The resolution at a board of directors meeting is passed by a majority (if a higher proportion is provided for in the articles of incorporation, that proportion or more) of the directors present at the meeting where the majority (if a higher proportion is provided for in the articles of incorporation, that proportion or more) of the directors entitled to participate in the vote are present.
取締役会の決議は、議決に加わることができる取締役の過半数（これを上回る割合を定款で定めた場合にあっては、その割合以上）が出席し、その過半数（これを上回る割合を定款で定めた場合にあっては、その割合以上）をもって行う。
Directors with a special interest in the resolution under the preceding paragraph may not participate in the vote.
前項の決議について特別の利害関係を有する取締役は、議決に加わることができない。
With respect to the business of the board of directors meeting, minutes must be prepared pursuant to the provisions of Ministry of Justice Order, and if the minutes are prepared in writing, the directors and company auditors present at the meeting must sign or affix the names and seals to it.
取締役会の議事については、法務省令で定めるところにより、議事録を作成し、議事録が書面をもって作成されているときは、出席した取締役及び監査役は、これに署名し、又は記名押印しなければならない。
With respect to information recorded in an electronic or magnetic record if the minutes under the preceding paragraph have been prepared as an electronic or magnetic record, an action in lieu of the signing or the affixing of names and seals prescribed by Ministry of Justice Order must be taken.
Directors who participate in resolutions at the board of directors meeting and do not have their objections recorded in the minutes under paragraph (3) are presumed to have agreed to relevant resolutions.
取締役会の決議に参加した取締役であって第三項の議事録に異議をとどめないものは、その決議に賛成したものと推定する。
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The resolution at a board of directors meeting is passed by a majority (if a higher proportion is provided for in the articles of incorporation, that proportion or more) of the directors present at…
取締役会の決議は、議決に加わることができる取締役の過半数（これを上回る割合を定款で定めた場合にあっては、その割合以上）が出席し、その過半数（これを上回る割合を定款で定めた場合にあっては、その割合以上）をもって行う。
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With respect to the business of the board of directors meeting, minutes must be prepared pursuant to the provisions of Ministry of Justice Order, and if the minutes are prepared in writing…
取締役会の議事については、法務省令で定めるところにより、議事録を作成し、議事録が書面をもって作成されているときは、出席した取締役及び監査役は、これに署名し、又は記名押印しなければならない。
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「電磁的記録」
A record made in electronic, magnetic or any other form people cannot perceive directly, of a kind that Ministry of Justice Order (法務省令) specifies as used in computer processing.
Defined inArticle 26, paragraph (2)
articles of incorporation
定款
A company's own basic rules, written by its founders when it is formed: at least its purpose, its trade name, where its head office is, the value of the property contributed at incorporation and who the founders are (Companies Act, Article 27). A stock company's must be certified by a notary before it takes effect (Article 30, paragraph (1)), and can later be changed by a resolution of the shareholders meeting (Article 466). Many rules in the Act apply "unless the articles of incorporation provide otherwise", so a company's articles decide a great deal of how the Act applies to it.
Written by AI using Companies Act, Arts. 26, 27, 30, 466, 575 as a reference.
board of directors
取締役会
The body made up of all of a stock company's directors (Companies Act, Article 362, paragraph (1)). It decides how the company's business is carried out, supervises the directors, and appoints and removes the representative directors (代表取締役) (Article 362, paragraphs (2) and (3)) — except in a company with a nominating committee and the other committees (指名委員会等設置会社), where it appoints representative executive officers (代表執行役) instead (Articles 416 and 420). Some decisions, such as disposing of important assets or borrowing a large amount, it normally may not hand to the directors (Article 362, paragraph (4)). A company with an audit and supervisory committee (監査等委員会設置会社) can hand more of them to directors (Article 399-13, paragraphs (5) and (6)), and a company with the committees hands them to executive officers (執行役) rather than directors (Article 416, paragraphs (3) and (4)). A company chooses in its articles of incorporation whether to have one (Article 326, paragraph (2)), but a public company (公開会社), among others, must (Article 327, paragraph (1)): a public company is one whose articles of incorporation let at least some of its shares change hands without the company's approval (Article 2, item (v)). A company with a board must have at least three directors (Article 331, paragraph (5)).
Written by AI using Companies Act, Arts. 2, 326, 327, 331, 362, 399-13, 416, 420 as a reference.
company auditor
監査役
An officer of a stock company, elected by the shareholders meeting (Companies Act, Article 329, paragraph (1)), whose job is to audit how the directors carry out their duties and to write an audit report on it (Article 381, paragraph (1)). Not an outside accountant — that is the financial auditor (会計監査人) — and not a director: a company auditor may not also be a director or employee of the company or its subsidiaries (Article 335, paragraph (2)). The term normally runs to the annual shareholders meeting for the last business year ending within four years of election (Article 336, paragraph (1)).
Written by AI using Companies Act, Arts. 329, 335, 336, 381 as a reference.
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.