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Delegation of Authority in a Japan Subsidiary: Mapping the Group Approval Matrix onto Japanese Company Law and the Corporate Seal

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Delegation of Authority in a Japan Subsidiary: Mapping the Group Approval Matrix onto Japanese Company Law and the Corporate Seal

How a multinational's approval matrix meets Japanese company law: the representative director, the registered seal, e-signatures, and the five steps that make it enforceable.

Entity

Compliance

Yuga Koda

Founding Director

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Representative Director Residency and Nominee Directors: What HQ Counsel Needs to Know About Liability and Signing Authority

Representative Directors, Residency, and Nominees, AQ Partners

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Representative Director Residency and Nominee Directors: What HQ Counsel Needs to Know About Liability and Signing Authority

No director must live in Japan since 2015, but seals, banks, and Article 429 liability still decide who should represent a subsidiary. A guide for HQ counsel.

Entity

Compliance

Yuga Koda

Founding Director

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The Parent-Company Document Pack for a Japan Incorporation: Affidavits, Apostilles, and Signatory Rules by Country

The Parent-Company Document Pack for a Japan Incorporation, AQ Partners

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The Parent-Company Document Pack for a Japan Incorporation: Affidavits, Apostilles, and Signatory Rules by Country

What a foreign parent must notarize, apostille, and translate to incorporate in Japan: JETRO's document list, the sequence, and apostille authorities.

Incorporation

Entity

Yuga Koda

Founding Director

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Setting Up a Japan Subsidiary: The Headquarters Playbook for Multinational Companies

Setting Up a Japan Subsidiary: The Headquarters Playbook, AQ Partners

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Setting Up a Japan Subsidiary: The Headquarters Playbook for Multinational Companies

The HQ playbook for a wholly owned Japan KK or GK: entity choice, capital thresholds, directors, the parent document pack, deadlines, and who owns each step.

Entity

Incorporation

Yuga Koda

Founding Director

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KK vs GK for a Wholly Owned Subsidiary of a Multinational: Check-the-Box, Perception, and Governance

KK vs GK for a Multinational's Japan Subsidiary, AQ Partners

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KK vs GK for a Wholly Owned Subsidiary of a Multinational: Check-the-Box, Perception, and Governance

KK vs GK for a multinational's Japan subsidiary: US check-the-box classification, governance cycle, share transfers, perception, and which form fits each group.

Entity

Incorporation

Yuga Koda

Founding Director

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Repatriating Profits from Japan: Dividends vs Royalties vs Capital Reduction

Repatriating Profits from Japan, AQ Partners

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Repatriating Profits from Japan: Dividends vs Royalties vs Capital Reduction

Dividends vs royalties vs capital reduction for a Japan subsidiary: 20.42% withholding, US and UK treaty relief, deemed dividends, and a worked ¥100M example.

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Entity

Yuga Koda

Founding Director

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Delegation of Authority in a Japan Subsidiary: Mapping the Group Approval Matrix onto Japanese Company Law and the Corporate Seal

Representative Director Residency and Nominee Directors: What HQ Counsel Needs to Know About Liability and Signing Authority

The Parent-Company Document Pack for a Japan Incorporation: Affidavits, Apostilles, and Signatory Rules by Country

Setting Up a Japan Subsidiary: The Headquarters Playbook for Multinational Companies

KK vs GK for a Wholly Owned Subsidiary of a Multinational: Check-the-Box, Perception, and Governance

Repatriating Profits from Japan: Dividends vs Royalties vs Capital Reduction

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