Article 353Representation of Companies in Actions between Stock Company and Directors
第三百五十三条（株式会社と取締役との間の訴えにおける会社の代表）
Notwithstanding the provisions of Article 349, paragraph (4), if a stock company files an action against its directors (including persons who were directors; hereinafter the same applies in this Article), or the directors of a stock company files an action against that stock company, a person to represent the stock company in relevant action may be designated at a shareholders meeting.
第三百四十九条第四項の規定にかかわらず、株式会社が取締役（取締役であった者を含む。以下この条において同じ。）に対し、又は取締役が株式会社に対して訴えを提起する場合には、株主総会は、当該訴えについて株式会社を代表する者を定めることができる。
Read this with the articles around it
director
取締役
An officer of a stock company, elected by the shareholders meeting (Companies Act, Article 329, paragraph (1)). Every stock company has at least one (Article 326, paragraph (1)). Where there is no board of directors, the directors run the company's business unless the articles of incorporation say otherwise (Article 348, paragraph (1)), and each of them represents it unless the company has chosen representative directors (代表取締役) or others to do that (Article 349, paragraphs (1) and (3)). Where there is a board (取締役会, board of directors), the directors are its members, and the board decides the business and normally chooses the representative directors from among them (Article 362). The term normally runs to the annual shareholders meeting for the last business year ending within two years of election (Article 332, paragraph (1)).
Written by AI using Companies Act, Arts. 326, 329, 332, 348, 349, 362 as a reference.
shareholders meeting
株主総会
The meeting of a stock company's shareholders, and the body through which they decide the company's basic matters. It elects the directors and company auditors (Companies Act, Article 329, paragraph (1)) and changes the articles of incorporation (Article 466). In a company without a board of directors it may decide any matter about the company; in one with a board, only what the Act or the articles of incorporation leave to it (Article 295). An annual shareholders meeting must be called after the end of every business year, and another may be called whenever needed (Article 296). A resolution normally passes by a majority of the votes present, with holders of a majority of the votes entitled to vote attending (Article 309, paragraph (1)).
Written by AI using Companies Act, Arts. 295, 296, 309, 329, 466 as a reference.