A stock company must prepare a shareholder register and enter or record the following information (hereinafter referred to as "information required to be entered in the shareholder register") in the same:
株式会社は、株主名簿を作成し、これに次に掲げる事項（以下「株主名簿記載事項」という。）を記載し、又は記録しなければならない。
the names and addresses of shareholders;
株主の氏名又は名称及び住所
the number of shares held by the shareholders referred to in the preceding item (or the classes of shares and number for each class for a company with class shares);
if the stock company is a share certificate-issuing company, the serial numbers of share certificates representing the shares (limited to those for which share certificates are issued) under item (ii).
(Shareholder Registers)
the names and addresses of shareholders;
株主の氏名又は名称及び住所
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the number of shares held by the shareholders referred to in the preceding item (or the classes of shares and number for each class for a company with class shares);
前号の株主の有する株式の数（種類株式発行会社にあっては、株式の種類及び種類ごとの数）
Open this provisioncompany with class shares
「種類株式発行会社」
A stock company that issues two or more classes of shares with different terms on the matters listed in Article 108, paragraph (1), such as dividends of surplus or voting rights.
Defined inArticle 2, paragraph (1), item (xiii)· applies throughout the law
share certificate-issuing company
「株券発行会社」
A stock company whose articles of incorporation provide that it issues share certificates for its shares (for a company with class shares, for shares of every class).
Defined inArticle 117, paragraph (7)
information required to be entered in the shareholder registermachine translation
「株主名簿記載事項」
The details a stock company must enter in its shareholder register, such as each shareholder's name and address, the number of shares they hold and when they acquired them.
Short name set inArticle 121, paragraph (1)