The number of women in positions of power and authority in Japanese companies has
remained small despite the increase in the number of educated women and the passage of …

Much has happened in Japan since the publication of the Third Revised Edition in 2012.
The long ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) regained control of the Diet and the …

For over two decades, Japan has ostensibly had all of the essential elements that leading
academics and sophisticated investors have assumed to be sufficient for a country to …

The debate over corporate governance convergence has been heated for years and has
created a cottage industry of experts. It is premised on the false assumption that American …

In August 2009, the murder trial of Katsuyoshi Fujii in Tokyo, Japan catapulted to
international attention. The crime itself was similar to many other serious crimes in Japan …

Corporate governance may be analyzed from different perspectives, one of them being its
legal aspect. However, instead of examining legal rules regarding corporate governance …

It is widely assumed that hostile takeovers are a prerequisite for an efficient system of
corporate governance. This assumption is false. Since the new millennium, Japan has …

In Japan, the idea of citizen involvement in the judicial process has gained greater
acceptance over the past decade. On May 21, 2009, Japan implemented its saiban'in seido …

During the industrial revolution, the United Kingdom managed to double the size of its
economy in a little over 50 years—an astonishing feat that marked the beginning of more …

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