Representative director (代表取締役, daihyō-torishimariyaku) is the position of the most senior executive in charge of managing a corporation which is registered in Japan.
As regulated by the Companies Act of Japan, joint-stock companies incorporated in Japan must have a representative director.
[2] Corporations registered in Japan have multiple directors.
The representative director is a type of director with the company's highest authority and possesses the right to enter into business and sign legal contracts on behalf of the corporation in Japan.
[4] In Japan, a representative director is not considered to be an employee of that company and is unable to receive certain benefits which are accorded to employees.