After years of incrementally-positive but slow-moving reforms, we are now starting to see real momentum across Japan’s corporate landscape as companies embrace governance changes and capital efficiency improvements. Over the past 12 months, dividend growth has accelerated to its fastest pace in 20 years and buybacks have reached record highs, climbing well above previous averages. This dramatic shift towards more shareholder-friendly policies and a removal of traditional barriers to M&A has resu ....
