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A technical identifier, unique in a certain context. Technical key	`JP_8845`
The country a linked concept is active or generally relevant for. Country scope	JP (Japan)
Language-specific name. Monolingual name	Kabushiki-kaisha (en), 株式会社 (ja), Kabushiki-kaisha (ja)
Language-specific main abbreviation. Monolingual main abbreviation	K.K (ja), KK (ja), 株 (ja)
Abbreviation which is also valid and used in practice. Alternative abbreviation	Co.,Ltd., Inc, Co., Inc., Co.,Inc., Ltd., Inc., Co., Ltd., Co. Inc., Co. Incorporated, Co., Incorporated, Company Inc., Company Incorporated, Company, Inc., Company, Incorporated, Co. Ltd., Co. Limited, Co., Limited, Company Ltd., Company Limited, Company, Ltd., Company, Limited
Informal and comprehensive human-readable definition of a concept. Description	This entry records the Japanese joint stock company, the dominant corporate form in the country and the only one that may be listed. Shareholders are liable only up to their subscriptions and the company may be formed with nominal capital. Governance arrangements are flexible, ranging from a single director to boards with statutory auditors or committees. Both small businesses and the largest Japanese groups use the form.
Category to group legal forms with a similar purpose, beside country-specific aspects. Legal form category	Civil Company

Mapped controlled vocabulary terms

Category:ReferenceDataTerm	Technical name	Data source	Description	Parent concept
301 (JP.CR)	301	JP.CR (data source)	Joint-stock company, "株式会社" (ja), "Kabushiki-kaisha" (ja)	kind (JP.CR)
32142 (DNB.MASTER.DATA.BASIC)	32142	DNB.MASTER.DATA.BASIC (data source)	Corporation	dnbCode (DNB.MASTER.DATA.BASIC)
32142 (DNB.MASTER.DATA.EXTENDED)	32142	DNB.MASTER.DATA.EXTENDED (data source)	Corporation	dnbCode (DNB.MASTER.DATA.EXTENDED)
T417 (LEI)	T417	LEI (data source)	株式会社 (Japanese), kabusikigaisya (transliterated Japanese)	EntityLegalFormCode (LEI)

`JP_8845` (CDQ)