“ I. Purpose The Corporate Governance Code (“Code”) has been drafted and is scheduled to be implemented in June 2015 in line with the government's growth strategy, Japan Revitalization Strategy (Revised 2014) formulated in June 2014. The growth strategy also calls for TSE’s listing rules to require listed companies to explain the reason for non-compliance with the Code. TSE will make the necessary revisions to its rules and regulations to achieve this comply-or-explain regime.
Month: February 2015
Summary – Japan at the Tipping Point: Japan’s New Corporate Governance Code and the Third Arrow Reforms
In view of its historical importance and expected impact as the primary policy in the Third Arrow of Japan's growth strategy, I have put together a Powerpoint summary about the draft corporate governance code and its implications against the backdrop of Japan's growth strategy.
The summary covers:
Kenju Watanabe: “Control Transaction Governance: Collective Action and Asymmetric Information – Problems and ex Post Policing”
This article is highly original and of great importance to the debate about private enforcement of corporate and securities laws in that it is the first to 1)articulate the doctrinal prerequisites for effective ex post judicial policing of fiduciaries in control transactions and 2) theoretically unify two seemingly distinct approaches to police control transactions‐‐the ex post judicial policing in the United States and the ex ante policing by the Takeover Panel in the UnitedKingdom. Shareholder collective action and asymmetric informatio
Public Comments Submitted to the FSA on the Exposure Draft of Japan’s Corporate Governance Code
So far wehave collected the following public comments that have been submitted to the FSA with regard to the exposure draft of Japan's new corporate governance code:
American Chamber of Commmerce in Japan
http://bit.ly/1zu25Hz
Asian Corporate Governance Association
http://bdti.mastertree.jp/f/sw0iqcpm