An Innovative Way to Introduce ERISA in Japan Nobuchika Mori, Commissioner of the Japanese Financial Services Agency (FSA), gave a lecture on April 7th in which he implied that fiduciary duty appl… 2017-07-31 Noriyuki Morimoto The Shock of Japanese ERISA On April 7th, Nobuchika Mori, Commissioner of the Japanese Financial Services Agency (FSA), gave a lecture in which he referred to the poor state of a… 2017-07-18 Noriyuki Morimoto The Poor State of Japan’s Corporate Pensions Exposed by FSA Nobuchika Mori, Commissioner of the Japanese Financial Services Agency (FSA), gave a lecture on April 7th in which he lashed out at the current state … 2017-07-03 Noriyuki Morimoto Japan Going Global as a Small Country The word globalis used very often in Japan, as inglobalizationordevelopment of global talent. But what does it mean to be global? There should be some… 2017-06-19 Noriyuki Morimoto Learning Investment Philosophy from Basho Matsuo Basho’s famous haiku is about a small unidentified sound of water: Old pond ? frogs jumped in ? sound of water. It is unknown whether… 2017-06-05 Noriyuki Morimoto On Not Finding any Attractive Investment Trusts in Japan A short while ago, I attended a gathering of industry peers at which a representative from a major asset management company delivered some words that … 2017-05-22 Noriyuki Morimoto On Not Enjoying Work in Japan Fraudulent business is sustainable if the people involved don’t think it’s fraudulent. But when the customer is emotionally harmed at some point, that… 2017-05-08 Noriyuki Morimoto Bushido and the Death of Banks A bank is defined to be a bank by accepting deposits. Without those deposits, banks cease to exist. The deposit function bundles payment and saving fu… 2017-04-17 Noriyuki Morimoto TEPCO’s Growth Strategy Leads to Fukushima At the end of last year, the Japanese government announced its recommendation for TEPCO’s reform regarding the Fukushima nuclear disaster. Its main ob… 2017-04-03 Noriyuki Morimoto Unbundling Trust Banks The trust bank is a business structure unique to Japan which bundles banking and trust businesses. Recently there was news that the Japan Financial Se… 2017-03-21 Noriyuki Morimoto «123»