The exercise of voting rights in writing is effected by entering the voting form with necessary matters and submitting it to the stock company no later than the time prescribed by Ministry of Justice Order.
書面による議決権の行使は、議決権行使書面に必要な事項を記載し、法務省令で定める時までに当該記載をした議決権行使書面を株式会社に提出して行う。
The number of the votes exercised in writing pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph is included in the number of the votes of the shareholders who are present at the meeting.
前項の規定により書面によって行使した議決権の数は、出席した株主の議決権の数に算入する。
The stock company must keep the voting forms submitted pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (1) at its head office for the period of three months from the day of the shareholders meeting.
The shareholders may make requests for the inspection or copying of the voting forms submitted pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (1) at any time during the business hours of the stock company. In these cases, the reasons for the requests must be disclosed.
If a request specified in the preceding paragraph is made, a stock company may not refuse relevant request, except in cases it falls under any of the following:
株式会社は、前項の請求があったときは、次のいずれかに該当する場合を除き、これを拒むことができない。
the shareholder who made relevant request (hereinafter in this paragraph referred to as the "requestor") made the request for other purposes than research on securing or exercising the requestor's rights;
当該請求を行う株主（以下この項において「請求者」という。）がその権利の確保又は行使に関する調査以外の目的で請求を行ったとき。
the requestor made the request with the purpose of interfering with the execution of the operations of relevant stock company or prejudicing the common benefit of the shareholders;
請求者が当該株式会社の業務の遂行を妨げ、又は株主の共同の利益を害する目的で請求を行ったとき。
the requestor made the request in order to provide notification of the facts learned by inspecting or copying the voting form submitted pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (1) to third parties for profit; or
the requestor is a person who has provided notification of the facts learned by inspecting or copying the voting form submitted pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (1) to third parties for profit in the immediately preceding two years.