Shareholders may demand that the directors include certain matters (limited to the matters on which relevant shareholders may vote; the same applies in the following paragraph) in the purpose of the shareholders meeting.
株主は、取締役に対し、一定の事項（当該株主が議決権を行使することができる事項に限る。次項において同じ。）を株主総会の目的とすることを請求することができる。
Notwithstanding the provisions of the preceding paragraph, at a company with board of directors, only shareholders having consecutively for the preceding six months or more (or, if shorter period is prescribed in the articles of incorporation, the period or more) not less than one hundredth (or, if lesser proportion is prescribed in the articles of incorporation, the proportion) of the votes of all shareholders or not less than three hundred (or, if lesser number is prescribed in the articles of incorporation, the number of) votes of all shareholders may demand the directors that the directors include certain matters in the purpose of the shareholders meeting. In these cases, that demand must be submitted no later than eight weeks (or, if shorter period is prescribed in the articles of incorporation, the period or more) prior to the day of the shareholders meeting.
For the purpose of the application of the preceding paragraph to a company with board of directors which is not a public company, the phrase "having consecutively for the preceding six months or more (or, if shorter period is prescribed in the articles of incorporation, the period or more)" in that paragraph is deemed to be replaced with "having".
The number of the votes to which the shareholders who may not vote on the certain matters referred to in paragraph (2) are entitled is not included in the number of the votes of all shareholders under that paragraph.