SERVICE / IR DIAGNOSIS & REVIEW

Your IR, scored the way an overseas investor reads it.

We diagnose your IR as seen by overseas investors — 12 items, 24 points. English disclosure, investor meetings, and the capital-markets story are reviewed from the vantage point of someone who has sat closest to the meetings themselves, and the findings are condensed onto a single card. Scope: tanshin translations, earnings decks, English IR materials, timely disclosures, integrated reports, meeting scripts and Q&A, and the equity story overall.

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WHY DIAGNOSTIC, NOT TRANSLATION

We check how it lands with investors — not whether the English is correct

Translation services guarantee that the English is correct. The IR diagnostic works one layer earlier: what should be said, how the current wording lands with overseas institutional investors, and which arguments are missing. Grammatically correct English that does not follow the investor frame — capital allocation, unit economics, management trajectory — produces shallow questions in meetings. The diagnostic makes that structural gap visible.

DIAGNOSTIC SCOPE — 12 ITEMS

What we score — 12 items, 24 points

Each item is scored 0–2 (24 points total). The balance across items and the written comments matter more than the absolute score.

Capital allocation narrative

Are cash, capex, dividends, buybacks, and M&A prioritized consistently across the IR materials?

Unit economics / core driver

Are the core business's unit economics disclosed in the investor frame?

KPI consistency

Do KPI definitions and figures reconcile across tanshin, deck, integrated report, and English presentation?

Forward guidance temperature

Do hedge expressions match the confidence investors will read into them?

Management commentary

Does management read as the capital-allocation decision-maker?

Governance narrative

Are board composition, compensation, and succession explained for an overseas reader?

Segment granularity

Is segment disclosure granular enough for an investor to understand the business?

Risk disclosure specificity

Company-specific risks, or boilerplate?

ESG / sustainability context

Is ESG connected to strategy, or free-standing boilerplate?

Investor-frame phrasing

Does word choice match investor culture — conservative hedges, clear commitments?

Meeting / interpretation design

Are anticipated Q&A and scripts organized from the investor's viewpoint?

IR site readability

Do structure, navigation, and searchability match how overseas investors gather information?

DELIVERABLES

Deliverables — the diagnosis card and commentary

The core deliverable is the diagnosis card (1-page PDF) plus a 10–20 page commentary, packaged so IR, the CFO office, corporate planning, and management can share the same priorities for the next quarter. First-time diagnostics are delivered within 10 business days of kickoff.

Diagnosis card (PDF): 12-item / 24-point score, top-3 improvement priorities, benchmark observations on one page
Commentary (PDF, 10–20 pages): score rationale, observed issues, recommended direction per item
Commented review of English IR materials (as needed) for the top 1–2 priorities
Anticipated investor Q&A list (as needed) with suggested answer skeletons
30–60 minute debrief session; questions free of charge for 2 weeks

REVIEW SERVICES

Also available as standalone reviews

You can commission a focused review without the full 12-item diagnostic. We can also review output produced by your existing translation vendor or in-house team — the ideal timing is after the English draft is complete but before it is finalized.

English IR review

Tanshin translations, English presentations, and integrated-report English scored for transmission in the investor frame — capital allocation narrative, KPI consistency, forward-guidance temperature — returned with comments.

English disclosure review

Timely disclosures, CG report English, and sustainability disclosure checked for specificity beyond boilerplate and cross-document consistency. An integrated report takes 7–10 business days.

Earnings presentation review

Quarterly KPI consistency, key messages, earnings-call scripts, and a 20–40 question anticipated Q&A by investor frame.

PROCESS

How an engagement runs

Pre-briefing (30 min)

Scope, recent overseas-investor meetings, and the state of the English IR materials.

Materials under NDA

Tanshin, decks, IR site, and meeting scripts shared under a confidentiality agreement.

Diagnosis (5–7 business days)

The 12 items reviewed from the investor's viewpoint; card and commentary drafted.

Debrief and follow-up

30–60 minute session on next actions; questions free for 2 weeks.

FAQ

Frequently asked questions

How is this different from a translation vendor's check?

A vendor check guarantees the English is correct. The diagnostic checks what should be said in the investor frame and how the current wording lands with overseas institutional investors.

Which companies is this for?

Listed companies (any market segment) that already have — or want to build — meaningful dialogue with overseas investors. Especially relevant where overseas revenue or ownership is high.

What materials should we prepare?

Latest tanshin (JP and EN), earnings deck (JP and EN), English IR site URL, recent meeting scripts if any, integrated report English if any.

How long does it take?

Deliverables within 10 business days of kickoff as standard. Tight windows around results dates by prior arrangement.

Can you also produce the materials?

Diagnosis is the core, but translation, review, meeting support, and interpretation are available as separate services — see the services page.

Confidentiality?

Individual NDA per engagement. Nothing obtained during a diagnosis is published; any case references are anonymized to industry, size, and issue type.

CONTACT

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