News Details
2024.07.31
【Company Secretary】Non-Disclosure of Representative Directors’ Addresses
ARK Outsourcing KK provides one-stop service mainly to Japanese branches or subsidiaries of foreign-based companies.
In this article, we will introduce the basic information about making English company documents such as articles of incorporation or meeting minutes in a dialogue style. The contents of this article are based on our discussions in the internal study group.
Characters
Ken (male):
Ken is 22 years old. He has been with ARK for a year.
(He builds up his body three times a week at the gym.)
Emma (female):
Emma is 34 years old. She is a mother of one child and a trainer at ARK.
(She’s been wondering whether her child should start swimming lessons.)
George (male):
George is 46 years old. He has been working hard to become a paralegal.
(Summer is coming soon. Why not BBQ?)
Discussion
Emma:
I’m seeing some unique candidates running on the Tokyo gubernatorial election.
So, what are you looking at, Ken?
Ken:
I am checking the certificate of registered matters of the company I’ve invested in.
In fact, it gives me a lot of information, and it’s quite interesting to see it. In fact, I’ve found that the representative director of the company lives in a high-end residential area. How nice!
George:
We mentioned this issue last Christmas. Strating in October 2024, you may not be able to see the addresses of representative directors on the certificate. Representative directors will be allowed to hide their residential addresses under certain conditions.
Ken:
Really? But it would be better not to disclose all the information. Personal information should be protected from someone like me.
George:
It might take some time to prevail because non-disclosure requires a certain procedure.
For entrepreneurs of start-up companies, they have hesitated to indicate their residential addresses on the certificate for privacy protection. Hopefully, this measure will promote more entrepreneurs to start business in Japan.
Conclusion
In this article, we mentioned “Non-Disclosure of Representative Directors’ Addresses.”
Please note that this article only introduces general outlines and does not include professional advice. So please make sure not to make any decisions without taking professional advice individually. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact us.
(Reference / in Japanese)
Ministry of Justice
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