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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>In Japanese companies, where the overwhelming majority of directors are internal executive directors, independent directors who are in the minority tend to be referred to as outside directors.</li>
<li>There are concerns about whether a company's board that doesn’t embrace diverse values can sustain growth, and whether there is risk that growth will be hampered by lack of diversity.</li>
<li>The tendency of companies to hire friends as outside directors and to require them to play role in endorsing the executive's-management shows an aspect of reluctance to embrace diverse values.</li>
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In Japanese companies, where the overwhelming majority of directors are internal executive directors, independent directors who are in the minority tend to be referred to as outside directors.
There are concerns about whether a company's board that doesn’t embrace diverse values can sustain growth, and whether there is risk that growth will be hampered by lack of diversity.
The tendency of companies to hire friends as outside directors and to require them to play role in endorsing the executive's-management shows an aspect of reluctance to embrace diverse values.


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