question

[acchikocchi]

For those familiar with Johnny's and/or Japanese business: okay, so, Johnny's & Associates is a kabushiki gaisha (K. K.). That's translated as "public company", but is it? Johnny owns 60%, Mary 10%, Julie 10%, and Izu Kikue 10%. The remaining 10% isn't publically traded (is it? it doesn't seem to be! if it is where are my financial reports!) and a K. K. may be formed as a "stock company that is not public" but J&A doesn't seem to be one - not that I can tell from their totally useless website. XD Avex and SM - omg especially Avex - are a dream in comparison.

In conclusion, I know embarrassingly little about corporate structure outside the U.S. :|

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[ky-rin.livejournal.com]

Why are Avex and SM a dream...? I sort of understand, sort of don't... I don't think I'm the business/finance type of person at all :|

[acchikocchi.livejournal.com]

Because as they are both publicly traded corporations, they're required to disclose a certain amount of financial information to the public. So you can find all kind of records on their corporate website and even more, for SM, locked in the dbsg comm - the latter is in English, which is especially nice for me. :)

(Assuming it's all correct, of course. XD)

In other words, I'm just insatiably curious and they cater to me. ;)

[ky-rin.livejournal.com]

Ah, I wonder if it got translated to English because of the hole only13 debacle and fans buying SME's shares XD

Maybe JE just doesn't have enough fans curious enough about it to translate them.

(who knows?)

That works! :D

[acchikocchi.livejournal.com]

Someone posted information from an English-language business website in the wake of the lawsuit, actually! That's what's nice, it doesn't have to be translated - it was information provided for an English-speaking audience. :) The thing with JE is that this kind of information simply isn't available - it's notorious for its opacity, as a matter of fact. Which is why I assumed it was a private company, but apparently it's... not, in name at least. (In practice I don't know how it could possibly get more private. XD)

[ky-rin.livejournal.com]

Oh yes, the lawsuit, I wonder if they ever submitted the documents... Not following closely at all :| I like to stick to the shiny. :D

JE is totally known for its ~*mysterious*~ way of working XD