# 会社法 / Companies Act — 第九百三十四条 (Article 934) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-934. Every law, and how to address a provision: https://japanlaw.org/llms.txt. The same laws as MCP tools (no sign-in): https://japanlaw.org/mcp. - Law: 会社法 (Companies Act), 平成十七年法律第八十六号 - English title "Companies Act": Ministry of Justice translation - Kind: Act — the distinction between 法律 (Act), 政令 (Cabinet Order), 省令 (Ministerial Order) and 条例 (local ordinance) decides who may issue it and what it may say. - Provision: 第九百三十四条 (Article 934)（日本における代表者の選任の登記等） — address `art-934` - Text in force since: 2026-08-12 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-934 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-934 - Every provision below carries its address and both URLs on the line under it. - Japanese text: e-Gov 法令検索, Digital Agency (デジタル庁). English: as marked on each line below. Only the Japanese as published by the government has legal effect; the text below is a copy of it. Every English rendering below is a translation and says which kind: the Ministry of Justice's translation, or this site's machine translation, whose model and date the Sources list names. They are never merged and never substituted for one another. --- ### 第九百三十四条（日本における代表者の選任の登記等） — (Registration of Appointment of a Representative in Japan) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-934 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-934 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-934 **第一項** 日本に営業所を設けていない外国会社が外国会社の登記後に日本における代表者を新たに定めた場合（その住所地が登記がされた他の日本における代表者の住所地を管轄する登記所の管轄区域内にある場合を除く。）には、三週間以内に、その新たに定めた日本における代表者の住所地においても、外国会社の登記をしなければならない。 art-934/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-934/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-934/par-1 If a foreign company that has not established a business office in Japan specifies a new representative in Japan after registration of the foreign company (excluding cases where the address of the relevant representative is within the jurisdictional district of the registry having jurisdiction over the address of another representative in Japan), the registration of the foreign company must also be completed at the address of the newly specified representative in Japan, within three weeks. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 日本に営業所を設けた外国会社が外国会社の登記後に日本に営業所を新たに設けた場合（その所在地が登記がされた他の営業所の所在地を管轄する登記所の管轄区域内にある場合を除く。）には、三週間以内に、その新たに設けた日本における営業所の所在地においても、外国会社の登記をしなければならない。 art-934/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-934/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-934/par-2 If a foreign company that has established a business office in Japan establishes a new business office in Japan after registration of the foreign company (excluding cases where the location of the relevant business office is within the jurisdictional district of the registry office having jurisdiction over the location of another registered business office), the registration of the foreign company must also be completed at the location of the newly established business office in Japan, within three weeks. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Sources - e-Gov 法令検索, Digital Agency (デジタル庁) — 会社法 — the text in force from 2026-08-12 (https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/417AC0000000086/20260812_508AC0000000064), retrieved 2026-09-17 - Japanese Law Translation Database System, Ministry of Justice (法務省) — Companies Act — Ministry of Justice translation (part 1 of 2) (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4481/tb), retrieved 2026-09-17 - Japanese Law Translation Database System, Ministry of Justice (法務省) — Companies Act — Ministry of Justice translation (part 2 of 2) (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4482/tb), retrieved 2026-09-17 - This site's parser, version 223 — 会社法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-09-17