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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.

Share Trading Unit System, Which Made AGM Skeleton and Spurred Cross-Shareholdings, Has Done Its Job

Can Investors Tolerate the Current Pace of Capital Profitability Improvement?

Focus on Cash Flow Recovery from Investments as Planned, as Well as Appropriate Cash Allocation

What Investors and Companies Should Do to Make Engagement More Effective ....

What Is Needed for More Engagement to Be Effective Is to Reduce Policy Shareholdings

To Expand Value and Improve Capital Profitability, the Promotion of Human Resources Is Necessary

Executive Director, Metrical Inc

Aki Matsumoto

Executive Director

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<li>Comparing the number of Japanese companies in top 50 global market capitalization and Japan's GDP as percentage of world's GDP in 1989, it's clear that economy and companies didn’t grow.</li>
<li>Without more Japanese companies that have an edge in profitability, a key focus for long-term global investors, it will not be possible to put long-term investment money into Japanese equities.</li>
<li>It is assumed that BoJ's policy of inducing the yen to depreciate through ultra-monetary easing may have in part spoiled company managers and caused them to neglect their corporate efforts.</li>
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Comparing the number of Japanese companies in top 50 global market capitalization and Japan's GDP as percentage of world's GDP in 1989, it's clear that economy and companies didn’t grow.
Without more Japanese companies that have an edge in profitability, a key focus for long-term global investors, it will not be possible to put long-term investment money into Japanese equities.
It is assumed that BoJ's policy of inducing the yen to depreciate through ultra-monetary easing may have in part spoiled company managers and caused them to neglect their corporate efforts.


Companies Should Reset the Yen's Depreciation Benefit Mindset and Regain Core Competencies

TSE Tokyo Price Index TOPIX

Companies Should Reset the Yen's Depreciation Benefit Mindset and Regain Core Competencies