TOKYO -- Japan is moving to conduct legal revisions to strengthen shareholder identity disclosure, aiming to make it easier for companies to identify shareholders who are not on the register but hold de facto voting rights.
The Legislative Council -- a panel of experts under the Ministry of Justice -- will consult on a revision to the Companies Act in February, aiming to hammer out details like punishments for violations before submitting a draft of a bill to parliament.
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