CommentRule-tightening signals Japan wants investors to toe the line
'Very, very low' 1% threshold for reporting seen as barrier to activism
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe delivers a speech on Japan's economy and investment-friendly reforms at New York Stock Exchange in 2017, although new legislation to scrutinize foreign investments in Japan is drawing fire. © Reuters
RYUSHIRO KODAIRA, Nikkei senior staff writer
November 16, 2019 12:57 JST
HONG KONG -- Investors have written to the Japanese government, seeking clarification over a proposed foreign investment law that would significantly tighten scrutiny of market activity, the secretary general of the Asian Corporate Governance Association said in Hong Kong recently.