{"id":218,"date":"2023-04-24T13:27:51","date_gmt":"2023-04-24T13:27:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/companyformationjapan.com\/?p=218"},"modified":"2023-04-24T13:27:54","modified_gmt":"2023-04-24T13:27:54","slug":"company-liquidation-in-japan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/companyformationjapan.com\/company-liquidation-in-japan\/","title":{"rendered":"Company Liquidation in Japan"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>A\u00a0<strong>company liquidation in Japan<\/strong>, also named\u00a0<strong>winding up<\/strong>, refers to the procedure through which the assets of a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.companyformationjapan.com\/types-of-companies-in-japan\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>business entity<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0are liquidated and the entity is closed, or deregistered.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In this article, our&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.companyformationjapan.com\/about-us\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>company formation advisors in Japan<\/strong><\/a>&nbsp;explain the different aspects involving such a procedure in the country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_65 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title \" >Table of Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/companyformationjapan.com\/company-liquidation-in-japan\/#company-liquidation-procedure-in-japan\" title=\"Company liquidation procedure in Japan\">Company liquidation procedure in Japan<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/companyformationjapan.com\/company-liquidation-in-japan\/#special-liquidation-procedures-in-japan\" title=\"Special liquidation procedures in Japan\">Special liquidation procedures in Japan<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"company-liquidation-procedure-in-japan\"><\/span><strong>Company liquidation procedure in Japan<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>In order to effectuate a&nbsp;<strong>company liquidation in Japan<\/strong>, the following procedure is required:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2022 Preparing the assets inventory and the balance sheet on the dissolution date, as well as the acquisition of approval decided in the shareholder meeting;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2022 Drawing up a public notice which should contain a report on credits and a notification forwarded to the known creditors. Our&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.companyformationjapan.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>company registration consultants in Japan<\/strong><\/a>&nbsp;can offer more details on this public notice;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2022 Submitting the dissolution notification of the business entity to the government tax agency;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2022 Filing a final return for the dissolution business year;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2022 Collecting the credits, liabilities repayment and conversions into cash of real estate;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2022 Determining and distributing the residual assets;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2022 Making up a statement of accounts for the business year of the<strong>&nbsp;liquidation<\/strong>&nbsp;and an approval acquisition of the liquidation completion;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2022 Submitting the final returns for the business year of the liquidation;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2022 Registering the&nbsp;<strong>liquidation<\/strong>&nbsp;completion;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2022 Submitting the liquidation completion notification to the government tax agency.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"special-liquidation-procedures-in-japan\"><\/span><strong>Special liquidation procedures in Japan<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Special&nbsp;<strong>liquidation<\/strong>&nbsp;procedures&nbsp;<strong>in Japan<\/strong>&nbsp;can be accessed only by stock companies. If a debtor wishes to go through such procedures, the debtor\u2019s shareholders have to pass a resolution for the dissolving of the debtor first.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This resolution needs the positive vote of two-thirds or more of the shares, after which the business must name a liquidator. Our&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.companyformationjapan.com\/company-incorporation-japan\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Japan company formation<\/strong><\/a>&nbsp;specialist can provide further details on this matter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For more about a company&nbsp;<strong>dissolution in Japan<\/strong>, or if you are interested in&nbsp;<strong>setting up a company in Japan<\/strong>, we can help you with the right guidance; please&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.companyformationjapan.com\/contact\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>contact us<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A\u00a0company liquidation in Japan, also named\u00a0winding up, refers to the procedure through which the assets of a\u00a0business entity\u00a0are liquidated and the entity is closed, or deregistered.\u00a0 In this article, our&nbsp;company formation advisors in Japan&nbsp;explain the different aspects involving such a procedure in the country. Company liquidation procedure in Japan In order to effectuate a&nbsp;company liquidation [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":59,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[38,56,12,57,14],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Company Liquidation in Japan<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"We briefly describe the procedure involving a company liquidation in Japan. 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