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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.

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The Declining Birthrate Makes Us Think About Japan's Tendency to Postpone Problems

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Share Buybacks Exceed BOJ's ETF Purchases, but BOJ's Presence Is Significant in Another Aspect

Executive Director, Metrical Inc

Aki Matsumoto

Executive Director

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<li>Even couples who have decided to get married are squeezing wedding expenses, indicating that financial reasons are overshadowing the factors that keep young people from getting married.</li>
<li>Real wages have continued to decline over the past 25 years, and real income per household is known to be lower in 2018 than it was in 1980.</li>
<li>The deflationary cycle that has carried out by procuring cheap labor from overseas under the guise of technical intern trainees and women as non-regular workers doesn't seem to be sustainable.</li>
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Even couples who have decided to get married are squeezing wedding expenses, indicating that financial reasons are overshadowing the factors that keep young people from getting married.
Real wages have continued to decline over the past 25 years, and real income per household is known to be lower in 2018 than it was in 1980.
The deflationary cycle that has carried out by procuring cheap labor from overseas under the guise of technical intern trainees and women as non-regular workers doesn't seem to be sustainable.


Continuing Deflationary Cycle Will Not Raise Younger Generation's Desire to Marry and Have Children

TSE Tokyo Price Index TOPIX

Continuing Deflationary Cycle Will Not Raise Younger Generation's Desire to Marry and Have Children