# 会社法 / Companies Act — 第八百十七条 (Article 817) - 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: 第八百十七条 (Article 817)（外国会社の日本における代表者） — address `art-817` - Text in force since: 2026-08-12 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-817 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-817 - 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. --- ### 第八百十七条（外国会社の日本における代表者） — (Foreign Company Representatives in Japan) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-817 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-817 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-817 **第一項** 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。 art-817/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-817/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-817/par-1 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. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 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。 art-817/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-817/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-817/par-2 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. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 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。 art-817/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-817/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-817/par-3 No limitation on the authority under the preceding paragraph may be asserted against a third party in good faith. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第四項** 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。 art-817/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-817/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-817/par-4 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. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-817/par-3: 前項 → 会社法 第八百十七条第二項 (Article 817, paragraph (2)), art-817/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-817/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-817/par-2 ## Cited by 3 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 会社法 第八百十七条第三項（外国会社の日本における代表者） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-817/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-817/par-3 - 会社法 第九百三十三条第一項（外国会社の登記） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-933/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-933/par-1 - 金融商品取引法 第五十九条の四第一項第三号（引受業務の一部の許可の拒否要件） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-59-4/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-59-4/par-1/item-3 --- ## 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 211 — 会社法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-09-17