# 会社法 / Companies Act — 第三百四十八条 (Article 348) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-348. Every law, and how to address a provision: https://japanlaw.org/llms.txt. The same laws as MCP tools (no sign-in): https://japanlaw.org/mcp. - Law: 会社法 (Companies Act), 平成十七年法律第八十六号 - English title "Companies Act": Ministry of Justice translation - Kind: Act — the distinction between 法律 (Act), 政令 (Cabinet Order), 省令 (Ministerial Order) and 条例 (local ordinance) decides who may issue it and what it may say. - Provision: 第三百四十八条 (Article 348)（業務の執行） — address `art-348` - Text in force since: 2026-08-12 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-348 - e-Gov law ID: 417AC0000000086 — never renamed. A permanent link, `/l/{lawId}/{address}` on this site, redirects to the page. - Every provision below carries its address and its URL on the line under it. - Japanese text: e-Gov 法令検索, Digital Agency (デジタル庁). English: as marked on each line below. Only the Japanese as published by the government has legal effect; the text below is a copy of it. Every English rendering below is a translation and says which kind: the Ministry of Justice's translation, or this site's machine translation, whose model and date the Sources list names. They are never merged and never substituted for one another. --- ### 第三百四十八条（業務の執行） — (Execution of Operations) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-348 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-348 **第一項** 取締役は、定款に別段の定めがある場合を除き、株式会社（取締役会設置会社を除く。以下この条において同じ。）の業務を執行する。 art-348/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-348/par-1 The directors execute the operations of the stock company (excluding a company with board of directors; hereinafter the same applies in this Article), unless otherwise provided in the articles of incorporation. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 取締役が二人以上ある場合には、株式会社の業務は、定款に別段の定めがある場合を除き、取締役の過半数をもって決定する。 art-348/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-348/par-2 If there are two or more directors, the operations of the stock company are decided by a majority of the directors, unless otherwise provided in the articles of incorporation. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 前項の場合には、取締役は、次に掲げる事項についての決定を各取締役に委任することができない。 art-348/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-348/par-3 In the case provided for in the preceding paragraph, the directors may not delegate the decisions on the following matters to individual directors: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **一** 支配人の選任及び解任 art-348/par-3/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-348/par-3/item-1 the appointment or dismissal of managers; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **二** 支店の設置、移転及び廃止 art-348/par-3/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-348/par-3/item-2 the establishment, relocation and abolition of branch offices; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **三** 第二百九十八条第一項各号（第三百二十五条において準用する場合を含む。）に掲げる事項 art-348/par-3/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-348/par-3/item-3 the matters set forth in each item of Article 298, paragraph (1) (including the cases where those items are applied mutatis mutandis under Article 325); Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **四** 取締役の職務の執行が法令及び定款に適合することを確保するための体制その他株式会社の業務並びに当該株式会社及びその子会社から成る企業集団の業務の適正を確保するために必要なものとして法務省令で定める体制の整備 art-348/par-3/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-348/par-3/item-4 the development of systems necessary to ensure that the execution of the duties by the directors complies with the laws and regulations and the articles of incorporation, and other systems prescribed by Ministry of Justice Order as systems necessary to ensure the properness of operations of a stock company and operations of group of enterprises consisting of the stock company and its subsidiary companies; or Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **五** 第四百二十六条第一項の規定による定款の定めに基づく第四百二十三条第一項の責任の免除 art-348/par-3/item-5 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-348/par-3/item-5 exemption from the liability under Article 423, paragraph (1) pursuant to the provisions of the articles of incorporation under the provisions of Article 426, paragraph (1). Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第四項** 大会社においては、取締役は、前項第四号に掲げる事項を決定しなければならない。 art-348/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-348/par-4 At a large company, the directors must decide the matters set forth in item (iv) of the preceding paragraph. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-348/par-1: この条 → 会社法 第三百四十八条 (Article 348), art-348 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-348 - art-348/par-3: 前項 → 会社法 第三百四十八条第二項 (Article 348, paragraph (2)), art-348/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-348/par-2 - art-348/par-3/item-3: 第二百九十八条第一項 → 会社法 第二百九十八条第一項 (Article 298, paragraph (1)), art-298/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-298/par-1 - art-348/par-3/item-3: 第三百二十五条 → 会社法 第三百二十五条 (Article 325), art-325 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-325 - art-348/par-3/item-5: 第四百二十六条第一項 → 会社法 第四百二十六条第一項 (Article 426, paragraph (1)), art-426/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-426/par-1 - art-348/par-3/item-5: 第四百二十三条第一項 → 会社法 第四百二十三条第一項 (Article 423, paragraph (1)), art-423/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-423/par-1 - art-348/par-4: 前項第四号 → 会社法 第三百四十八条第三項第四号 (Article 348, paragraph (3), item (iv)), art-348/par-3/item-4 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-348/par-3/item-4 ## Cited by 3 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 会社法 第三百四十八条第一項（業務の執行） — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-348/par-1 - 会社法 第三百四十八条第三項（業務の執行） — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-348/par-3 - 会社法 第三百四十八条第四項（業務の執行） — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-348/par-4 --- ## Sources - e-Gov 法令検索, Digital Agency (デジタル庁) — 会社法 — the text in force from 2026-08-12 (https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/417AC0000000086/20260812_508AC0000000064), retrieved 2026-09-17 - Japanese Law Translation Database System, Ministry of Justice (法務省) — Companies Act — Ministry of Justice translation (part 1 of 2) (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4481/tb), retrieved 2026-09-17 - This site's parser, version 229 — 会社法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-09-17