Article 325-3Measures for Electronic Provision
第三百二十五条の三（電子提供措置）
In the cases set forth in each item of Article 299, paragraph (2), the directors of a stock corporation with articles of incorporation that provide that measures for electronic provision are taken must continuously take measures for electronic provision of information related to the matters specified in the following items during the period from the day three weeks prior to the day of the shareholders meeting or the day that the notice specified in paragraph (1) of that Article is issued, whichever is earlier (hereinafter in this Subsection referred to as the "electronic provision measures commencement date"), to the day on which three months have lapsed after the day of the shareholders meeting (hereinafter in this Subsection referred to as the "electronic provision measures period").
電子提供措置をとる旨の定款の定めがある株式会社の取締役は、第二百九十九条第二項各号に掲げる場合には、株主総会の日の三週間前の日又は同条第一項の通知を発した日のいずれか早い日（以下この款において「電子提供措置開始日」という。）から株主総会の日後三箇月を経過する日までの間（以下この款において「電子提供措置期間」という。）、次に掲げる事項に係る情報について継続して電子提供措置をとらなければならない。
the matters set forth in each item of Article 298, paragraph (1);
第二百九十八条第一項各号に掲げる事項
in the cases provided in Article 301, paragraph (1), matters to be specified in reference documents for shareholders meeting and voting forms;
in the cases provided in Article 302, paragraph (1), matters to be specified in reference documents for shareholders meeting;
if demands are made under the provisions of Article 305, paragraph (1), an outline of the proposal made under that paragraph;
if the stock company is a company with board of directors, when a director convenes the annual shareholders meeting, the matters stated or recorded in the financial statements and business reports provided in Article 437;
if the stock company is a company with financial auditor (limited to a company with board of directors), when a director convenes the annual shareholders meeting, the matters stated or recorded in the consolidated financial statements provided in Article 444, paragraph (6); and
株式会社が会計監査人設置会社（取締役会設置会社に限る。）である場合において、取締役が定時株主総会を招集するときは、第四百四十四条第六項の連結計算書類に記載され、又は記録された事項
if the matters specified in the preceding items are corrected, a statement to that effect and the matters before correction.
前各号に掲げる事項を修正したときは、その旨及び修正前の事項
Notwithstanding the provisions of the preceding paragraph, if the directors deliver voting forms to shareholders when serving the notice set forth in Article 299, paragraph (1), measures for the electronic provision of information need not be taken pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph with regard to information related to matters to be contained in the voting forms.
前項の規定にかかわらず、取締役が第二百九十九条第一項の通知に際して株主に対し議決権行使書面を交付するときは、議決権行使書面に記載すべき事項に係る情報については、前項の規定により電子提供措置をとることを要しない。
Notwithstanding the provisions of the paragraph (1), if a stock 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 performs the procedures for submission of an annual securities report (including attachments and their correct reports) stating the matters set forth in each item of paragraph (1) (limited to matters relating to the annual shareholders meeting and excluding matters to be stated in the voting form) by the electronic provision measures commencement date using an electronic data processing system for disclosure provided in Article 27-30-2 of the Act (hereinafter in this Subsection simply referred to as "electronic data processing system for disclosure"), the stock company does not be required to take electronic measures pursuant to the provisions of the paragraph with respect to information related to those matters.
Article 325-4Special Provisions on Notice of Convocation of a Shareholders Meeting
第三百二十五条の四（株主総会の招集の通知等の特則）
For the purpose of the application of the provisions of Article 299, paragraph (1) if measures for electronic provision are taken pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (1) of the preceding Article, the phrase "two weeks (or one week if the stock company is not a public company, except if the matters set forth in paragraph (1), item (iii) or (iv) of the preceding Article are prescribed, (or if a shorter period of time is provided for in the articles of incorporation if the stock company is a stock company other than the company with board of directors, relevant shorter period of time))" in that paragraph is deemed to be replaced with "two weeks."
Notwithstanding the provisions of Article 299, paragraph (4), if measures for electronic provision are taken pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (1) of the preceding paragraph, the matters set forth in Article 298, paragraph (1), item (v) need not be stated or recorded in the notice provided pursuant to Article 299, paragraph (2) or paragraph (3). In this case, beyond the matters provided for in item (i) through item (iv) of that paragraph, the notice must state or record the matters set forth below:
第二百九十九条第四項の規定にかかわらず、前条第一項の規定により電子提供措置をとる場合には、第二百九十九条第二項又は第三項の通知には、第二百九十八条第一項第五号に掲げる事項を記載し、又は記録することを要しない。この場合において、当該通知には、同項第一号から第四号までに掲げる事項のほか、次に掲げる事項を記載し、又は記録しなければならない。
if measures for electronic provision are taken, a statement to that effect;
電子提供措置をとっているときは、その旨
if the procedures provided in paragraph (3) of the preceding article are performed using an electronic data processing system for disclosure, a statement to that effect; and
前条第三項の手続を開示用電子情報処理組織を使用して行ったときは、その旨
in addition to the matters set forth in the preceding two items, matters provided in the Ministry of Justice Order.
