A stock company must give public notice of its balance sheet (or, for a large company, its balance sheet and profit and loss statement) without delay after the conclusion of the annual shareholders meeting pursuant to the provisions of Ministry of Justice Order.
株式会社は、法務省令で定めるところにより、定時株主総会の終結後遅滞なく、貸借対照表（大会社にあっては、貸借対照表及び損益計算書）を公告しなければならない。
Notwithstanding the provisions of the preceding paragraph, with respect to a stock company for which the means of public notice is a method set forth in Article 939, paragraph (1), item (i) or (ii), it is sufficient to give public notice of a summary of the balance sheet provided for in the preceding paragraph.
前項の規定にかかわらず、その公告方法が第九百三十九条第一項第一号又は第二号に掲げる方法である株式会社は、前項に規定する貸借対照表の要旨を公告することで足りる。
A stock company referred to in the preceding paragraph may, without delay after the conclusion of the annual shareholders meeting, pursuant to the provisions of Ministry of Justice Order, take measures to make the information contained in the balance sheet provided for in paragraph (1) available to the general public continually by electronic or magnetic means until the day on which five years have elapsed from the day of the conclusion of the annual shareholders meeting. In these cases, the provisions of the preceding two paragraphs do not apply.
The provisions of the preceding three paragraphs do not apply to stock companies that must submit their annual securities reports to the Prime Minister pursuant to the provisions of Article 24, paragraph (1) of the Financial Instruments and Exchange Act.
金融商品取引法第二十四条第一項の規定により有価証券報告書を内閣総理大臣に提出しなければならない株式会社については、前三項の規定は、適用しない。
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(Public Notice of Financial Statements)
A stock company must give public notice of its balance sheet (or, for a large company, its balance sheet and profit and loss statement) without delay after the conclusion of the annual shareholders…
株式会社は、法務省令で定めるところにより、定時株主総会の終結後遅滞なく、貸借対照表（大会社にあっては、貸借対照表及び損益計算書）を公告しなければならない。
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Notwithstanding the provisions of the preceding paragraph, with respect to a stock company for which the means of public notice is a method set forth in Article 939, paragraph (1), item (i) or (ii)…
前項の規定にかかわらず、その公告方法が第九百三十九条第一項第一号又は第二号に掲げる方法である株式会社は、前項に規定する貸借対照表の要旨を公告することで足りる。
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A stock company referred to in the preceding paragraph may, without delay after the conclusion of the annual shareholders meeting, pursuant to the provisions of Ministry of Justice Order…
前項の株式会社は、法務省令で定めるところにより、定時株主総会の終結後遅滞なく、第一項に規定する貸借対照表の内容である情報を、定時株主総会の終結の日後五年を経過する日までの間、継続して電磁的方法により不特定多数の者が提供を受けることができる状態に置く措置をとることができる。この場合においては、前二項の規定は、適用しない。
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publication in Official Gazette;
官報に掲載する方法
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publication in a daily newspaper that publishes matters on current affairs; or
時事に関する事項を掲載する日刊新聞紙に掲載する方法
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「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
means of giving public notice
「公告方法」
The way a company, including a foreign company, gives those public notices that no law requires to be published in the Official Gazette, such as in a daily newspaper or by electronic public notice.
Defined inArticle 2, paragraph (1), item (xxxiii)· applies throughout the law
electronic or magnetic means
「電磁的方法」
A method that uses an electronic data processing system or other information and communications technology, of a kind set by Ministry of Justice Order (法務省令).
Defined inArticle 2, paragraph (1), item (xxxiv)
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.