Light Presence model
No local office required. Legal basis confirmed.
Japanese brands can operate across ASEAN through TNGAP's Singapore hub without establishing local entities in each market.
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No local legal entities required in ASEAN markets
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Phase 1 coverage — SG, MY, TH, VN via hub structure
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Legal basis confirmed — Christopher & Lee Ong, Singapore
What Light Presence means
Presence without overhead.
Light Presence means operating in a market through certified partners, regulatory filings, and logistics relationships — without a leased office or local headcount. This keeps your cost structure lean and your operational risk minimal.
The model removes the most significant barrier to ASEAN expansion for Japanese SMEs: the cost and complexity of establishing and maintaining local legal entities in multiple countries. With TNGAP as the hub entity, your brand is commercially present without being structurally entangled.
No local office required
No local employees required
Operations via certified local partners
Occasional business travel as needed
All contracts through Singapore hub entity
Legal confirmation
Christopher & Lee Ong — confirmed.
TNGAP's Hub-and-Spoke / Light Presence structure has been reviewed and confirmed by Christopher & Lee Ong, one of Singapore's leading law firms. The structure is designed as a PE (Permanent Establishment) non-recognition model — meaning your operations do not trigger subsidiary registration requirements in spoke markets.
Confirming legal firm
Christopher & Lee Ong
Singapore
Regulatory Foundation
- UEN
- 202548372K
- Address
- 6 Raffles Quay, #11-07 John Hancock Tower, Singapore 048580
- Directors
- Uruma Matsushita (Founder & CEO)
Toshikazu Muramatsu (CSO, Singapore resident) - Legal Basis
- Hub-and-Spoke / PE non-recognition structure confirmed by Christopher & Lee Ong, Singapore
- Affiliation
- Serving JCCI member companies across Singapore
Certified Carrier Network
5-country footprint
Hub-and-Spoke across 4 Phase 1 markets.
Singapore — Legal hub
Phase 1 — HubMalaysia — Phase 1 spoke
Phase 1 — SpokeThailand — Phase 1 Extended spoke
Phase 1 ExtendedVietnam — Phase 1 Extended spoke
Phase 1 ExtendedKorea — Phase 3 (deferred)
Phase 3FAQ