Article 66-39Public Inspection of Explanatory Documents

Each business year, a credit rating agency must prepare explanatory documents stating the particulars specified by Cabinet Office Order as pertinent to the state of its business, and during the one-year period beginning from the day on which the period specified by Cabinet Order elapses following the end of each business year, in addition to keeping these explanatory documents at all of its business offices and offices and making them available for public inspection, it must disclose them over the internet or by any other means, pursuant to the provisions of Cabinet Office Order.