TOKYO -- The Tokyo Stock Exchange wants to make Japan's blue chip companies more like their socially conscious and diverse U.S. and European counterparts under an upgraded corporate governance code that took effect Friday.
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Women make up about 11% of Japan's corporate boards -- less than half the average across the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development. © Reuters
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