In order to call the shareholders meeting, the directors must dispatch the notice thereof to the shareholders no later than two weeks (or one week if the stock company is not a public company, except if the matters set forth in paragraph (1), item (iii) or (iv) of the preceding Article are decided, (or if a shorter period of time is provided for in the articles of incorporation if the stock company is a stock company other than the company with board of directors, the shorter period of time)) prior to the day of the shareholders meeting.
The notice referred to in the preceding paragraph must be in writing in the following cases:
次に掲げる場合には、前項の通知は、書面でしなければならない。
where the matters set forth in paragraph (1), item (iii) or (iv) of the preceding Article are decided; or
where the stock company is a company with board of directors.
株式会社が取締役会設置会社である場合
In lieu of issuing a written notice as referred to in the preceding paragraph, the directors may issue notice by electronic or magnetic means, with the consent of the shareholders and pursuant to the provisions of Cabinet Order. In these cases, the directors are deemed to have issued the written notice referred to in that paragraph.
The notice under the preceding two paragraphs must specify or record the matters set forth in each item of paragraph (1) of the preceding Article.