①Each business year, a bank must prepare a balance sheet and a profit and loss statement for the interim period of the business year that is a part of the relevant business year (hereinafter referred to as an "interim balance sheet, etc." in this Article) and a balance sheet and a profit and loss statement for the entire business year (hereinafter referred to as a "balance sheet, etc." in this Article), pursuant to the provisions of Cabinet Office Order.

②If a bank has a subsidiary company, etc., each business year, in addition to an interim balance sheet, etc. and a balance sheet, etc., the bank must prepare a balance sheet and a profit and loss statement for the interim period of the business year that is a part of the relevant business year in which entries for the bank and its subsidiary companies, etc. are made on a consolidated basis (hereinafter referred to as an "interim consolidated balance sheet, etc." in this Article), and prepare a balance sheet and a profit and loss statement for the entire business year in which it entries for the bank and its subsidiary companies, etc. are made on a consolidated basis (hereinafter referred to as a "consolidated balance sheet, etc." in this Article), pursuant to the provisions of Cabinet Office Order.

④Pursuant to the provisions of Cabinet Office Order, a bank must issue public notice of its interim balance sheet, etc. and its interim consolidated balance sheet, etc. within three months after the end of the relevant interim period of the business year, and of its balance sheet, etc. and its consolidated balance sheet, etc. within three months after the end of the relevant business year; provided, however, that if it is not possible for a bank to issue public notice of these documents within that three-month period due to compelling reasons, it may postpone the issuance of the public notice, with the approval of the Prime Minister.

⑤Notwithstanding the provisions of the preceding paragraph, it is sufficient for a bank that uses the means of public notice (meaning a means of public notices prescribed in Article 2, item (xxxiii) (Definitions) of the Companies Act; the same applies hereinafter) set forth in Article 57, item (i), to issue public notice of the overview of the interim balance sheet, etc.; the balance sheet, etc.; the interim consolidated balance sheet, etc.; and the consolidated balance sheet, etc. pursuant to the provisions of Cabinet Office Order. In such a case, the provisions of the proviso to the preceding paragraph apply mutatis mutandis.

⑥Pursuant to the provisions of Cabinet Office Order, a bank that is prescribed in the preceding paragraph may take a measure that uses electronic or magnetic means (meaning a means of using an electronic data processing system or using other information and communications technology that is specified by Cabinet Office Order; the same applies hereinafter) to make the information contained in the interim balance sheet, etc. and the interim consolidated balance sheet, etc. available to many and unspecified persons within three months after the end of the relevant interim period of the business year and the information contained in the balance sheet, etc. and the consolidated balance sheet, etc. available to many and unspecified persons within three months after the end of the relevant business year, for a continuous period of five years. In such cases, the bank is deemed to have issued the public notice under the provisions of paragraph (4).

⑦The provisions of the preceding paragraphs do not apply to a bank that must submit an annual securities report to the Prime Minister pursuant to the provisions of Article 24, paragraph (1) (Submission of Annual Securities Reports) of the Financial Instruments and Exchange Act.