Google and Microsoft avoid fines in Japan by registering global HQs

13 foreign tech companies take steps to comply with registry requirement

20220725N Google sign REUTERS

Japanese authorities had warned Google since March to comply with the country's headquarters registration requirement. © Reuters

RYOHEI YASOSHIMA, Nikkei staff writer

TOKYO -- Google, Microsoft and 11 other foreign multinationals have moved to comply with a Japanese legal requirement to register their global headquarters, it was revealed Monday.

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