Article 676Determination of Matters on Bonds for Subscription
第六百七十六条（募集社債に関する事項の決定）
Whenever a company intends to solicit persons who subscribe for the bonds it issues, the company must determine the following matters with respect to the bonds for subscription (meaning the bonds that will be allotted to the persons who subscribed for those bonds in response to relevant solicitation; hereinafter the same applies in this Part):
the total amount of bonds for subscription;
募集社債の総額
the amount of each bond for subscription;
各募集社債の金額
the interest rate for the bonds for subscription;
募集社債の利率
the method and due date for the redemption of the bonds for subscription;
募集社債の償還の方法及び期限
the method and due date for payment of the interest;
利息支払の方法及び期限
if bond certificates are to be issued, the statement to that effect;
社債券を発行するときは、その旨
if it is to be arranged that bondholders may not make the demand under the provisions of Article 698, in whole or in part, the statement to that effect;
社債権者が第六百九十八条の規定による請求の全部又は一部をすることができないこととするときは、その旨
if a bond administrator is not to be designated, the statement to that effect;
社債管理者を定めないこととするときは、その旨
if it is to be arranged that bond administrator may perform the act set forth in Article 706, paragraph (1), item (ii) in the absence of the resolution at the bondholders meeting, the statement to that effect;
社債管理者が社債権者集会の決議によらずに第七百六条第一項第二号に掲げる行為をすることができることとするときは、その旨
if a bond administration assistant is to be appointed, the statement to that effect;
社債管理補助者を定めることとするときは、その旨
the amount to be paid in for each bond for subscription (meaning the amount of monies to be paid in in exchange for each bond for subscription; hereinafter the same applies in this Chapter) or the minimum amount thereof, or the method for calculating those amounts;
各募集社債の払込金額（各募集社債と引換えに払い込む金銭の額をいう。以下この章において同じ。）若しくはその最低金額又はこれらの算定方法
the due date for payment in of the monies in exchange for the bond for subscription;
募集社債と引換えにする金銭の払込みの期日
if it is to be arranged that the issue of the bonds for subscription will not be carried out in their entirety if the persons to whom the bonds for subscription will be allotted are not prescribed for the total amount of the bonds by a certain day, the statement to that effect and that certain day; and
一定の日までに募集社債の総額について割当てを受ける者を定めていない場合において、募集社債の全部を発行しないこととするときは、その旨及びその一定の日
beyond what is set forth in each of the preceding items, matters prescribed by Ministry of Justice Order.
前各号に掲げるもののほか、法務省令で定める事項
Article 677Applications for Bonds for Subscription
第六百七十七条（募集社債の申込み）
A company must notify persons who intend to subscribe for bonds for subscription in response to the solicitation under the preceding paragraph of the matters set forth in the following items:
the matters set forth in each item of the preceding Article relating to relevant solicitation;
当該募集に係る前条各号に掲げる事項
beyond what is set forth in the preceding two items, matters prescribed by Ministry of Justice Order.
前二号に掲げるもののほか、法務省令で定める事項
A person who intends to apply the subscription for the bonds for subscription in response to the solicitation in the preceding paragraph must deliver a document that gives the following information:
the name and address of the person applying;
申込みをする者の氏名又は名称及び住所
the amount of the bonds for subscription for which the person intends to subscribe and the number of bonds for each amount; and
引き受けようとする募集社債の金額及び金額ごとの数
if the company has prescribed the minimum amount under item (ix) of the preceding Article, the preferred amount for payment.
A person who submits an application in paragraph (1) may, in lieu of delivering a document as referred to in that paragraph, provide the information that is required to be detailed in the document referred to in that paragraph by electronic or magnetic means, with the approval of the company and pursuant to the provisions of Cabinet Order. In these cases, the person who submitted the application is deemed to have delivered the document in that paragraph.
The provisions of paragraph (1) do not apply if the company has issued the prospectus prescribed in Article 2, paragraph (10) of the Financial Instruments and Exchange Act that states the matters set forth in each item of that paragraph to a person who intends to submit the application under paragraph (1), and in other cases that are prescribed by Ministry of Justice Order as the cases where it is unlikely that the protection of persons who intend to submit the application for the subscription for bonds for subscription will be compromised.
If there are changes in the matters set forth in any item of paragraph (1), the company must immediately notify persons who have submitted applications in paragraph (2) (hereinafter in this Subsection referred to as "applicants") thereof and of the matters so changed.
It is sufficient for a notice or letters of demand to an applicant to be sent by the company to the address under paragraph (2), item (i) (or, if the applicant notifies the company of a different place or contact address for the receipt of notices or letters of demand, to the place or contact address).
The notice or letters of demand referred to in the preceding paragraph are deemed to have arrived at the time when the notice or letter of demand should normally have arrived.
前項の通知又は催告は、その通知又は催告が通常到達すべきであった時に、到達したものとみなす。
Article 678Allotment of Bonds for Subscription
第六百七十八条（募集社債の割当て）
A company must specify the persons to whom bonds for subscription will be allotted from among the applicants, and the amount, and the number for each amount, of the bonds for subscription to be allotted to those persons. In these cases, the company may reduce the number for each amount of bonds for subscription that are to be allotted to relevant applicants below the number under item (ii), paragraph (2) of the preceding Article.
The company must notify the applicants, no later than the day immediately preceding the date referred to in Article 676, item (x) of the amount, and the number for each amount, of the bonds for subscription that will be allotted to the applicant.
会社は、第六百七十六条第十号の期日の前日までに、申込者に対し、当該申込者に割り当てる募集社債の金額及び金額ごとの数を通知しなければならない。
Article 679Special Provisions on Subscription and Allotment of Bonds for Subscription
第六百七十九条（募集社債の申込み及び割当てに関する特則）
The provisions of the preceding two Articles do not apply if a person who intends to subscribe for the bonds for subscription executes a contract for the subscription for the total amount of those bonds.
