Branch office

  1. Prior notification of establishment of branch office to the Bank of Japan depending on category of industry
  2. Determination of branch office information to be registered
  3. Examination at the Legal Affairs Bureau of identical corporate names
  4. Establishment of branch office (date of branch office establishment is at the branch office’s discretion)
  5. Preparation of affidavit on establishment of branch office
  6. Certification of affidavit by notary public, etc. in the home country of the foreign company or embassy/consulate in Japan
  7. Application at the Legal Affairs Bureau for registration of branch office establishment; registration of company seal at Legal Affairs Bureau
  8. Acquisition of certificate on registered information and company seal impression certificate
  9. Opening of bank account under branch office name

Joint-stock corporation

  1. Determination of profile of joint-stock corporation to be established
  2. Examination at the Legal Affairs Bureau of identical corporate names
  3. Preparation of joint-stock corporation’s articles of incorporation
  4. Acquisition of registration certificates, etc. for parent company, and preparation of affidavits regarding profile of parent company and affidavits regarding signatures of representatives of parent company
  5. Notarization of joint-stock corporation’s articles of incorporation 3 by Japanese notary
  6. Application to bank for capital custody and issue of capital custody certificate in case of incorporation with outside offering
  7. Remittance of joint-stock corporation capital to account of incorporator, or representative director, or director at incorporation 
  8. Remittance of joint-stock corporation capital to special bank account in case of incorporation with outside offering
  9. Appointment of directors and other officers, such as representative directors and auditors
  10. Examination by directors and auditors of legality of establishment procedures
  11. Application at the Legal Affairs Bureau for registration of joint-stock corporation establishment (joint-stock corporation establishment date) ; registration of company seal at the Legal Affairs Bureau
  12. Acquisition of certificate on registered information and company seal impression certificate (approx. within about two weeks from four days after application for registration)
  13. Opening of bank account under company name
  14. Notification of stock acquisition to the Bank of Japan (notification prior to company establishment may be required in certain sectors

LLC

  1. Determination of profile of LLC to be established
  2. Examination at the Legal Affairs Bureau of identical corporate names
  3. Acquisition of certification regarding equity participants (in equity participants’ own countries):
    Acquisition of registration certificates, etc. for companies that will become equity participants, and preparation of affidavits regarding profiles of companies that will become equity participants and affidavits regarding signatures of representatives of companies that will become equity participants (affidavits must be attested by a public notary in equity participants’ own countries)
  4. Acquisition of certification regarding equity participants (in Japan):
    Acquisition of registration certificates for companies that will become equity participants
    Acquisition of seal certificates for individuals/companies that will become equity participants
  5. Preparation of LLC’s articles of incorporation
  6. Payment by members of investment stipulated in articles of incorporation (to members’ bank accounts)
  7. Application at the Legal Affairs Bureau for registration of establishment of Godo-Kaisha (Godo-Kaisha establishment date), registration of company seal at the Legal Affairs Bureau
  8. Acquisition of certificate of registered information and company seal impression certificate (approx. within about　two weeks from four days after application for registration)
  9. Opening of bank account under company name
  10. Notification of stock acquisition to the Bank of Japan (notification prior to company establishment may be required in certain sectors)