If the directors, accounting advisors, company auditors or financial auditors have notified all directors (or, for a company with company auditor, directors and company auditors) of matters that are to be reported to a board of directors meeting, it is unnecessary to report relevant matters to a board of directors meeting.
取締役、会計参与、監査役又は会計監査人が取締役（監査役設置会社にあっては、取締役及び監査役）の全員に対して取締役会に報告すべき事項を通知したときは、当該事項を取締役会へ報告することを要しない。
The provisions of the preceding paragraph do not apply to reports under the provisions of Article 363, paragraph (2).
前項の規定は、第三百六十三条第二項の規定による報告については、適用しない。
For the purpose of the application of the provisions of the preceding two paragraphs to a company with nominating committee, etc., the phrase "company auditors or financial auditors" in paragraph (1) is deemed to be replaced with "financial auditors or executive officers"; the phrase "directors (or, for a company with company auditor, directors and company auditors)" in paragraph (1) is deemed to be replaced with "directors"; and the phrase "Article 363, paragraph (2)" in the preceding paragraph is deemed to be replaced with "Article 417, paragraph (4)".
指名委員会等設置会社についての前二項の規定の適用については、第一項中「監査役又は会計監査人」とあるのは「会計監査人又は執行役」と、「取締役（監査役設置会社にあっては、取締役及び監査役）」とあるのは「取締役」と、前項中「第三百六十三条第二項」とあるのは「第四百十七条第四項」とする。
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company with company auditor
「監査役設置会社」
A stock company that has a company auditor whose audit its articles of incorporation do not limit to accounting matters, or that this Act requires to have a company auditor.
Defined inArticle 2, paragraph (1), item (ix)· applies throughout the law
company with nominating committee, etc.machine translation
「指名委員会等設置会社」
A stock company with a nominating committee, an audit committee and a remuneration committee, each made up of directors.
Defined inArticle 2, paragraph (1), item (xii)· applies throughout the law
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.