1. Please tell us about your assessment of English disclosures by listed Japanese companies.＊
(2) Are you satisfied with the level of English disclosure by listed Japanese companies? ＊
(3) Please state the reasons for your selections in the above (1) and (2):
2. What kind of consequences have you experienced due to inadequacy of English disclosure? (Please select applicable items. Multiple selections acceptable.)
In the case of "Others":
3. Please select one of the following items for each document to determine whether disclosure in English by listed Japanese companies is necessary when investing in those companies (a), and the timing at which they are needed relative to the Japanese release (b).＊
(b) Timing
(2) Earnings Reports (earnings release in accordance with TSE’s Listing Rules)＊
(b) Timing
If you selected "Essential" or "Necessary" in (2) (a), please select from the following options which types of documents and items that you need to be disclosed in English. (multiple selections acceptable)
Items included:
(3) Timely disclosure documents (other than Earnings Reports)＊
(b) Timing
If you selected "Essential" or "Necessary" in (3) (a), please select from the following options which types of documents and items that you need to be disclosed in English. (multiple selections acceptable)
Please state the reasons for your selections above. If there are any necessary documents other than those mentioned above, please list them.
(4) Annual Securities Reports (annual reports in accordance with the Financial Instruments and Exchange Act)＊
(b) Timing
If you selected "Essential" or "Necessary" in (4) (a), please select from the following options which types of items that you need to be disclosed in English. (multiple selections acceptable)
(5) Notice of general shareholders meetings＊
(b) Timing
If you selected "Essential" or "Necessary" in (5) (a), please select from the following options which types of items that you need to be disclosed in English. (multiple selections acceptable)
(6) Corporate Governance Reports (i.e., reports disclosed according to rules of TSE that describe matters such as fundamental views on corporate governance)＊
(b) Timing
(7) Annual reports (voluntary disclosure annual reports that are not based on laws and regulations)＊
(b) Timing
(8) ESG reports＊
(b) Timing
(9) Transcripts of IR briefings＊
(b) Timing
(10) Please state the reasons for your selections in the above from (1) to (9). If there are any necessary documents other than those mentioned above, please list them.
4. What are the top three disclosure documents that listed Japanese companies should give priority to for disclose in English, as well as the reasons for them?＊
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(1) IR presentations
(2) Earnings Reports
(3) Timely disclosure documents
(4) Annual Securities Reports
(5) Notices of general shareholders meetings
(6) Corporate Governance Reports
(7) Annual reports
(8) ESG reports
(9) Transcripts of IR briefings
N/A
Second: ＊
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(1) IR presentations
(2) Earnings Reports
(3) Timely disclosure documents
(4) Annual Securities Reports
(5) Notices of general shareholders meetings
(6) Corporate Governance Reports
(7) Annual reports
(8) ESG reports
(9) Transcripts of IR briefings
N/A
Third: ＊
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(1) IR presentations
(2) Earnings Reports
(3) Timely disclosure documents
(4) Annual Securities Reports
(5) Notices of general shareholders meetings
(6) Corporate Governance Reports
(7) Annual reports
(8) ESG reports
(9) Transcripts of IR briefings
N/A
Reasons:
5. Please provide names of companies with excellent English disclosure as well as the reasons. (Multiple responses acceptable)
Reason(s):
Mid- and Small-cap Stock
Reason(s):
6. Please provide names of companies where a more complete disclosure in English is needed (or disclosure in English is inadequate) and the reasons. Please provide, if any, document names for which specific improvements to disclosures is necessary. (Multiple responses acceptable)
Reason(s):
Mid- and Small-cap Stock
Reason(s):
7. Please provide, if any, comments regarding IR activities of listed Japanese companies.
8. Please provide, if any, comments on disclosure and provision of English information (not limited to those by listed Japanese companies, including, for example, provision of English translations of information available in Japanese prepared by a third party) in relation to investment in the TSE market. Comments:
9. Please provide information about the respondent.＊
(2) Department/section:
(3) Title:
(4) Main role: ＊
(5) Name of the respondent: ＊
(6) Contact (email address): ＊
(7) Work location (city and country): ＊
(8) Type of your organization ＊
In the case of "Others":
(9) Your fund’s AUM
(10) Number of stocks in your fund:
(11) Number of Japanese stocks held by your fund:
(12) Management styles ＊ (multiple selections acceptable)
In the case of "Others":
(13) Do you have staff (on the investment team) who can read Japanese disclosure documents? ＊
(14) What is the range of Japanese stocks that you invest in? (Please select the exact or closely matching items. Multiple selections acceptable)
In the case of "Others":
(15) What is your primary source of information in the investment process? ＊
(16) When making new investments, do you use English-language materials disclosed by listed Japanese companies? ＊
(17) How often do you use English-language materials disclosed by listed Japanese companies in which you have already invested? ＊
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