COMPANY

Corporate Governance

The Mitsui Fudosan Group aims to build and maintain optimum corporate governance from the standpoint of improving the soundness, transparency and efficiency of management in order to earn the trust of all stakeholders.

Basic Policy

Mitsui Fudosan has both a Board of Directors and a Board of Corporate Auditors and has also established a Compensation Advisory Committee and Nomination Advisory Committee to enhance management transparency regarding compensation for managing directors and nomination of managing directors and corporate auditors. It has also adopted a corporate officer system to enhance the soundness and efficiency of management by separating and strengthening management and executive functions. Mitsui Fudosan also invites and appoints outside directors to strengthen the oversight functions of the directors and enhance management transparency.
In addition, corporate auditors conduct audits to evaluate the status of business execution by managing directors while coordinating with the Audit Department and the certified public accountant. Moreover, steps have been taken to put in place the Mitsui Fudosan Group Compliance Policies, as well as a structure that will ensure that Group directors and employees engage in business activities in an appropriate manner.

(1) Board of Directors

The Board of Directors, headed by Chairman Masanobu Komoda and comprising thirteen members, including eight internal directors (Masanobu Komoda, Takashi Ueda, Takashi Yamamoto, Shingo Suzuki, Makoto Tokuda, Hisashi Osawa, Yutaka Saito and Nobuhiko Mochimaru) and five outside directors (Tsunehiro Nakayama, Shinichiro Ito, Eriko Kawai, Mami Indo and Takashi Hibino), decides on issues material to Mitsui Fudosan and monitors the execution of business by managing directors. The corporate auditors also attend meetings of the Board of Directors and provide opinions as necessary.

(2) Compensation Advisory Committee

The Compensation Advisory Committee, headed by independent outside director Shinichiro Ito as Chairman and comprising seven members, including five independent outside directors (Tsunehiro Nakayama, Shinichiro Ito, Eriko Kawai, Mami Indo and Takashi Hibino), President and Chief Executive Officer Takashi Ueda, and one internal director (Makoto Tokuda), meets on matters pertaining to the compensation of managing directors.

(3) Nomination Advisory Committee

The Nomination Advisory Committee, headed by independent outside director Shinichiro Ito as Chairman and comprising seven members, including five independent outside directors (Tsunehiro Nakayama, Shinichiro Ito, Eriko Kawai, Mami Indo and Takashi Hibino), President and Chief Executive Officer Takashi Ueda, and one internal director (Makoto Tokuda), meets on matters pertaining to the nomination of managing directors and corporate auditors, as well as the appointment and dismissal of managers.

(4) Board of Corporate Auditors

The Board of Corporate Auditors, comprising five corporate auditors, including two internal auditors (Wataru Hamamoto and Yoshihiro Hirokawa) and three outside auditors (Minoru Nakazato, Mayo Mita and Michiko Chiba), formulates auditing policies and determines assignments. It also receives reports and discusses material items on audits conducted according to these policies and assignments. Note that the Corporate Auditor’s Department has been established specifically to assist the corporate auditors with their work, and each corporate auditor has been assigned two dedicated employees.

(5) Corporate Officer System

Mitsui Fudosan has introduced a corporate officer system with the aim of creating a business execution framework that best suits its operating environment and activities. By promoting the separation and reinforcement of the management and executive functions, which were previously the responsibility of the directors, the system enhances management soundness and efficiency. In addition, seeking to further reinforce the management of the Mitsui Fudosan Group, we have also introduced a Group corporate officer system, under which executives at Group companies have been given a status and mission similar to those of the corporate officers. As of April 1, 2024, we have 31 managing officers and 13 Group officers.

(6) Executive Management Committee

The Executive Management Committee, consisting of executive corporate officers, has been formed to deliberate and report on important matters related to business execution and supervises internal control and risk management. Full-time corporate auditors also attend meetings to stay informed of important decision-making processes and the status of business execution, and provide opinions as necessary.

(7) Financial Auditing

Mitsui Fudosan has concluded an auditing contract with KPMG AZSA LLC as its certified public accountant, which conducts audits. There is no shared interest between the auditor and the Company, nor between employees conducting operations for the auditor and the Company.

