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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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Executive Director, Metrical Inc

Aki Matsumoto

Executive Director

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<li>Support through reform of social systems needs to develop environment conducive to childrearing, not to mention Scandinavian case. The generation with old view of family is obstacle to these reforms.</li>
<li>As real incomes declined, the number of dual-earner families increased and the fertility rate declined. The decline in the fertility rate is related to the decline in income per worker.</li>
<li>Meanwhile, companies managed to maintain profit margins by holding down labor costs. Declining real incomes, declining birth rates, management distancing itself from diverse values, and stagnant profit margins are interrelated.</li>
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Support through reform of social systems needs to develop environment conducive to childrearing, not to mention Scandinavian case. The generation with old view of family is obstacle to these reforms.
As real incomes declined, the number of dual-earner families increased and the fertility rate declined. The decline in the fertility rate is related to the decline in income per worker.
Meanwhile, companies managed to maintain profit margins by holding down labor costs. Declining real incomes, declining birth rates, management distancing itself from diverse values, and stagnant profit margins are interrelated.


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