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”Around the world, the corporate governance landscape is shifting, as efforts to improve business practices and policies gain support and momentum. The wave of reform has become visible everywhere – from tough new regulations in Japan to sovereign wealth funds like Norway’s Norges Bank Investment Management taking a more active approach to their investments – and it is certain to continue to rise.
”As part of Abenomics’ third arrow of structural reform, Japan recently adopted a new corporate governance code. The new code focuses on making Japanese corporations more transparent, more responsive to shareholders — including minority shareholders — and subject to more effective oversight by boards of directors, especially outside directors. It seeks to make boards […]
”Listed Japanese companies are on track for a third-straight year of record dividend payouts, with the figure set to hit 10.8 trillion yen ($93.38 billion), topping the 10 trillion yen mark for the first time.
”The Council of Experts Concerning the Follow-up of Japan’s Stewardship Code and Japan’s Corporate Governance Code has published “Publication of “Corporate Boards Seeking Sustainable Corporate Growth and Increased Corporate Value over the Mid- to Long-Term……..”
These are the minutes of the meeting held on November 24, 2015 . The materials that were distributed at the meeting can be downloaded at the bottom of this entry.
These are the minutes of the meeting held on October 20, 2015. The materials that were distributed at the meeting can be downloaded at the bottom of this entry.
[Ikeo, Chairman] “Although it’s not yet the scheduled time, as all the prospective attendees are here, I’d like to open the second Council of Experts Concerning the Follow-up of Japan’s Stewardship Code and Japan’s Corporate Governance Code. Thank you very much for taking the time from your busy schedule.
These are the minutes of the meeting held on September 24, 2015. The materials that were distributed at the meeting can be downloaded at the bottom of this entry.
“…..Guiding Principles
Some of the key themes in the Japanese and UK Codes are similar, for example the responsibillities and the independence of the Board, the internal risk and control framework, and engagement with stakeholders. However, implementing corporate governance in a practical and invulnerable way is often much more challenging than outlining the guiding principles.
Lessons from UK Experience
The UK experience could provide valuable lessons in the following areas:
Andrew Silberman of AMT Group demonstrating how to have greater impact in board meetings:
Glass Lewis has issued is policy guidelines for 2016 for the Japanese market, in both English and Japanese. It is a statement of the times that Glass Lewis made a Japanese translation this year, as they have not done that in previous years.