Shareholders' meetings will get into full swing next week, with giants Sony Corp. and Toyota Motor Corp. meeting investors during the annual events.

The Tokyo Stock Exchange said that 523 of the 1,752 companies listed on the TSE and its Mothers startup section as of fiscal 2003 will hold shareholders' meetings next week.

The meeting season will peak on June 29, when 1,120, or 64 percent, of the TSE-listed companies will hold gatherings.