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Yuga Koda

Founding Director

Changing Your Company Name, Business Purpose, or Fiscal Year End in Japan

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Changing Your Company Name, Business Purpose, or Fiscal Year End in Japan

How to change a Japan subsidiary's trade name, business purpose, or fiscal year: the special resolution, two-week registration, ¥30,000 tax, and the cascade.

Yuga Koda

Founding Director

Head Office Relocation in Japan (本店移転): Registration, Tax Office Notifications, and the Cross-Jurisdiction Trap

Head Office Relocation in Japan, AQ Partners

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Head Office Relocation in Japan (本店移転): Registration, Tax Office Notifications, and the Cross-Jurisdiction Trap

Head office relocation for a foreign-owned Japan KK or GK: resolution, two-week registration, ¥30,000 or ¥60,000 tax, 5- and 10-day notices, cross-district gap.

Yuga Koda

Founding Director

Director Change Registration in Japan (役員変更登記): Documents, the 2-Week Deadline, and Foreign-Resident Director Quirks

Director Change Registration in Japan, AQ Partners

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Director Change Registration in Japan (役員変更登記): Documents, the 2-Week Deadline, and Foreign-Resident Director Quirks

How to register a director change in Japan: the six events, resolutions, documents from abroad, the 2-week deadline, tax, fine, and the notices that follow.

Yuga Koda

Founding Director

Director Terms of Office in Japan: The 2-Year Default, the 10-Year Extension, and Fines for Late Re-Election

Director Terms of Office in Japan, AQ Partners

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Director Terms of Office in Japan: The 2-Year Default, the 10-Year Extension, and Fines for Late Re-Election

Director terms in a Japanese KK: the 2-year default, the 10-year extension, what reappointment costs, and the fine and dissolution risk when a term lapses.

Yuga Koda

Founding Director

Annual Shareholders' Meeting for a Foreign-Owned KK: What Must Happen, When, and What a Sole-Shareholder Subsidiary Can Skip

Annual Shareholders' Meeting for a Foreign-Owned KK, AQ Partners

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Annual Shareholders' Meeting for a Foreign-Owned KK: What Must Happen, When, and What a Sole-Shareholder Subsidiary Can Skip

What a wholly owned Japan KK must do each year: the written resolution under Article 319, the agenda, ten-year records, public notice, and what a GK skips.