Governance Mechanism: Governance and Board Directors

governance mechanism: Management at businesses across Japan need to learn from these cases so as not to repeat the same mistakes, according to The Japan Times. The administration of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has promoted corporate governance reforms as a key part of its growth strategy, hoping that improved governance would enhance companies' bottom lines and lure more foreign investors. But the examples set by the scandal-hit firms indicate that installing corporate governance mechanism alone don't prevent those problems from happening. The Tokyo Stock Exchange in 2015 introduced a corporate governance code that calls on listed firms to take a series of steps to enhance transparency and objectivity in management, such as by appointing at least two outside board directors and promoting information disclosure in English. More than 80 percent of firms on the TSE's first section are now said to have two or more independent outside directors. According to the TSE, nearly 20 percent of listed companies now follow all 73 principles required in the code, while 65 percent have implemented 90 percent of them. (news.financializer.com). As reported in the news.