Shareholders' meetings scaled down due to pandemic on annual peak day

Shareholders' meetings peaked in Japan on Friday but continued concerns about the novel coronavirus forced some companies to scale back proceedings or go online.Sony Corp. was among some 700 companies listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange that held their annual shareholders' meetings the same day after closing their books in March.Sony Corp. saw just 200 investors -- who all had their temperatures taken before they entered the venue -- fill the 400 available seats for the gathering, down from 1,500 last year.The meeting only lasted 40 minutes, less than half the time of last year's event.In Ky…READ FULL ARTICLE