Article 328Obligations of Large Companies to Establish Board of Company Auditors
第三百二十八条（大会社における監査役会等の設置義務）
A large company (excluding a company which is not a public company, a company with audit and supervisory committee, and a company with nominating committee, etc.) must have a board of company auditors and a financial auditor.
大会社（公開会社でないもの、監査等委員会設置会社及び指名委員会等設置会社を除く。）は、監査役会及び会計監査人を置かなければならない。
A large company which is not a public company must have a financial auditor.
public company
「公開会社」
A stock company whose articles of incorporation do not require the company's approval for transfers of at least some of its shares; it need not be listed on a stock exchange.
Defined inArticle 2, paragraph (1), item (v)· applies throughout the law
large company
「大会社」
A stock company whose balance sheet for its most recent business year shows stated capital of 500 million yen or more, or total liabilities of 20 billion yen or more.
Defined inArticle 2, paragraph (1), item (vi)· applies throughout the law
company with audit and supervisory committee
「監査等委員会設置会社」
A stock company that has an audit and supervisory committee, made up of directors.
Defined inArticle 2, paragraph (1), item (xi-2)· applies throughout the law
company with nominating committee, etc.machine translation
「指名委員会等設置会社」
A stock company with a nominating committee, an audit committee and a remuneration committee, each made up of directors.
Defined inArticle 2, paragraph (1), item (xii)· applies throughout the law