Initiatives for Corporate Governance
Initiatives for Corporate Governance

Matters to be Resolved by and Reported to the Board of Directors

The following matters shall be resolved by or reported to the Mitsui Fudosan Board of Directors as stipulated by laws and regulations, the Company’s Articles of Incorporation, and company rules such as those regarding the Board of Directors.

  1. Matters related to shareholders’ meetings
  2. Matters related to managing directors
    • Prospective managing director candidates
    • The appointment and dismissal of representative directors
    • The appointment and dismissal of executive directors
    • Compensation and bonuses for directors
    • Other important matters
  3. Matters related to the Company’s structure
  4. Important matters related to compliance, etc.
    • Formulating a compliance promotion plan for the fiscal year
    • Reporting on the results of compliance promotion activities implemented during the fiscal year
    • Formulating an audit plan for the fiscal year
    • Reporting on audit activities implemented during the fiscal year
    • Evaluating internal controls concerning financial reporting during the fiscal year and formulating audit-related policy (J-SOX activities)
  5. Important matters related to personnel
    • The appointment and dismissal of corporate officers and executive corporate officers
    • The appointment and dismissal of key employees
    • Compensation and bonuses for corporate officers, etc.
  6. Important matters related to finance and assets
  7. Other matters that are especially important in regard to managing the Company or executing duties

Board of Director Efficacy Analysis, Evaluation and Disclosure

Each year, the Company analyzes and evaluates the efficacy of the Board of Directors, continually aiming to further enhance its functions. As for the method of analysis and evaluation, we used a third-party body for the development of a questionnaire and the analysis of the result. An overview and results of our evaluation of the Board of Directors’ efficacy are provided below.

  1. Evaluation method
    The Company conducted the questionnaire to all directors and corporate auditors regarding the Board of Directors’ efficacy and interviews based on the issues recognized through the questionnaire. The results were then analyzed and evaluated at a meeting of the Board of Directors held on May 21, 2024.
  2. Evaluation items
    • Board of Directors structure (number of members, ratio of executive to non-executive members, diversity, etc.)
    • Status of operation of the Board of Directors (number of meetings held, attendance rates, time spent for deliberation, number of items deliberated, provision of information, questions and answers, etc.)
    • Other (issues raised in the previous evaluation of Board of Directors’ efficacy; Compensation Advisory Committee; Nomination Advisory Committee; meetings of outside directors and outside auditors; etc.)
  3. Evaluation results

    Each evaluation item in the questionnaire received a high evaluation in general. According to the evaluation on the questionnaire and interviews, it was confirmed that the Board of Directors’ efficacy was properly maintained because the improvement initiatives are being implemented on the basis of the previous efficacy evaluation as listed below to achieve sustained increases in the Group’s corporate value.

    [Major Initiatives Based on the Previous Efficacy Evaluation]
    • i) Report on the status of communication with investors
      ・The status of communication with investors will continue to be reported at Board of Directors in a timely and appropriate manner, as there was an opinion in this efficacy evaluation that this initiative was appreciated.
    • ii)Deepening the discussions at Board of Directors
      ・The discussion at the execution side was further shared during the explanation of each agenda item and the criteria for the agenda for the Board of Directors were changed so that the discussion time can be used more effectively for the discussion of more important topics.
    • iii)Discussion on brand and PR strategies
      ・Opportunities were set up at Board of Directors to report on PR strategies, brand strategies, etc., and discussions at Board of Directors were fed back to the execution side for action, etc.
  4. Issues and future initiatives
    For further improvement of the efficacy of the Board of Directors, the following initiatives will be implemented to solve the issues identified through the questionnaire and interviews:
    • i) Monitoring of the Group’s Long-Term Vision
      ・The Board of Directors continuously monitors the progress of future plans and other aspects of both financial and business strategies from the perspective of achieving the goals of the Group’s Long-Term Vision.
    • ii)Discussion on priority areas of business strategies and infrastructure to support the strategies.
      ・In making progress on the Group’s Long-Term Vision, discussions on necessary topics are held through Board of Directors and external officer meetings, etc., and the results are fed back to the execution side.

Corporate Governance Report

Corporate Governance Report(768KB)