largest economic block in Japan, with 2041 companies responding. This article introduces the results of this questionnaire … on unlisted companies is included. The dividend policy of Japanese companies, awareness of corporate governance, funding … and size of the company are also important factors. -- Japanese small firms ; Financial decision ; Main banks ; Dividend …

This paper examines cash dividends and share repurchases in Japan - discerning between keiretsu and non … United States, share repurchases in Japan have grown strikingly across firm groupings even relative to cash dividends which … firms in Japan. Despite extensive corporate governance reform, the keiretsu grouping of firms exhibits a comparative …