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Document.1481. Japanese consumer lender Takefuji files for bankruptcy. White Paper. “Foreign Exchange and Foreign Trade Control Law” is Ultimate Takeover Defense Measure (Top Article from Nikkei Business Online):Nikkei Business Online. It happened when this writer was talking with an executive of a leading U.S. consulting firm. Our conversation turned to the foreign capital control scheme the Japanese government just came up with on that same day. “Foreign investors will surely get more severe in looking at Japan. If they don't like foreign capital, why did they go public in the first place? There's something wrong with them", the executive said. The Children's Investment Fund (TCI), a British investment fund with a 9.9% stake in Electric Power Development Co. (J-Power), had reported to the Japanese government its plan to boost its stake in the electricity wholesaler to 20% on the basis of the Foreign Exchange and Foreign Trade Control Law.

But on April 16, the government advised TCI to drop or change its plan, as it cannot approve of the proposal. The executive interviewed knows that the Foreign Exchange and Foreign Trade Control Law has control over foreign capital to maintain national security and public order. The World Factbook. JETRO - Japan External Trade Organization. Statistics Bureau Home Page. Starting a Japanese Company. 1. Starting a Japanese company says 'We are here! ' Setting up in Japan and starting a Japanese company sends a very strong "We are here and we are here to stay! " statement to the market. The key decision when setting up in Japan by starting a Japanese company (or branch-office) is which corporate entity is the most efficient and effective to use?

For many foreign companies, setting up in Japan and starting a Japanese company or office is phase two of doing business here (e.g. after having dealt through a distributor) - for others it is phase one. If you are just starting business in Japan, then the research done in your first month of Japanese business (the data accumulated regarding your product's value and projections of future revenues) will be crucial decision making tools when deciding whether starting a Japanese company or office is the most efficient way of setting up in Japan for direct sales or distributor support. 2. setting up with a Japanese branch-office >>

Getting your cash out of Japan. 1. Getting your cash out of Japan. Whether doing business in Japan or any other non-domestic territory, a sensitive and often misrepresented topic in this era of corporate offshore inversions and post-Enron fallout, is the issue of how to most efficiently flow revenues through your corporate structure without losing huge percentages in local (in our case Japanese) taxation.

Before launching into this section I must emphasize that I am a businessman, not a tax accountant or attorney. My interest in Japanese corporate tax is purely as a businessman and very much focused simply on getting Japanese revenues out of Japan legitimately with minimal taxes. Governments of countries with effective corporate tax rates of 30% or more, naturally tend to encourage a public belief that those companies which structure their operations to minimize the corporate taxes they pay are somehow socially unacceptable.

Cash is the life-blood of any corporation. 2. reducing Japanese business tax >> Les grandes entreprises japonaises pessimistes pour l'avenir - Economie.