When a foreign company intends to carry out transactions continuously in Japan, it must specify its representatives in Japan. In these cases, one or more of the representatives in Japan must be those whose addresses are in Japan.
外国会社は、日本において取引を継続してしようとするときは、日本における代表者を定めなければならない。この場合において、その日本における代表者のうち一人以上は、日本に住所を有する者でなければならない。
A foreign company's representative in Japan has the authority to do any and all judicial and extra-judicial acts on behalf of relevant foreign company in connection with its business.
外国会社の日本における代表者は、当該外国会社の日本における業務に関する一切の裁判上又は裁判外の行為をする権限を有する。
No limitation on the authority under the preceding paragraph may be asserted against a third party in good faith.
前項の権限に加えた制限は、善意の第三者に対抗することができない。
A foreign company is liable for damage caused to third parties by its representatives in Japan during the course of the performance of their duties.
外国会社は、その日本における代表者がその職務を行うについて第三者に加えた損害を賠償する責任を負う。
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A foreign company's representative in Japan has the authority to do any and all judicial and extra-judicial acts on behalf of relevant foreign company in connection with its business.
外国会社の日本における代表者は、当該外国会社の日本における業務に関する一切の裁判上又は裁判外の行為をする権限を有する。
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「外国会社」
A corporation or other body formed under a foreign country's law that is of the same kind as, or similar to, a company under this Act.
Defined inArticle 2, paragraph (1), item (ii)· applies throughout the law
assert against
対抗
To be able to rely on a right, or on a fact about it, against someone who is not a party to it. Acquiring, losing or changing a right in rem (物権) in land or a building cannot be asserted against third parties until it is registered (登記) (Civil Code, Article 177), and a registered lease of land or a building can be asserted against a person who acquires a right in rem in it, such as a buyer, and against other third parties (Article 605). The Act on Land and Building Leases lets a tenant do without registering the lease itself: a right to use land for a building (借地権) can be asserted against third parties once the tenant owns a registered building on the land (Article 10, paragraph (1)), and a building lease takes effect against anyone who later acquires a right in rem in the building, such as a new owner, once the building has been handed over (Article 31). Some rules protect only a third party who did not know: a rescission for fraud cannot be asserted against a third party who did not know of the fraud and was not careless in not knowing (善意でかつ過失がない) (Civil Code, Article 96, paragraph (3)).
Written by AI using Civil Code, Arts. 96, 177, 605 and Act on Land and Building Leases, Arts. 10, 31 as a reference.