If directors detect any fact likely to cause substantial detriment to the stock company, they must immediately report the fact to the shareholders (or, for a company with company auditor, the company auditors).
取締役は、株式会社に著しい損害を及ぼすおそれのある事実があることを発見したときは、直ちに、当該事実を株主（監査役設置会社にあっては、監査役）に報告しなければならない。
For the purpose of the application of the provisions of the preceding paragraph to a company with board of company auditors, the phrase "shareholders (or, for a company with company auditor, the company auditors)" in that paragraph is deemed to be replaced with "board of company auditors".
For the purpose of the application of the provisions of paragraph (1) to a company with audit and supervisory committee, the phrase "shareholders (or, for a company with company auditor, the company auditors)" is deemed to be replaced with "audit and supervisory committee".
監査等委員会設置会社における第一項の規定の適用については、同項中「株主（監査役設置会社にあっては、監査役）」とあるのは、「監査等委員会」とする。
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(Director's Duty to Report)
If directors detect any fact likely to cause substantial detriment to the stock company, they must immediately report the fact to the shareholders…
取締役は、株式会社に著しい損害を及ぼすおそれのある事実があることを発見したときは、直ちに、当該事実を株主（監査役設置会社にあっては、監査役）に報告しなければならない。
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「監査役設置会社」
A stock company that has a company auditor whose audit its articles of incorporation do not limit to accounting matters, or that this Act requires to have a company auditor.
Defined inArticle 2, paragraph (1), item (ix)· applies throughout the law
company with board of company auditors
「監査役会設置会社」
A stock company that has a board of company auditors, or that this Act requires to have one.
Defined inArticle 2, paragraph (1), item (x)· 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 auditor
監査役
An officer of a stock company, elected by the shareholders meeting (Companies Act, Article 329, paragraph (1)), whose job is to audit how the directors carry out their duties and to write an audit report on it (Article 381, paragraph (1)). Not an outside accountant — that is the financial auditor (会計監査人) — and not a director: a company auditor may not also be a director or employee of the company or its subsidiaries (Article 335, paragraph (2)). The term normally runs to the annual shareholders meeting for the last business year ending within four years of election (Article 336, paragraph (1)).
Written by AI using Companies Act, Arts. 329, 335, 336, 381 as a reference.
director
取締役
An officer of a stock company, elected by the shareholders meeting (Companies Act, Article 329, paragraph (1)). Every stock company has at least one (Article 326, paragraph (1)). Where there is no board of directors, the directors run the company's business unless the articles of incorporation say otherwise (Article 348, paragraph (1)), and each of them represents it unless the company has chosen representative directors (代表取締役) or others to do that (Article 349, paragraphs (1) and (3)). Where there is a board (取締役会, board of directors), the directors are its members, and the board decides the business and normally chooses the representative directors from among them (Article 362). The term normally runs to the annual shareholders meeting for the last business year ending within two years of election (Article 332, paragraph (1)).
Written by AI using Companies Act, Arts. 326, 329, 332, 348, 349, 362 as a reference.