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In today’s briefing:

  • Time to Move Forward to Corporate Governance 2.0, Where the Substance Will Be Questioned

Time to Move Forward to Corporate Governance 2.0, Where the Substance Will Be Questioned

By Aki Matsumoto

  • Although Fujitec’s corporate governance framework has improved in places, the Statutory Auditor and Nominating Committee aren’t functioning, and the Board of Directors with a majority of independent directors isn’t functioning.
  • METI survey shows that 20% of independent directors are friends of CEO, a glimpse of how companies expect independent outside directors to play a role in endorsing executive management policies.
  • With several revisions of Corporate Governance Code, companies have ostensibly made steady progress in corporate governance efforts. However, whether this has been accompanied by substance varies from company to company.

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