Effective corporate governance is a strategic imperative for global businesses as they work to enhance performance and corporate culture, and to foster public trust.  By defining who has the decision-making authority, the governance of a company helps determine its values and standards. Around the world there is a wide range of structures operating with different types of oversight.  

In Japan, over recent years, corporate governance and stewardship reforms have led to structural and cultural change aimed at driving competitiveness and profitability. There have been fresh efforts to finally unpick the complex network of legacy cross-shareholding and business ties which have long been blamed for causing complacency and poor governance. Japan is reviewing its corporate governance code for listed companies and publication of the new plans is imminent. The revised code is expected to call on Japanese companies to have independent non-executives as one-third of their directors, upping the pressure for change.

The Financial Times, in partnership with Huawei, was delighted to host this webinar for business leaders, stakeholders, investors and representatives from government, media and academia. The discussion focused on the impact of governance reforms in Japan and the challenges of improving company culture, competitiveness and growth.

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