UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM 6-K
REPORT OF FOREIGN PRIVATE ISSUER
PURSUANT TO RULE 13a-16 OR 15d-16
UNDER THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the month of April 2023
Commission File Number 001-41662
SYLA Technologies Co., Ltd.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Ebisu Prime Square Tower 7F, 1-1-39
Hiroo, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo, Japan
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
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INFORMATION CONTAINED IN THIS FORM 6-K REPORT
On April 26, 2023, Tomohiro Ikeda resigned as Chief Financial Officer of SYLA Technologies Co., Ltd. (the “Company”), effective immediately. On May 1, 2023, the Company’s Board of Directors appointed Nobuo Higuchi to serve as the Company’s Chief Financial Officer, effective immediately.
Mr. Higuchi, age 36, has served as Chief Accounting Officer of the Company since November 2022. From August 2018 to November 2022, he served as a manager of Shimomura & Co., CPAs P.C., a public accounting firm. From November 2016 to July 2018, he served as a senior tax associate at PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, New York, a public accounting firm. Mr. Higuchi graduated from Meiji University in Tokyo, Japan in March 2009.
In his role as Chief Financial Officer, Mr. Higuchi will receive an annual base salary of ¥15,000,000 (approximately US$110,000). He also received a ¥6,000,000 (approximately US$44,000) moving allowance.
Signatures
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
SYLA TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD. | ||
Date: May 1, 2023 | By: | /s/ Hiroyuki Sugimoto |
Name: | Hiroyuki Sugimoto | |
Title: | Chief Executive Officer |