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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>The number of companies participating in electronic-voting platform increased, but most of them are prime market companies. This is because "participation in electronic-voting platform" was included in the listing criteria.</li>
<li>According to a survey conducted by METI, there are issues that are not user-friendly, such as the need to resolve the issue of "procedural duplication" when voting electronically.</li>
<li>This issue isn't a matter of an electronic-platform, but requires change in the overall institutional design for electronic shareholder meetings, together with the computerization and online-accessibility of documents for AGMs,.</li>
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The number of companies participating in electronic-voting platform increased, but most of them are prime market companies. This is because "participation in electronic-voting platform" was included in the listing criteria.
According to a survey conducted by METI, there are issues that are not user-friendly, such as the need to resolve the issue of "procedural duplication" when voting electronically.
This issue isn't a matter of an electronic-platform, but requires change in the overall institutional design for electronic shareholder meetings, together with the computerization and online-accessibility of documents for AGMs,.


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Japan's Governance: About an Article on the Introduction of Electronic Voting for the AGMs