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日本将要求企业报告受益所有人的详细信息Japan to require corporations to report details of beneficial owners

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政府计划要求企业提交其实际控制人的相关信息,包括这些控制人的姓名、地址、出生日期和国籍。知情人士表示,这一举措是加强反洗钱措施、提升经济安全性的重要步骤。

The government plans to require corporations to submit information on their beneficial owners, including their names, addresses, dates of birth and nationalities, sources familiar with the matter said Thursday. The plan is being considered as part of efforts to strengthen measures against money laundering and enhance economic security, the sources said.

据这些人士透露,该计划正在审议中,旨在进一步完善反洗钱体系。在获得由自由民主党领导的执政派别的支持后,政府计划在周一召开的议会特别会议上提交相关法案,以正式推行这一报告制度。

The government plans to submit a bill to introduce such a reporting requirement system at an extraordinary session of parliament, to be convened Monday, after winning support from the ruling camp led by the Liberal Democratic Party. Money laundering schemes that exploit shell companies with no actual operations have recently become more complex and sophisticated.

近年来,利用没有实际运营能力的空壳公司进行洗钱的活动变得越来越复杂和隐蔽。通过提高企业所有权的透明度,政府希望揭露那些身份隐匿、组织松散的犯罪组织的活动;同时,该制度也有助于了解外国公民的土地所有权情况。

By increasing transparency regarding corporate ownership, the government hopes to shed light on the activities of tokuryū anonymous and loosely organized criminal groups. The envisaged system is also intended to gain insight into land ownership by foreign nationals.

报告要求将适用于所有总部或主要办公机构位于日本的国内企业,但不包括上市公司,以及那些在日本持续开展业务、在日设有办事处或拥有房地产的外国企业。

The reporting requirement would be applied to all domestic corporations with their head offices or principal offices in Japan, excluding listed companies, and certain foreign corporations that conduct transactions continuously in Japan, have an office in Japan or own real estate in Japan.

根据相关法案草案,这些目标企业必须在成立时向法务局提交其实际控制人的信息。若企业拒不遵守规定,政府将在发出书面通知后对其实施处罚。

The target corporations would be required to submit information on beneficial owners to the Legal Affairs Bureau at the time of establishment, according to a draft of a bill to create a new law aimed at identifying such owners. In the event of noncompliance, penalties would be imposed following a written notice.

所谓“实际控制人”,是指直接或间接持有该公司超过25%投票权的人或机构。这些控制人的信息将被公开记录,以便政府机构及金融机构等有权部门能够随时查阅。

Beneficial owners are defined as individuals and others who directly or indirectly hold more than 25% of a company’s voting rights. Information on beneficial owners would be recorded in a public so that authorized entities, such as government agencies and financial institutions, can access the information.

国际组织金融行动特别工作组(FATF)呼吁各国建立相关法律框架,以收集受益所有者的信息;目前,日本仍是七国集团(G7)中唯一尚未实施此类法律框架的成员国。FATF计划于2028年夏季左右对日本的相关情况展开审查。

The Financial Action Task Force (FATF), an international body, has called on countries to establish legal frameworks for collecting beneficial owner information, while Japan remains the only member of the Group of Seven industrialized countries that has yet to introduce such a legal framework. The FATF is scheduled to conduct a review of Japan around the summer of 2028.