Our office ■Name 　Solicitor Law Firm, Yokohama International ■Location　 Daimlar Bldg., 87-1, 6-chome, Onoe-chou, Naka-ku, Yokohama ■Telephone +81-45-261-6030 ■Business Hour　10:00-19:00 From Monday to Friday ■Correspondence language: Japanese, English ■Contact us　info@yokohama-intl.com ■Access mapー＞  ■Representative Kenji Mizotani　　  ■Affiliations and registrations: Member of the Kanagawa Prefecture　Shiho-shoshi (Solicitor) Lawyers Association, certified as a litigation representative in summary courts  ■Brief History: Born in Osaka, raised in Nara. After graduating from university, he was employed at a major domestic precision equipment manufacturer. He then worked for a foreign company, a major game software manufacturer, and a record company. During his tenure, he served as deputy director and legal committee member at the Computer Software Copyright Association and the Recording Industry Association of Japan and was dedicated to protecting intellectual property rights. Currently, in addition to the duties listed below, he works with Yokohama JETRO (Japan External Trade Organization), Kanagawa Prefectural Government, Yokohama City, and others to support and follow-up on the expansion of foreign companies into Japan. 　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 　 Our legal Services What is a Shiho-shoshi Lawyer (Solicitor)?  As legal experts in registration procedures related to real estate and corporations, Shiho-shoshi Lawyers have contributed to the development of the economy and society and the protection of people's rights. Shiho-shoshi Lawyers also play a role in resolving and providing advice on a variety of legal issues that arise in everyday life, such as preparing documents to be submitted to court, supporting self-litigation, holding out-of-court settlement negotiations, and arbitrating disputes. 1. Registration of Real Estate and Corporation 1-1) Registration of Real Estate  The real estate registration system is regulated by the Real Estate Registration Act. Real estate is registered in the real estate registry, which describes the outline of the real estate and the rights. The contents of the registry can be viewed at the Legal Affairs Bureau. The registry consists of two parts: real estate content and rights. Real estate content mainly includes the location, area, type of land, total floor area, and building structure and number of floors. Rights refer to ownership, surface rights, mortgages, and other real estate rights. Our office is qualified as a Shiho-shoshi lawyer to legally protect your real estate rights through real estate transactions, and we provide a wide range of services. For this purpose, we will prepare registration applications, submit them to the Legal Affairs Bureau, and handle the registration procedures. For example, the following registration procedures are part of our services:  a) Preservation of ownership rights when building new houses, facilities, land, etc.  b) Transfer of ownership rights when buying and selling real estate  c) Establishment of mortgages on bank loans  d) Extinguishment of mortgages when bank loans are fully repaid  e) Change of real estate rights due to change of owner's name or address 1-2) Registration of Corporation  The purpose of the corporate registration system is to maintain the name and credibility of the company and to contribute to the safe and smooth execution of transactions by publishing company-related matters in the register under the Commercial Registration Law. Similar to the real estate register, the company register is a summary of the registered matters and can be viewed at the Legal Affairs Bureau. The registered matters include the company name, head office location, business content, capital, number of issued shares, and officers. Under this law, the company is obliged to register any changes to the registered matters. We have the right to do this procedure at the Legal Affairs Bureau on behalf of the company and provide full legal advice on the preparation of the registered matters following changes to the registered matters. For example, the following registration procedures are part of our services:  a) Incorporation of a joint-stock company, limited liability company (LLC), or other legal entity  b) Incorporation of a subsidiary and/or branch office of a foreign company  *For more information on how to set up a business in Japan, please see the following sites. We work with JETRO Yokohama and Yokohama City to fully support foreign companies investing in Japan with high-quality expert advice and legal consulting services.  https://www.jetro.go.jp/en/invest/setting_up.html  c) Changes in business operations and/or trade name  d) Relocation of headquarters  e) Increases or decreases in capital  f) Changes in officers, directors, representative directors and/or auditors  g) Dissolution and liquidation of the company 2. Legal Affairs for Corporation   a) M&A Consulting  b) Corporate Planning  c) Office/Residential Leasing  d) Factory/Warehouse Leasing  e) Land/Facility Acquisition  f) Drafting Articles of Association  g) Filing with Government Authorities  h) Drafting legal documents and business contracts such as affidavits, shareholders' meeting minutes, board meeting minutes, joint venture agreements, license agreements, purchase agreements, sales/agency agreements, etc. 3. Inheritance and will 3-1) Domestic Inheritance   The Civil Code stipulates that inheritance begins upon the death of the deceased, and from the time of the start of inheritance, the heirs inherit the rights and obligations related to the deceased's property uniformly. In the case of multiple heirs, in principle, they inherit according to their share of inheritance as stipulated by law. Each heir is legally identified by the family register, and can divide the inherited property by estate division, except in cases where it is prohibited in principle by a will. If an heir wishes to renounce their inheritance, they must file a petition to that effect with the family court within three months of learning of the fact that the inheritance has begun. 3-2) International inheritance  International inheritance situations include, but are not limited to, the following cases:  - A foreigner who dies while residing in Japan  - One or more heirs currently living overseas  - One or more of the inherited assets are located overseas  - A person living outside Japan owns assets in Japan  International inheritance requires an understanding of the applicable governing law  Because the local law that should be applied in each case varies depending on factors such as nationality, place of residence, and location of the assets. 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