# 会社法 / Companies Act — 第三百九十四条 (Article 394) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-394. 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: 第三百九十四条 (Article 394)（議事録） — address `art-394` - Text in force since: 2026-08-12 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-394 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-394 - 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. --- ### 第三百九十四条（議事録） — (Minutes) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-394 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-394 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-394 **第一項** 監査役会設置会社は、監査役会の日から十年間、前条第二項の議事録をその本店に備え置かなければならない。 art-394/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-394/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-394/par-1 A company with board of company auditors must keep the minutes referred to in paragraph (2) of the preceding Article at its head office for the period of ten years from the day of the board of company auditors meeting. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 監査役会設置会社の株主は、その権利を行使するため必要があるときは、裁判所の許可を得て、次に掲げる請求をすることができる。 art-394/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-394/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-394/par-2 If it is necessary for the purpose of exercising the rights of a shareholder of a company with board of company auditors, the relevant shareholder may, with the permission of the court, make the following requests: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **一** 前項の議事録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 art-394/par-2/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-394/par-2/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-394/par-2/item-1 if the minutes under the preceding paragraph are prepared in writing, requests for inspection or copying of the documents; and Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **二** 前項の議事録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 art-394/par-2/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-394/par-2/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-394/par-2/item-2 if the minutes under the preceding paragraph have 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. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 前項の規定は、監査役会設置会社の債権者が役員の責任を追及するため必要があるとき及び親会社社員がその権利を行使するため必要があるときについて準用する。 art-394/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-394/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-394/par-3 The provisions of the preceding paragraph apply mutatis mutandis to the cases where it is necessary for the purpose of enforcing the liability of officers by a creditor of a company with company auditor and to the cases where it is necessary for the purpose of exercising the rights of a member of the parent company. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第四項** 裁判所は、第二項（前項において準用する場合を含む。以下この項において同じ。）の請求に係る閲覧又は謄写をすることにより、当該監査役会設置会社又はその親会社若しくは子会社に著しい損害を及ぼすおそれがあると認めるときは、第二項の許可をすることができない。 art-394/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-394/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-394/par-4 If the court finds that the inspection or copying relating to the requests under paragraph (2) (including the case of the mutatis mutandis application under the preceding paragraph; hereinafter the same applies in this paragraph) is likely to cause substantial detriment to relevant company with board of company auditors or its parent company or subsidiary company, the court may not grant the permission under paragraph (2). Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-394/par-1: 前条第二項 → 会社法 第三百九十三条第二項 (Article 393, paragraph (2)), art-393/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-393/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-393/par-2 - art-394/par-2/item-1: 前項 → 会社法 第三百九十四条第一項 (Article 394, paragraph (1)), art-394/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-394/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-394/par-1 - art-394/par-2/item-2: 前項 → 会社法 第三百九十四条第一項 (Article 394, paragraph (1)), art-394/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-394/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-394/par-1 - art-394/par-3: 前項 → 会社法 第三百九十四条第二項 (Article 394, paragraph (2)), art-394/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-394/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-394/par-2 - art-394/par-4: 第二項 → 会社法 第三百九十四条第二項 (Article 394, paragraph (2)), art-394/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-394/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-394/par-2 - art-394/par-4: 前項 → 会社法 第三百九十四条第三項 (Article 394, paragraph (3)), art-394/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-394/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-394/par-3 - art-394/par-4: この項 → 会社法 第三百九十四条第四項 (Article 394, paragraph (4)), art-394/par-4 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-394/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-394/par-4 ## Cited by 6 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 会社法 第三百二十九条第一項（選任） — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-329/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-329/par-1 - 会社法 第三百九十四条第二項第一号（議事録） — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-394/par-2/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-394/par-2/item-1 - 会社法 第三百九十四条第二項第二号（議事録） — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-394/par-2/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-394/par-2/item-2 - 会社法 第三百九十四条第三項（議事録） — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-394/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-394/par-3 - 会社法 第三百九十四条第四項（議事録） — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-394/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-394/par-4 - 会社法 第九百七十六条第一項第八号（過料に処すべき行為） — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-976/par-1/item-8 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-976/par-1/item-8 --- ## 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