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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.

The Time Is Not Far off when the Prime Market Listing Criteria Itself Will Be Questioned

Interest Will Be Focused on when the TSE Will Begin Cleaning up the Prime Market

Director Compensation Should Be Changed from Stable Compensation to More Variable Compensation

Mandatory Disclosure of Gender Wage Differentials Is Still a First Step

Japan's Gender Gap Index Remains Low. Power to Change the Existing Structure Is Still Invisible.

Voting Rights that Fulfill Fiduciary Duty Are a Key for Tense Corporate Management Practices

Executive Director, Metrical Inc

Aki Matsumoto

Executive Director

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<li>I would like to discuss the issues on several interesting points in the report "Vision for Future Human Resources" compiled by the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI).</li>
<li>Both company and employees have seen a gap between the skills they need and the reality, yet neither company nor employees have invested sufficiently. This has led to falling competitiveness.</li>
<li>Companies need to invest sufficiently in human resources to create added value from management that has been so busy cutting costs that it has saved to invest in human resources.</li>
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I would like to discuss the issues on several interesting points in the report "Vision for Future Human Resources" compiled by the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI).
Both company and employees have seen a gap between the skills they need and the reality, yet neither company nor employees have invested sufficiently. This has led to falling competitiveness.
Companies need to invest sufficiently in human resources to create added value from management that has been so busy cutting costs that it has saved to invest in human resources.


The Key to Creating Added Value Is to Shift to Management that Values Human Resources

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The Key to Creating Added Value Is to Shift to Management that Values Human Resources