IR's rising sun

Ten years ago, IR in Japan was practically non-existent. Listed companies followed time-honored disclosure traditions in which they gave precious little meaningful information to the public. Most companies released their annual reports on the same day - thus burying their financial data in the crowd - and they used the media almost exclusively to disseminate news. But then again, ten years ago the Japanese economy was much more bullish than it is today. In 1993 the Japan Investor Relations