<div>As virus upends Japan's economy, activist investors ease off on pushing firms to return cash</div> <!-- no image --> <div>* Number of shareholder proposals remains high in 2020 AGM season<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?a=0R59R9pzJbs:_prXr0G5jng:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></a> <a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?a=0R59R9pzJbs:_prXr0G5jng:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?i=0R59R9pzJbs:_prXr0G5jng:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></a> <a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?a=0R59R9pzJbs:_prXr0G5jng:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?i=0R59R9pzJbs:_prXr0G5jng:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/reuters/UKBankingFinancial/~4/0R59R9pzJbs" height="1" width="1" alt=""></div> Posted by Reuters