This paper investigates how capital markets in a code-law country, Japan, react to the disclosure of internal control weaknesses (ICW). The Japanese government attempted to implement a more concise, efficient, and, thus, less strict internal control reporting system than Section 404 of the...

We examine Japanese stock market responses to the disclosure of internal control weaknesses (ICW), especially in relation to other information released around the disclosure date and to firm attributes. Japan is classified as a code-law country, where corporate disclosure tends to be less timely...

This article investigates stock market reactions to announcements related to the introduction of the Financial Instruments and Exchange Law or the so-called Japanese Sarbanes-Oxley Act (J-SOX), which was enacted to reinforce corporate accountability and responsibility after several corporate and...