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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 Company's Nominating Committee is not a statutory committee and is chaired by an in-house director, which means that the Nominating Committee is not independent.</li>
<li>The lack of compliance and dysfunctional governance is that the president continued in his position and was reappointed as a director after the incident was discovered.</li>
<li>There's suspicion that the parent company was involved in this case, since it has sent 2 inside directors to the subsidiary and voted in favor of re-electing the former president.</li>
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The Company's Nominating Committee is not a statutory committee and is chaired by an in-house director, which means that the Nominating Committee is not independent.
The lack of compliance and dysfunctional governance is that the president continued in his position and was reappointed as a director after the incident was discovered.
There's suspicion that the parent company was involved in this case, since it has sent 2 inside directors to the subsidiary and voted in favor of re-electing the former president.


The Question of Whether the Parent Company Was Aware of Legal Compliance and Corporate Governance

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The Question of Whether the Parent Company Was Aware of Legal Compliance and Corporate Governance