Search

Foreign companies — entities formed under foreign law that are of the same kind as, or similar to, a Japanese company. O…

Once a building has been handed over to the tenant, the lease holds against anyone who later acquires a property right (…

The liquidator of a union that is a corporation faces a civil fine (過料) of up to 500,000 yen for failing to register, fa…

Where a medical corporation is suspected of breaking the law, its articles or an order, or of being run grossly improper…

The fixed assets tax (固定資産税) on land, buildings and depreciable business assets is levied by the municipality where they…

A broker and its staff, when soliciting a contract, may not give a definite judgment that misleads a customer into think…

The Act's only penalties are non-criminal fines (過料) in Chapter 5: up to 200,000 yen for a manager, director, keeper of…

Creditors (債権者) who petition to enforce a claim on a title of obligation, and holders of a security interest (担保権) — a s…

Japanese courts have jurisdiction over a suit against a person domiciled in Japan — or, with no known domicile, resident…

A person keeping a will other than a notarial one — or, where no one keeps it, an heir who finds it — must submit it to…

The form (方式) of a juridical act is valid if it meets the law governing the act's formation — the law before any later c…

No consumption tax is charged on the supplies listed in Appended Table 2 (別表第二), among them: sales and leases of land, o…

Where neither side has fully performed a two-sided contract (双務契約) at the opening, the trustee can cancel it, or perform…

Labor and social security attorney corporations (社会保険労務士法人), which only labor and social security attorneys may set up a…

Corporations and other bodies: the Commissioner of the National Tax Agency (国税庁長官) designates a corporate number (法人番号)…

Other Acts take some documents out of this Act, so they cannot be requested under it. Among them: the Code of Criminal P…