Corporate Japan has been rocked in recent months with a spate of major scandals, writes Anthony Fensom. Will it be enough to trigger meaningful reforms? (by Anthony Fensom)
Category: Other News
Who Is the Most Influential Corporate Governance Tweeter in 2012 ?
Competia has compiled a list of the mostinfluential experts on Twitter discussing corporate governance. The full results are shown in this link, along with some analysis that shows there aquite respectable community discussing corporate governancissues has formed on Twitter.
http://competia.com/who-is-the-most-influential-corporate-governance-tweeter-in-2/
JT to Buy its Own Shares Back from the Government
So, despite vastly under-performing when compared to global peers (see http://www.jtchange.com/JTChange/EconomicCase_Eng.aspx) particularly when it comes to returning profits to shareholders, JT suddenly has money to buy its own shares…. from the Japanese government.
BDTI Update: Recent Seminars and Programs, and Those in Process
English readers (and sponsors)may be interested to know about recent seminars provided by BDTI, and those that are in the works. (Note:below, we have listed BDTI’s group programs. BDTI also offers low-costE-Learning, consisting of 4 hours on the Company Law and 5 hours on corporate governance; and “customized” courses for single companies.)
Now Accepting Applications for Next English Language “Director Boot Camp” Training Program (June 23; sign up at bottom)
Following its successful first offering, BDTI will hold its next English-language Director Boot Camp on Saturday, June 23rd. Thisintensive programteaches attendeesthe keylegal and corporate governance knowledgethey need to responsibly serve on, report to, or analyze boards of Japanese companies, focusing most on issues that arise in public companies. (However, manysubjects are also relevant to Japanese subsidiaries of public companies, or even private companies.)
Recent Seminars Given by BDTI, and Those in Process
English readers (and sponsors)may be interested to know about recent seminars provided by BDTI, and those that are in the works. Briefly:
English Language “Director Boot Camp” Training Program (CLOSED – will offer again in June- please contact us)
BDTI will offer its English-language director training program on Saturday, May 12. The purpose of the program will be to familiarize attendees with basic knowledge that they need to know in order to responsibly serve on, or report to, boards of Japanese companies. The course will consist of short lectures interspersed with ample time for interactive discussion and questions-and-answers about real-life situations that occur on boards in Japan, and how to handle them.
Please see more details – and apply!
Japan Society of California Comments on the TSE’s February 28, 2012 Revisions to Listing Rules Regarding Corporate Governance to
Japan Society of California made Comments on the TSE’s February 28, 2012 Revisions to Listing Rules Regarding Corporate Governance to Restore Confidence in the Securities Market
In their comments, they brought up a topic regarding the education of directors.
Michael Woodford’s Public Comment to the TSE Regarding “Revisions to Listing Rules..To Restore Confidence in Securities Markets”
From: MICHAEL WOODFORD
Sent: 26 March 2012 23:06
To: 'jojo-kikaku@tse.or.jp'
Subject: PUBLIC COMMENT IN RESPECT OF THE TOKYO STOCK EXCHANGE'S REVISIONS TO LISTING RULES REGARDING CORPORATE GOVERNANCE TO RESTORE CONFIDENCE IN THE SECURITIES MARKETS
Dear Sirs,