The following matters with respect to the financial benefits received from a stock company as a consideration for the execution of the duties, such as remunerations and bonuses, (hereinafter in this Chapter referred to as "remunerations") of directors are fixed by a resolution at a shareholders meeting if those matters are not prescribed in the articles of incorporation:
取締役の報酬、賞与その他の職務執行の対価として株式会社から受ける財産上の利益（以下この章において「報酬等」という。）についての次に掲げる事項は、定款に当該事項を定めていないときは、株主総会の決議によって定める。
for remunerations in a fixed amount, that amount;
報酬等のうち額が確定しているものについては、その額
for remunerations the amount of which is not fixed, the specific method for calculating that amount;
報酬等のうち額が確定していないものについては、その具体的な算定方法
for remunerations that are shares for subscription (meaning shares for subscription provided in Article 199, paragraph (1); hereinafter the same applies in this paragraph and Article 409, paragraph (3)) of the stock company, the maximum number of the shares for subscription (or, for a company with class shares, the classes of the shares for subscription and the number of shares for subscription for each class) and other matters prescribed by Ministry of Justice Order.
for remunerations that are share options for subscription (meaning share options for subscription provided in Article 238, paragraph (1); hereinafter the same applies in this paragraph and Article 409, paragraph (3)) of the stock company, the maximum number of the share options for subscription and other matters prescribed by Ministry of Justice Order.
報酬等のうち当該株式会社の募集新株予約権（第二百三十八条第一項に規定する募集新株予約権をいう。以下この項及び第四百九条第三項において同じ。）については、当該募集新株予約権の数の上限その他法務省令で定める事項
for remunerations that are monies allotted to payments in exchange for what is set forth in (a) or (b) below, the matters specified in the relevant (a) or (b):
報酬等のうち次のイ又はロに掲げるものと引換えにする払込みに充てるための金銭については、当該イ又はロに定める事項
shares for subscription of the stock company: the maximum number of shares for subscription subscribed to by the directors (or, for a company with class shares, the classes of the shares for subscription and the number of shares for subscription for each class) and other matters prescribed by Ministry of Justice Order;
share options for subscription of the stock company: the maximum number of share options for subscription subscribed to by the directors and other matters prescribed by Ministry of Justice Order
当該株式会社の募集新株予約権 取締役が引き受ける当該募集新株予約権の数の上限その他法務省令で定める事項
for remunerations that are not monetary (excluding shares for subscription and share options for subscription of the stock company), the specific contents thereof.
In cases of a company with audit and supervisory committee, the matters set forth in the items of the preceding paragraph must be determined by distinguishing directors who are audit and supervisory committee members and other directors.
監査等委員会設置会社においては、前項各号に掲げる事項は、監査等委員である取締役とそれ以外の取締役とを区別して定めなければならない。
If there are no provisions in the articles of incorporation or no resolution at shareholders meeting with regard to remunerations of each director who is an audit and supervisory committee member, the remunerations are determined through discussion among directors who are audit and supervisory committee members within the range of remunerations referred to in paragraph (1).
Directors who prescribed the matters set forth in each item of paragraph (1) or who submitted a proposal to amend these matters to a shareholders meeting must explain the reasons why relevant matters are reasonable at that shareholders meeting.
第一項各号に掲げる事項を定め、又はこれを改定する議案を株主総会に提出した取締役は、当該株主総会において、当該事項を相当とする理由を説明しなければならない。
Directors who are audit and supervisory committee members may state their opinions on the remunerations of directors who are audit and supervisory committee members in the shareholders meeting.
The audit and supervisory committee member appointed by the audit and supervisory committee may state the opinions of the audit and supervisory committee on the remunerations of directors other than directors who are audit and supervisory committee members.
If the articles of incorporation or a resolution of the shareholders meeting contains provisions on the matters set forth in each item of paragraph (1) as the content of the remunerations of directors (excluding directors who are audit and supervisory committee members; hereinafter the same applies in this paragraph), the stock company boards of directors set forth below will determine the matters specified by Ministry of Justice Order as policies relating to the determination of the content of remunerations of individual directors in accordance with the provisions; provided, however, that this does not apply if the content of remunerations of individual directors is specified in the articles of incorporation or a resolution of the shareholders meeting.
