Company auditors must attend the board of directors meeting, and must state their opinions if they find it necessary; provided, however, that, if there are two or more company auditors, if there are provisions on the vote by special directors pursuant to the provisions of Article 373, paragraph (1), the company auditor who attends the board of directors meeting under paragraph (2) of that Article may be appointed by the company auditors from among the company auditors.
監査役は、取締役会に出席し、必要があると認めるときは、意見を述べなければならない。ただし、監査役が二人以上ある場合において、第三百七十三条第一項の規定による特別取締役による議決の定めがあるときは、監査役の互選によって、監査役の中から特に同条第二項の取締役会に出席する監査役を定めることができる。
In the case provided for in the preceding Article, if company auditors find it necessary, they may demand that the directors (or a convenor in case provided for in the proviso to Article 366, paragraph (1)) call the board of directors meeting.
監査役は、前条に規定する場合において、必要があると認めるときは、取締役（第三百六十六条第一項ただし書に規定する場合にあっては、招集権者）に対し、取締役会の招集を請求することができる。
If, within five days from the day of the demand made pursuant to the provisions of preceding paragraph, a notice of calling of the board of directors meeting which designates as the day of the board of directors meeting a day falling within the period of two weeks from the day of the demand are not dispatched, the company auditors who made that demand may call the board of directors meeting.
前項の規定による請求があった日から五日以内に、その請求があった日から二週間以内の日を取締役会の日とする取締役会の招集の通知が発せられない場合は、その請求をした監査役は、取締役会を招集することができる。
The provisions of the preceding two paragraphs do not apply to the board of directors meeting under Article 373, paragraph (2).
前二項の規定は、第三百七十三条第二項の取締役会については、適用しない。
convenor
「招集権者」
The director, or liquidator, designated in the articles of incorporation or by the board to call meetings of the board of directors, or of the board of liquidators.
Short name set inArticle 366, paragraph (2)· applies only in this chapter
special directors
「特別取締役」
Three or more directors chosen in advance by the board of a company meeting the conditions in Article 373, who may decide on disposing of or acquiring important assets and on large borrowings without the full board.
Short name set inArticle 373, paragraph (1)· applies only in this chapter
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.
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.