Intro; Preface; Contents; About the Authors; List of Figures; List of Tables; 1 Introduction: Corporate Social Responsibility and Japanese Corporations; 1.1 Focus and Contributions; 1.2 Corporate Responsibility and Japanese Business; 1.3 CSR Awareness of Japanese Companies Since the 2000s; 1.4 CSR Awareness of Investors and SRI Market in Japan; 1.5 CSP and CFP; 1.6 Ownership Structure and Market Perceptions of CSR; 1.7 Corporate Governance Reform and CSR; References; 2 Corporate Social Responsibility Awareness and Practices of Japanese Corporations; 2.1 Conceptualization of CSR

2.2 CSR Theories and Strategic CSR2.3 Stakeholder Management and Corporate Value; 2.3.1 Resource-Based View; 2.3.2 Risk Management Perspective; 2.3.3 Information Advantage Perspective; 2.4 Corporate Governance and CSR; 2.5 CSR and Stakeholder Management in the Japanese Business Model; 2.6 CSR Initiatives in the Early 2000s in Japan; 2.6.1 Interpretation of CSR; 2.6.2 Trends of CSR; 2.7 CSR Awareness and Practices Since the Late 2000s; 2.8 CSR Reporting and Corporate Governance Reform; 2.9 Conclusion; References; 3 Responsible Investment and Institutional Investors

3.1 Corporate Finance and Asset Management in Japan3.2 Behavioral Bias of Institutional Investors in the 2000s; 3.3 SRI Market in Japan; 3.4 Corporate Governance Reform and Responsible Investment; 3.5 Conclusion; References; 4 Corporate Social Performance and Corporate Financial Performance; 4.1 Introduction; 4.2 CSP and Stakeholder Management; 4.2.1 Channels to Link CSP and CFP; 4.2.2 Competitive Advantage and Risk Management; 4.3 How to Measure CSP and CFP; 4.3.1 Measures of CSP; 4.3.2 Profitability and Risk Measures; 4.4 Samples and Methodology; 4.4.1 Samples

4.4.2 Correlations Between CSP and CFP4.4.3 Differences in Financial Performance: High and Low CSP Portfolios; 4.5 Regression Analyses; 4.5.1 Regression Model; 4.5.2 Regression Results for 2008-2016; 4.5.3 Regression Results for Sub-periods; 4.5.4 CSR Awareness of Japanese Firms: An Additional Fact; 4.6 Conclusion; Appendix 1: Adopted Questions from CSR Survey of Toyo Keizai CSR Database; Appendix 2: Definition of Profitability/Risk Measures; References; 5 Corporate Social Performance and Ownership Structure; 5.1 Ownership Structure and Investor Behavior; 5.1.1 Institutional Investors and CSR

5.1.2 Corporate Ownership and Institutional Investors in Japan5.2 Foreign Ownership and CSP; 5.2.1 Preference of Foreign Investors; 5.2.2 CSP and Ownership Structure: Hypothesis Development; 5.3 Data and Variables; 5.3.1 Categorization of Ownership; 5.3.2 Firm Characteristics; 5.3.3 Descriptive Statistics: CSP and Stock Ownership Structure; 5.3.4 Correlations; 5.4 Regression Analyses; 5.4.1 Effects of Ownership on CSP; 5.4.2 Impact of Changes in Ownership on Changes in CSP; 5.5 Summary Results and Concluding Remarks; References