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Annual securities report sustainability section

Cabinet Office Ordinance on Disclosure (annual securities report / yuho), FY2023

In forceApplies 2023-03-31

Scope

All listed companies (annual securities report filers)

Penalties

FIEA filing enforcement (correction orders; penalties for false statements)

Last verified

2026-08-22

In plain language

What this law does

Introduced a mandatory sustainability section in the yuho: governance and risk-management disclosure for all companies; strategy and metrics/targets where material; mandatory human-capital and diversity indicators.

Core obligations

Sustainability section: governance + risk management (mandatory); strategy + metrics/targets (where material); human-capital/diversity indicators

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