A foreign company (limited to one for which the same kind of company or the most similar company in Japan is a stock company) that has completed registration of a foreign company must, pursuant to the provisions of Ministry of Justice Order, give public notice in Japan of what is equivalent to a balance sheet without delay after the conclusion of the same kind of procedure as the approval set forth in Article 438, paragraph (2) or a procedure similar thereto.
外国会社の登記をした外国会社（日本における同種の会社又は最も類似する会社が株式会社であるものに限る。）は、法務省令で定めるところにより、第四百三十八条第二項の承認と同種の手続又はこれに類似する手続の終結後遅滞なく、貸借対照表に相当するものを日本において公告しなければならない。
Notwithstanding the provisions of the preceding paragraph, with respect to a foreign company for which the method 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 what is equivalent to a balance sheet provided for in the preceding paragraph.
A foreign company referred to in the preceding paragraph may, without delay after the conclusion of the procedure set forth in paragraph (1), pursuant to the provisions of Ministry of Justice Order, take measures to make the information contained in what is equivalent to the balance sheet provided for in that paragraph available to the general public continually by the electronic or magnetic means until the day on which five years have elapsed from the day of the conclusion of the procedure. In these cases, the provisions of the preceding two paragraphs do not apply.
The provisions of the preceding three paragraphs do not apply to foreign 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.