1. INTRODUCTION
For those companies entering the Japanese market from abroad, it
is essential to find a team providing one-stop support for
everything, not only for setting up a company and visa-related
consultation, but for compliance with the relevant regulations
including labour and employment laws and other day-to-day
support.
Japanese labour and employment law are known to be employee
friendly, especially for termination and working hours, which means
careful but practical consideration is needed when opening up in
Japan. Further, board members are, in principle,
not categorised as employees, and therefore need to be handled
differently.
Atsumi & Sakai is a multi-award-winning,
independent Tokyo law firm, and one of the ten largest full-service
firms in Japan, offering a highly experienced inward investment
team (the JMES team). The team acts as a one-stop-shop for foreign
individuals seeking to set up a business in Japan, and foreign
companies of all
