Can you not treat your Japan location as a supplier? Document how you approve / monitor / control them.
I have had clients state this same situation that this is just a pass-thru item, the problem I had with my past clients was that they did not document approving them and did not take ownership of the product at all.
I have had clients state this same situation that this is just a pass-thru item, the problem I had with my past clients was that they did not document approving them and did not take ownership of the product at all.
