Structural Reform in Japanese Financial Markets

Corporate Governance in Japan: Where Will It Go from Here? Where Should It?　(Part 1 of a Series)

Founder and CEO, Europacifica Consulting

Naomi Fink

Founder and CEO

Europacifica Consulting

As a follow up to our <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/insights/structural-reform-in-japanese-financial-markets" target="_blank">review of structural reform</a> in the Japanese financial services sector, <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/profiles/801" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="accounts:801">Nicholas Benes</a> provided some interesting insight on the political backdrop of FDI targets set under Koizumi:<blockquote> The goal to double the stock of FDI in five years always was a rather unambitious goal. At the level of Japan's reported cumulative FDI (which is very low as a% of GDP compared to other nations), all it would have needed was about 10 decent-sized inward M&amp;A deals to be achieved. As I recall, it was…</blockquote>

As a follow up to our review of structural reform in the Japanese financial services sector, Nicholas Benes provided some interesting insight on the political backdrop of FDI targets set under Koizumi: The goal to double the stock of FDI in five years always was a rather unambitious goal. At the level of Japan's reported cumulative FDI (which is very low as a% of GDP compared to other nations), all it would have needed was about 10 decent-sized inward M&amp;A deals to be achieved. As I recall, it was…

Japan Post Holdings

Inward FDI to Japan