前二号に掲げるもののほか、法務省令で定める事項
Notwithstanding the provisions of Article 301, paragraph (1), Article 302, paragraph (1), Article 437, and Article 444, paragraph (6), when the directors of a stock company with articles of incorporation that contain provisions to the effect that measures for electronic provision are taken serve the notice set forth in Article 299, paragraph (1), reference documents for shareholders meeting need not be delivered or provided to shareholders.
第三百一条第一項、第三百二条第一項、第四百三十七条及び第四百四十四条第六項の規定にかかわらず、電子提供措置をとる旨の定款の定めがある株式会社においては、取締役は、第二百九十九条第一項の通知に際して、株主に対し、株主総会参考書類等を交付し、又は提供することを要しない。
With respect to the application of the provisions of Article 305, paragraph (1) to a stock company with articles of incorporation that contain provisions to the effect that measures for electronic provision are taken, in that paragraph, the term "that summary be specified or recorded in that notice" is deemed to be replaced with "measures for electronic provision as set forth in Article 325-2 with respect to an outline of the proposal be taken."
Article 325-5Request for Delivery of Documents
第三百二十五条の五（書面交付請求）
A shareholder (excluding a shareholder who gave the consent provided in Article 299, paragraph (3) (including cases where applied mutatis mutandis under Article 325)) of a stock corporation with articles of incorporation that provide that measures for electronic provision are taken may make a request to the stock company for delivery of documents stating the matters set forth in each item of Article 325-3, paragraph (1) (including cases where applied mutatis mutandis under Article 325-7 (hereinafter referred to in this Article as "electronic provision measures matters")).
電子提供措置をとる旨の定款の定めがある株式会社の株主（第二百九十九条第三項（第三百二十五条において準用する場合を含む。）の承諾をした株主を除く。）は、株式会社に対し、第三百二十五条の三第一項各号（第三百二十五条の七において準用する場合を含む。）に掲げる事項（以下この条において「電子提供措置事項」という。）を記載した書面の交付を請求することができる。
If measures for electronic provision are taken pursuant to the provisions of Article 325-3, paragraph (1), and giving the notice provided in Article 299, paragraph (1), the directors must deliver to shareholders (if a record date (meaning a record date provided in Article 124, paragraph (1)) specifying the persons who can exercise voting rights at the relevant shareholders meeting is set, limited to persons who requested delivery of documents by the record date) who made a request pursuant to the preceding paragraph (hereinafter referred to in this Article as "request for delivery of documents") documents stating the electronic provision measures matters concerning the relevant shareholders meeting.
取締役は、第三百二十五条の三第一項の規定により電子提供措置をとる場合には、第二百九十九条第一項の通知に際して、前項の規定による請求（以下この条において「書面交付請求」という。）をした株主（当該株主総会において議決権を行使することができる者を定めるための基準日（第百二十四条第一項に規定する基準日をいう。）を定めた場合にあっては、当該基準日までに書面交付請求をした者に限る。）に対し、当該株主総会に係る電子提供措置事項を記載した書面を交付しなければならない。
A stock company may provide in its articles of incorporation that all or some of the electronic provision measures matters specified in a Ministry of Justice Order need not be stated in documents delivered pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph.
If a shareholder made a request for delivery of documents, a stock company may, after the lapse of one year from the day of the request for delivery of documents (if the shareholder made an objection pursuant to the provisions of the proviso of the following paragraph, from the day of the objection), serve notice to the shareholder to the effect that it will terminate the delivery of documents pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (2) and provide notification to the effect that if the shareholder has an objection to that termination, the shareholder should make an objection within a certain period (hereinafter referred to in this Article as the "notification period"); provided, however, that the notification period may not be less than one month.
A request for delivery of documents by a shareholder who received notice or notification pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph ceases to be effective when the notification period lapses; provided, however, that this does not apply if the shareholder made an objection within the notification period.
Article 325-6Interruption of Measures for Electronic Provision
第三百二十五条の六（電子提供措置の中断）
Notwithstanding the provisions of Article 325-3, paragraph (1), if measures for electronic provision are interrupted (meaning instances where information that was made available to shareholders is no longer made available or the information is modified after it is made available (excluding corrections made pursuant to the provisions of item (vii) of that paragraph), the same applies hereinafter in this Article) during the electronic provision measures period, in cases falling under all of the following items, relevant interruption of measures for electronic provision does not have an impact on the effectiveness of those measures for electronic provision.
