# 会社法 / Companies Act — 第三百五十七条 (Article 357) - 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: 第三百五十七条 (Article 357)（取締役の報告義務） — address `art-357` - Text in force since: 2026-08-12 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-357 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-357 - Every provision below carries its address and both URLs 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. --- ### 第三百五十七条（取締役の報告義務） — (Director's Duty to Report) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-357 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-357 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-357 **第一項** 取締役は、株式会社に著しい損害を及ぼすおそれのある事実があることを発見したときは、直ちに、当該事実を株主（監査役設置会社にあっては、監査役）に報告しなければならない。 art-357/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-357/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-357/par-1 If directors detect any fact likely to cause substantial detriment to the stock company, they must immediately report the fact to the shareholders (or, for a company with company auditor, the company auditors). Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 監査役会設置会社における前項の規定の適用については、同項中「株主（監査役設置会社にあっては、監査役）」とあるのは、「監査役会」とする。 art-357/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-357/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-357/par-2 For the purpose of the application of the provisions of the preceding paragraph to a company with board of company auditors, the phrase "shareholders (or, for a company with company auditor, the company auditors)" in that paragraph is deemed to be replaced with "board of company auditors". Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 監査等委員会設置会社における第一項の規定の適用については、同項中「株主（監査役設置会社にあっては、監査役）」とあるのは、「監査等委員会」とする。 art-357/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-357/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-357/par-3 For the purpose of the application of the provisions of paragraph (1) to a company with audit and supervisory committee, the phrase "shareholders (or, for a company with company auditor, the company auditors)" is deemed to be replaced with "audit and supervisory committee". Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-357/par-2: 前項 → 会社法 第三百五十七条第一項 (Article 357, paragraph (1)), art-357/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-357/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-357/par-1 - art-357/par-3: 第一項 → 会社法 第三百五十七条第一項 (Article 357, paragraph (1)), art-357/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-357/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-357/par-1 ## Cited by 4 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 会社法 第三百五十七条第二項（取締役の報告義務） — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-357/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-357/par-2 - 会社法 第三百五十七条第三項（取締役の報告義務） — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-357/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-357/par-3 - 会社法 第四百十九条第三項（執行役の監査委員に対する報告義務等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-419/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-419/par-3 - 会社法 第四百八十二条第四項（業務の執行） — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-482/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-482/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 211 — 会社法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-09-17