Japanese

April ７, 2021
Financial Services Agency

Call for Public Comments on the
"Guidelines for Investor and Company Engagement" (Revision Draft)

Financial Services Agency has now published the revision draft of the “Guidelines for Investor and Company Engagement” in accordance with the proposal “Revisions of Japan's Corporate Governance Code and Guidelines for Investor and Company Engagement” by the “Council of Experts Concerning the Follow-up of Japan’s Stewardship Code and Japan’s Corporate Governance Code” (Chairperson: Hideki Kanda, Professor of Gakushuin University Law School)  and started to call for public comments in English.

1. Subject Document of the Call for Public Comments
    
    Guidelines for Investor and Company Engagement (Revision Draft)

　  (Note) The Tokyo Stock Exchange has published the Revision Draft of Japan's Corporate Governance Code
                 and started to call for public comments.

　  (Note) For more background on the revisions, please refer to this link. 

2. How to Submit Comments
    
     Please send your comments by email, being sure to include your name, address, and
   company/organization name.

     We translated the draft provisionally to English. (Japanese version is here.) Therefore, we would also welcome any suggestions for a better translation from those who have good language skills both in English and Japanese.

     Please use text format when sending comments via email.
  
     Email address: sccgfollowup1@fsa.go.jp
     Send to: Corporate Accounting and Disclosure Division, Financial Services Agency

3. Deadline

      The draft is open for comment until 17:00 (JST), May 7, 2021.