Spurred by COVID, Japan seeks fully online shareholder meetings

As pandemic persists, government aims to amend current law sometime next year

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Japan is pursuing legal changes to allow company shareholder meetings to be held fully online as the coronavirus continues to spread.

Nikkei staff writers

TOKYO -- The Japanese government is seeking legal changes to allow corporate shareholder meetings to be held fully online, as the coronavirus pandemic has prompted many companies to mix limited online gatherings with actual physical ones.

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