How to Incorporate in Japan: Part 1

On May 1st, 2006, one of the biggest revisions in the last 50 years of the Japanese commercial code, the "Sho-ho," was enacted. The new code not only significantly reduces the investment needed to set up a company, but also completely revamps the government's thinking about what companies are for, how they should be used, and whether foreigners should be allowed to get in on the action.

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