{"id":6773,"date":"2023-03-20T16:42:44","date_gmt":"2023-03-20T07:42:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.kitamuralaw.com\/?p=6773"},"modified":"2023-03-20T16:42:46","modified_gmt":"2023-03-20T07:42:46","slug":"suing-a-delaware-company-with-no-branch-in-japan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kitamuralaw.com\/?p=6773","title":{"rendered":"Suing a Delaware Company with No Branch in Japan"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"834\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kitamuralaw.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/NTA-1024x834.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6776\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kitamuralaw.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/NTA-1024x834.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.kitamuralaw.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/NTA-600x489.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.kitamuralaw.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/NTA-300x244.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.kitamuralaw.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/NTA-768x625.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.kitamuralaw.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/NTA.jpg 1109w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Delaware is a very coporation friendly jurisidiction; the State does not disclose names of directors, or the company&#8217;s headquarter address. This causes a bit of inconveneince for foreigners to sue them in their country.  The following is a series of practical steps to sue a Delaware corporation in Japan:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Review and decide if the case is subject to teh Japanese jurisdiction, such as  the location of damages caused in a tort claim;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>If the answer is yes, go to the Stete of Delaware <a href=\"https:\/\/icis.corp.delaware.gov\/ecorp\/entitysearch\/namesearch.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">website<\/a>, and obtain a &#8220;certifiate of good standing&#8221; online. This costs around USD100;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>As the certificate does not disclose the directors or the corporate headquarters, search fir ubfirnatuib at SEC&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sec.gov\/edgar\/search-and-access\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">EDGAR database<\/a> and find an Annal Reper, if it is a filing entity. The Report discloses the CEO and other directors and teh address of the corporate headquarters. Obtain a certified copy online if necessary;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>It is also healpful ot search the National Taxation Agency&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.houjin-bangou.nta.go.jp\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">corprations number search<\/a>, to identify and locate their non registered buisness outlet in Japan, if any. <\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Delaware is a very coporation friendly jurisidiction; the State does not disclose names of directors, or the company&#8217;s headquarter address.&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6773","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-soc"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kitamuralaw.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6773","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kitamuralaw.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kitamuralaw.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kitamuralaw.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kitamuralaw.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6773"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.kitamuralaw.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6773\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6779,"href":"https:\/\/www.kitamuralaw.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6773\/revisions\/6779"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kitamuralaw.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6773"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kitamuralaw.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6773"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kitamuralaw.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6773"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}