The court may, in response to a petition by interested persons or ex officio, order commencement of the liquidation of all of a foreign company's property in Japan in the cases set forth below:
裁判所は、次に掲げる場合には、利害関係人の申立てにより又は職権で、日本にある外国会社の財産の全部について清算の開始を命ずることができる。
if the foreign company receives the order under the provisions of Article 827, paragraph (1); or
外国会社が第八百二十七条第一項の規定による命令を受けた場合
if the foreign company stops carrying out transactions continuously in Japan.
外国会社が日本において取引を継続してすることをやめた場合
In the cases referred to in the preceding paragraph, the court appoints the liquidator.
前項の場合には、裁判所は、清算人を選任する。
The provisions of Article 476, the provisions of Part II, Chapter IX, Section 1, Subsection 2, the provisions of Article 492, the provisions of Subsection 4 of that Section, the provisions of Article 508, and the provisions of Section 2 of that Chapter (excluding Article 510, Article 511 and Article 514) apply mutatis mutandis to the liquidation of a foreign company's property in Japan under the provisions of paragraph (1), excluding those that are not applicable by their nature.
The provisions of Article 820 do not apply if a foreign company is ordered to commence the liquidation referred to in paragraph (1) and where all of the foreign company's representatives in Japan (limited to those whose addresses are in Japan) intend to resign.