a company with board of company auditors (limited to a public company that is a large company) that is required to submit an annual securities report to the Prime Minister with respect to shares that the company issues pursuant to the provisions of Article 24, paragraph (1) of the Financial Instruments and Exchange Act; or
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(Determination of Subscription Requirements)
Whenever a stock company intends to solicit persons to subscribe for shares it issues or for treasury shares it disposes of, the stock company must prescribe the following matters with respect to the…
株式会社は、その発行する株式又はその処分する自己株式を引き受ける者の募集をしようとするときは、その都度、募集株式（当該募集に応じてこれらの株式の引受けの申込みをした者に対して割り当てる株式をいう。以下この節において同じ。）について次に掲げる事項を定めなければならない。
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Whenever a stock company intends to solicit subscribers for an issuance of share options, the stock company must prescribe the following matters…
株式会社は、その発行する新株予約権を引き受ける者の募集をしようとするときは、その都度、募集新株予約権（当該募集に応じて当該新株予約権の引受けの申込みをした者に対して割り当てる新株予約権をいう。以下この章において同じ。）について次に掲げる事項（以下この節において「募集事項」という。）を定めなければならない。
Open this provision(Remuneration for Directors)
The following matters with respect to the financial benefits received from a stock company as a consideration for the execution of the duties, such as remunerations and bonuses…
取締役の報酬、賞与その他の職務執行の対価として株式会社から受ける財産上の利益（以下この章において「報酬等」という。）についての次に掲げる事項は、定款に当該事項を定めていないときは、株主総会の決議によって定める。
Open this provision(Remuneration for Directors)
If the articles of incorporation or a resolution of the shareholders meeting contains provisions on the matters set forth in each item of paragraph (1) as the content of the remunerations of…
次に掲げる株式会社の取締役会は、取締役（監査等委員である取締役を除く。以下この項において同じ。）の報酬等の内容として定款又は株主総会の決議による第一項各号に掲げる事項についての定めがある場合には、当該定めに基づく取締役の個人別の報酬等の内容についての決定に関する方針として法務省令で定める事項を決定しなければならない。
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If the remuneration committee uses what is set forth in the following items as the individual remunerations of executive officers, etc., it must decide the matters provided for in each of the item as…
報酬委員会は、次の各号に掲げるものを執行役等の個人別の報酬等とする場合には、その内容として、当該各号に定める事項について決定しなければならない。ただし、会計参与の個人別の報酬等は、第一号に掲げるものでなければならない。
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「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 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 with class shares
「種類株式発行会社」
A stock company that issues two or more classes of shares with different terms on the matters listed in Article 108, paragraph (1), such as dividends of surplus or voting rights.
Defined inArticle 2, paragraph (1), item (xiii)· applies throughout the law
audit and supervisory committee membermachine translation
「監査等委員」
A member of the audit and supervisory committee of a company with audit and supervisory committee.
Defined inArticle 38, paragraph (2)
remunerations
「報酬等」
The pay, bonuses and any other financial benefit that directors and other officers receive from a stock company in return for doing their job.
Short name set inArticle 361, paragraph (1)· applies only in this chapter
shares for subscription
「募集株式」
Shares, newly issued or held by the company itself, that a stock company allots to the persons who applied for them in response to its invitation to subscribe.
Defined inArticle 361, paragraph (1), item (iii)· applies only in this paragraph and in Article 409, paragraph (3)
share options for subscription
「募集新株予約権」
Share options that a stock company allots to the persons who applied for them in response to its invitation to subscribe.
Defined inArticle 361, paragraph (1), item (iv)· applies only in this paragraph and in Article 409, paragraph (3)
articles of incorporation
定款
A company's own basic rules, written by its founders when it is formed: at least its purpose, its trade name, where its head office is, the value of the property contributed at incorporation and who the founders are (Companies Act, Article 27). A stock company's must be certified by a notary before it takes effect (Article 30, paragraph (1)), and can later be changed by a resolution of the shareholders meeting (Article 466). Many rules in the Act apply "unless the articles of incorporation provide otherwise", so a company's articles decide a great deal of how the Act applies to it.
Written by AI using Companies Act, Arts. 26, 27, 30, 466, 575 as a reference.
board of directors
取締役会
The body made up of all of a stock company's directors (Companies Act, Article 362, paragraph (1)). It decides how the company's business is carried out, supervises the directors, and appoints and removes the representative directors (代表取締役) (Article 362, paragraphs (2) and (3)) — except in a company with a nominating committee and the other committees (指名委員会等設置会社), where it appoints representative executive officers (代表執行役) instead (Articles 416 and 420). Some decisions, such as disposing of important assets or borrowing a large amount, it normally may not hand to the directors (Article 362, paragraph (4)). A company with an audit and supervisory committee (監査等委員会設置会社) can hand more of them to directors (Article 399-13, paragraphs (5) and (6)), and a company with the committees hands them to executive officers (執行役) rather than directors (Article 416, paragraphs (3) and (4)). A company chooses in its articles of incorporation whether to have one (Article 326, paragraph (2)), but a public company (公開会社), among others, must (Article 327, paragraph (1)): a public company is one whose articles of incorporation let at least some of its shares change hands without the company's approval (Article 2, item (v)). A company with a board must have at least three directors (Article 331, paragraph (5)).
Written by AI using Companies Act, Arts. 2, 326, 327, 331, 362, 399-13, 416, 420 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.
Prime Minister
内閣総理大臣
The head of the Cabinet. Designated by the Diet from among its own members, and appointed by the Emperor on that designation (Articles 67 and 6). The Prime Minister appoints and may dismiss the other Ministers of State at will, and a majority of them must be members of the Diet (Article 68). No Minister of State can be subjected to legal action while in office without the Prime Minister's consent (Article 75).
Written by AI using Constitution, Arts. 6, 67, 68, 75 and Wikipedia: Prime Minister of Japan as a reference.
shareholders meeting
株主総会
The meeting of a stock company's shareholders, and the body through which they decide the company's basic matters. It elects the directors and company auditors (Companies Act, Article 329, paragraph (1)) and changes the articles of incorporation (Article 466). In a company without a board of directors it may decide any matter about the company; in one with a board, only what the Act or the articles of incorporation leave to it (Article 295). An annual shareholders meeting must be called after the end of every business year, and another may be called whenever needed (Article 296). A resolution normally passes by a majority of the votes present, with holders of a majority of the votes entitled to vote attending (Article 309, paragraph (1)).
Written by AI using Companies Act, Arts. 295, 296, 309, 329, 466 as a reference.