In order to call an organizational meeting, incorporators must dispatch notice thereof to the shareholders at incorporation no later than two weeks (or one week if the stock company to be incorporated is not a public company, except if the matters set forth in paragraph (1), item (iii) or item (iv) of the preceding Article are decided (or if a shorter period of time is provided for in the articles of incorporation if the stock company to be incorporated is a stock company other than a company with board of directors, relevant shorter period of time)) prior to the day of the organizational meeting.
The notice referred to in the preceding paragraph must be in writing in the following cases:
次に掲げる場合には、前項の通知は、書面でしなければならない。
if the matters set forth in paragraph (1), item (iii) or item (iv) of the preceding Article are decided; or
if the stock company to be incorporated is a company with board of directors.
設立しようとする株式会社が取締役会設置会社である場合
In lieu of the dispatch of the written notice referred to in the preceding paragraph, the incorporators may dispatch the notice by electronic or magnetic means, with the consent of the shareholders at incorporation, in accordance with the provisions of Cabinet Order. In these cases, relevant incorporators are deemed to have dispatched the written notice under that paragraph.
The notice under the preceding two paragraphs must specify or record the matters set forth in each item of paragraph (1) of the preceding Article.
It would be sufficient for a notice or demand to a shareholder at incorporation by the incorporators to be sent to the address under Article 27, item (v), or Article 59, paragraph (3), item (i) (or, if relevant shareholder at incorporation notifies the incorporator of a different place or contact address for the receipt of notices or letters of demand, to that place or contact address).
発起人が設立時株主に対してする通知又は催告は、第二十七条第五号又は第五十九条第三項第一号の住所（当該設立時株主が別に通知又は催告を受ける場所又は連絡先を発起人に通知した場合にあっては、その場所又は連絡先）にあてて発すれば足りる。
The notice or demand referred to in the preceding paragraph is deemed to have arrived at the time when the notice or demand should normally have arrived.
前項の通知又は催告は、その通知又は催告が通常到達すべきであった時に、到達したものとみなす。
The provisions of the preceding two paragraphs apply mutatis mutandis to cases where a writing is given to the shareholders at incorporation when giving the notice referred to in paragraph (1), or to cases where the information to be detailed in relevant writing is provided by electronic or magnetic means. In these cases, the term "to have arrived" in the preceding paragraph is deemed to be replaced with "to have been given in relevant writing or to have been provided by electronic or magnetic means with the information".