Article 680Holders of Bonds for Subscription
第六百八十条（募集社債の社債権者）
The person set forth in the following items is to be the holders of the bonds for subscription provided for in each of items:
次の各号に掲げる者は、当該各号に定める募集社債の社債権者となる。
applicants:the bonds for subscription allotted by the company; or
a person who subscribed for all amount of the bonds for subscription under the contract referred to in the preceding Article:the bonds for subscription which the person has subscribed.
第六百八十一条（社債原簿）
the matters set forth in Article 676, items (iii) through (xiii)-2 and other matters prescribed by Ministry of Justice Order as the matters that specify the features of the bonds (hereinafter in this Part referred to as "class");
第六百七十六条第三号から第八号の二までに掲げる事項その他の社債の内容を特定するものとして法務省令で定める事項（以下この編において「種類」という。）
the amount of the monies paid in in exchange for each bond, and the day of the payment in;
各社債と引換えに払い込まれた金銭の額及び払込みの日
the name and address of the bondholders (excluding the holders of bearer bonds (meaning bonds for which bearer form bond certificates are issued; hereinafter the same applies in this Part));
社債権者（無記名社債（無記名式の社債券が発行されている社債をいう。以下この編において同じ。）の社債権者を除く。）の氏名又は名称及び住所
the days when the bondholders in the preceding item acquired each bond;
if bond certificates are issued, the serial number of the bond certificates, the days of issue, whether the bond certificates are registered certificates or bearer certificates, and the number of the bearer bond certificates;
社債券を発行したときは、社債券の番号、発行の日、社債券が記名式か、又は無記名式かの別及び無記名式の社債券の数
beyond what is set forth in the preceding items, matters prescribed by Ministry of Justice Order.
前各号に掲げるもののほか、法務省令で定める事項
Article 682Delivery of Documents Showing Information Required to Be Entered in the Bond Register
第六百八十二条（社債原簿記載事項を記載した書面の交付等）
A bondholder (excluding the holders of bearer bonds) may file a request with the company that issued the bonds (hereinafter in this Part referred to as "bond-issuing company") to be issued a document showing the information required to be entered in the bond register which has been entered or recorded in the bond register with respect to that bondholder, or to be provided with an electronic or magnetic record in which the information required to be entered in the bond register has been recorded.
The document referred to in the preceding paragraph must be affixed with the signature, or name and seal, of the representative of the bond-issuing company.
With respect to an electronic or magnetic record referred to in paragraph (1), the representative of the bond-issuing company must implement measures in lieu of the affixation of signature, or name and seal prescribed by Ministry of Justice Order.
The provisions of the preceding three paragraphs do not apply if there are provisions to the effect that bond certificates are issued for the bonds.
Article 683Bond Register Administrator
第六百八十三条（社債原簿管理人）
A company may appoint a bond register administrator (meaning a person to prepare, keep, and otherwise administer the bond register on behalf of the company; the same applies hereinafter), and may entrust that administrator with administering the same.
会社は、社債原簿管理人（会社に代わって社債原簿の作成及び備置きその他の社債原簿に関する事務を行う者をいう。以下同じ。）を定め、当該事務を行うことを委託することができる。
Article 684Keeping and Making Available for Inspection of the Bond Register
第六百八十四条（社債原簿の備置き及び閲覧等）
A bond-issuing company must keep the bond register at its head office (or, if it has a bond register administrator, at its business office).
The bondholders and other persons prescribed by Ministry of Justice Order may make the following requests at any time during the business hours of the bond-issuing company. In these cases, the reasons for relevant request must be disclosed:
社債権者その他の法務省令で定める者は、社債発行会社の営業時間内は、いつでも、次に掲げる請求をすることができる。この場合においては、当該請求の理由を明らかにしてしなければならない。
if the bond register is prepared in writing, the request for the inspection or copying of the document;
社債原簿が書面をもって作成されているときは、当該書面の閲覧又は謄写の請求
if the bond register has been prepared as an electronic or magnetic record, a request to inspect or copy anything that is used in a manner prescribed by Ministry of Justice Order to display the information recorded in that electronic or magnetic record.
社債原簿が電磁的記録をもって作成されているときは、当該電磁的記録に記録された事項を法務省令で定める方法により表示したものの閲覧又は謄写の請求
If the request referred to in the preceding paragraph is made, the bond-issuing company may not refuse the request unless:
the person who made the request for other purposes than the research on securing or exercising the person's rights;
当該請求を行う者がその権利の確保又は行使に関する調査以外の目的で請求を行ったとき。
the person who made the request in order to notify the fact learned by inspecting or copying the bond register to third parties for profit; or
当該請求を行う者が社債原簿の閲覧又は謄写によって知り得た事実を利益を得て第三者に通報するため請求を行ったとき。
the person who makes the request is a person who has notified the facts learned by inspecting or copying the bond register, to third parties for profit in the immediately preceding two years.
当該請求を行う者が、過去二年以内において、社債原簿の閲覧又は謄写によって知り得た事実を利益を得て第三者に通報したことがあるものであるとき。
If a bond-issuing company is a stock company, if it is necessary for the purpose of exercising the rights of a member of the parent company of relevant bond-issuing company, the relevant member of the parent company may, with the permission of the court, make the request in each item of paragraph (2) with respect to the bond register of the bond-issuing company. In these cases, the reasons of relevant request must be disclosed.
The court may not grant the permission in the preceding paragraph if grounds provided for in any item of paragraph (3) apply to the member of the parent company in the preceding paragraph.