chiba prefecture areas.  The Company operates department and supermarket stores, hotels, travel agents, movie theater and restaurants, and sells, leases, and maintains real estate.  Keisei Electric is a shareholder of Oriental Land Co., Ltd. which operates Tokyo Disneyland.

Rakuten Group, Inc. provides Internet services. The Company offers Internet finance services which including "Rakuten Card" and "Rakuten Bank". Rakuten Group also provides digital content services including electronic book services.

SAKAI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD. is a producer of construction machinery.  The Company specializes in road-paving machinery, namely road rollers.  Sakai Heavy Industries also manufactures vibrating plate compactors, rammers, wheel loaders, and road stabilizers.

TORII PHARMACEUTICAL CO., LTD. produces and sells pharmaceuticals.  The Company promotes medical products of its parent company, Japan Tobacco. Torii Pharmaceutical operates building maintenance and management business as well as shipping business.

Canon Inc. is a professional and consumer imaging solutions company and patent-holder of digital imaging technologies. The Company's products include networked multifunction devices, digital and analog copiers, computer peripherals, facsimile machines, image filing systems, camcorders, cameras and lenses, semiconductor, and broadcast and medical equipment.

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Independent Leading Corporate Governance Research

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.

Executive Director, Metrical Inc

Aki Matsumoto

Executive Director, Co-head of CG Research, Metrical Inc.
METRICAL INC. is a corporate governance(CG)research, investment research and consulting firm in Japan, offering a full service CG research and solutions to investors, public companies and other wide range of organizations globally. http://www.metrical.co.jp/

Aki Matsumoto
Executive Director
• Metrical Inc

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