第三百二十五条の三第一項の規定にかかわらず、電子提供措置期間中に電子提供措置の中断（株主が提供を受けることができる状態に置かれた情報がその状態に置かれないこととなったこと又は当該情報がその状態に置かれた後改変されたこと（同項第七号の規定により修正されたことを除く。）をいう。以下この条において同じ。）が生じた場合において、次の各号のいずれにも該当するときは、その電子提供措置の中断は、当該電子提供措置の効力に影響を及ぼさない。
if the stock company acted in good faith and without gross negligence in relation to the occurrence of interruption of the measures for electronic provision or the stock company has justifiable grounds;
電子提供措置の中断が生ずることにつき株式会社が善意でかつ重大な過失がないこと又は株式会社に正当な事由があること。
if the aggregate time when measures for electronic provision were interruption does not exceed one-tenth the electronic provision measures period;
if the interruption of measures for electronic provision occurred during the period from the electronic measures provision commencement date to the day of the shareholders meeting and the aggregate time when measures for electronic provision were interrupted during that period does not exceed one-tenth that period;
If promptly after learning of the occurrence of the interruption of measures for electronic provision, the stock company took measures for electronic provision regarding the fact of the occurrence of the interruption of measures for electronic provision, the time of the interruption of the measures for electronic provision, and details of the interruption of the measures for electronic provision along with those measures for electronic provision.
Article 325-7Mutatis Mutandis Application of Provisions Regarding Shareholders Meetings
第三百二十五条の七（株主総会に関する規定の準用）
The provisions of Article 325-3 through the preceding Article (excluding Article 325-3, paragraph (1) (limited to the portion related to item (v) and item (vi)) and paragraph (3) and Article 325-5, paragraph (1) and paragraph (3) through paragraph (5)) apply mutatis mutandis to general meetings of class shareholders. In these cases, in Article 325-3, paragraph (1), the phrase "each item of Article 299, paragraph (2)" is deemed to be replaced with "each item of Article 299, paragraph (2) applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 325", the phrase "paragraph (1) of the Article" is deemed to be replaced with "paragraph (1) of the Article (limited to cases where applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 325; hereinafter the same applies in the following paragraph, the following Article, and Article 325-5)", the phrase "each item of Article 298, paragraph (1)" is deemed to be replaced with "each item of Article 298, paragraph (1) (limited to cases where applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 325)",the phrase "Article 301, paragraph (1)" is deemed to be replaced with "Article 301, paragraph (1) applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 325",the phrase "Article 302, paragraph (1)" is deemed to be replaced with "Article 302, paragraph (1) applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 325", the phrase "Article 305, paragraph (1)" is deemed to be replaced with "Article 305, paragraph (1) (limited to cases where applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 325; hereinafter the same applies in paragraph (4))"; in paragraph (2) of the Article, the term "shareholder" is deemed to be replaced with "shareholder (limited to the shareholders of a certain class of shares; hereinafter the same applies in the following Article through Article 325-6)", in Article 325-4, paragraph (2), the phrase "Article 299, paragraph (4)" is deemed to be replaced with "Article 299, paragraph (4) applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 325", the phrase "Article 299, paragraph (2)" is deemed to be replaced with "Article 299, paragraph (2) applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 325", the phrase "Article 298, paragraph (1), item (v)" is deemed to be replaced with "Article 298, paragraph (1), item (v) applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 325", the phrase "item (i) through item (iv) of that paragraph" is deemed to be replaced with "item (i) through item (iv) of that paragraph applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 325"; in paragraph (3) of the Article, the phrase "Article 301, paragraph (1), Article 302, paragraph (1), Article 437, and Article 444, paragraph (6)" is deemed to be replaced with "Article 301, paragraph (1), Article 302 ",paragraph (1) applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 325".
第三百二十五条の三から前条まで（第三百二十五条の三第一項（第五号及び第六号に係る部分に限る。）及び第三項並びに第三百二十五条の五第一項及び第三項から第五項までを除く。）の規定は、種類株主総会について準用する。この場合において、第三百二十五条の三第一項中「第二百九十九条第二項各号」とあるのは「第三百二十五条において準用する第二百九十九条第二項各号」と、「同条第一項」とあるのは「同条第一項（第三百二十五条において準用する場合に限る。次項、次条及び第三百二十五条の五において同じ。）」と、「第二百九十八条第一項各号」とあるのは「第二百九十八条第一項各号（第三百二十五条において準用する場合に限る。）」と、「第三百一条第一項」とあるのは「第三百二十五条において準用する第三百一条第一項」と、「第三百二条第一項」とあるのは「第三百二十五条において準用する第三百二条第一項」と、「第三百五条第一項」とあるのは「第三百五条第一項（第三百二十五条において準用する場合に限る。次条第四項において同じ。）」と、同条第二項中「株主」とあるのは「株主（ある種類の株式の株主に限る。次条から第三百二十五条の六までにおいて同じ。）」と、第三百二十五条の四第二項中「第二百九十九条第四項」とあるのは「第三百二十五条において準用する第二百九十九条第四項」と、「第二百九十九条第二項」とあるのは「第三百二十五条において準用する第二百九十九条第二項」と、「第二百九十八条第一項第五号」とあるのは「第三百二十五条において準用する第二百九十八条第一項第五号」と、「同項第一号から第四号まで」とあるのは「第三百二十五条において準用する同項第一号から第四号まで」と、同条第三項中「第三百一条第一項、第三百二条第一項、第四百三十七条及び第四百四十四条第六項」とあるのは「第三百二十五条において準用する第三百一条第一項及び第三百二条第一項」と読み替えるものとする。