# 会社法 / Companies Act — 第三百六十七条 (Article 367) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-367. 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: 第三百六十七条 (Article 367)（株主による招集の請求） — address `art-367` - Text in force since: 2026-08-12 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-367 - 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). 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They are never merged and never substituted for one another. --- ### 第三百六十七条（株主による招集の請求） — (Demand for Calling of Meeting by Shareholders) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-367 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-367 **第一項** 取締役会設置会社（監査役設置会社、監査等委員会設置会社及び指名委員会等設置会社を除く。）の株主は、取締役が取締役会設置会社の目的の範囲外の行為その他法令若しくは定款に違反する行為をし、又はこれらの行為をするおそれがあると認めるときは、取締役会の招集を請求することができる。 art-367/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-367/par-1 If shareholders of a company with board of directors (excluding a company with company auditor, company with audit and supervisory committee, and company with nominating committee, etc.) recognize that a director engages, or is likely to engage, in an act outside the scope of the purpose of the company with board of directors, or other acts in violation of laws and regulations or the articles of incorporation, they may demand the calling of a board of directors meeting. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 前項の規定による請求は、取締役（前条第一項ただし書に規定する場合にあっては、招集権者）に対し、取締役会の目的である事項を示して行わなければならない。 art-367/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-367/par-2 The demand pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph must be made to the directors (or to the convenor in the case provided for in the proviso to paragraph (1) of the preceding Article) by indicating the matters that are the purpose of the board of directors meeting. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 前条第三項の規定は、第一項の規定による請求があった場合について準用する。 art-367/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-367/par-3 The provisions of paragraph (3) of the preceding Article apply mutatis mutandis to the cases where a demand is made pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (1). Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第四項** 第一項の規定による請求を行った株主は、当該請求に基づき招集され、又は前項において準用する前条第三項の規定により招集した取締役会に出席し、意見を述べることができる。 art-367/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-367/par-4 Shareholders who made the demand pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (1) may attend the board of directors meeting which is called pursuant to relevant demand or which they call pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (3) of the preceding Article applied mutatis mutandis under the preceding paragraph and state their opinions. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-367/par-2: 前項 → 会社法 第三百六十七条第一項 (Article 367, paragraph (1)), art-367/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-367/par-1 - art-367/par-2: 前条第一項 → 会社法 第三百六十六条第一項 (Article 366, paragraph (1)), art-366/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-366/par-1 - art-367/par-3: 前条第三項 → 会社法 第三百六十六条第三項 (Article 366, paragraph (3)), art-366/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-366/par-3 - art-367/par-3: 第一項 → 会社法 第三百六十七条第一項 (Article 367, paragraph (1)), art-367/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-367/par-1 - art-367/par-4: 第一項 → 会社法 第三百六十七条第一項 (Article 367, paragraph (1)), art-367/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-367/par-1 - art-367/par-4: 前項 → 会社法 第三百六十七条第三項 (Article 367, paragraph (3)), art-367/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-367/par-3 - art-367/par-4: 前条第三項 → 会社法 第三百六十六条第三項 (Article 366, paragraph (3)), art-366/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-366/par-3 ## Cited by 5 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 会社法 第三百六十七条第二項（株主による招集の請求） — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-367/par-2 - 会社法 第三百六十七条第三項（株主による招集の請求） — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-367/par-3 - 会社法 第三百六十七条第四項（株主による招集の請求） — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-367/par-4 - 会社法 第三百七十三条第四項（特別取締役による取締役会の決議） — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-373/par-4 - 会社法 第四百九十条第四項（清算人会の運営） — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-490/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 224 — 会社法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-09-17