# 会社法 / Companies Act — 第七百二十条 (Article 720) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-720. 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: 第七百二十条 (Article 720)（社債権者集会の招集の通知） — address `art-720` - Text in force since: 2026-08-12 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-720 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-720 - 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. 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They are never merged and never substituted for one another. --- ### 第七百二十条（社債権者集会の招集の通知） — (Notice of Convocation of Bondholders Meetings) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-720 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-720 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-720 **第一項** 社債権者集会を招集するには、招集者は、社債権者集会の日の二週間前までに、知れている社債権者及び社債発行会社並びに社債管理者又は社債管理補助者がある場合にあっては社債管理者又は社債管理補助者に対して、書面をもってその通知を発しなければならない。 art-720/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-720/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-720/par-1 In order to convene a bondholders meeting, the convener must give written notice thereof to known bondholders and the bond-issuing company, as well as to the bond administrator or assistant bond administrator if appointed, no later than two weeks prior to the day of the bondholders meeting. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 招集者は、前項の書面による通知の発出に代えて、政令で定めるところにより、同項の通知を受けるべき者の承諾を得て、電磁的方法により通知を発することができる。この場合において、当該招集者は、同項の書面による通知を発したものとみなす。 art-720/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-720/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-720/par-2 In lieu of sending the written notice referred to in the preceding paragraph, the convener may send a notice by electronic or magnetic means with the consent of bondholders, pursuant to the provisions of Cabinet Order. In these cases, relevant convener is deemed to have sent the written notice under that paragraph. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 前二項の通知には、前条各号に掲げる事項を記載し、又は記録しなければならない。 art-720/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-720/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-720/par-3 The notice referred to in the preceding two paragraphs must state or record the matters set forth in each item of the preceding Article. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第四項** 社債発行会社が無記名式の社債券を発行している場合において、社債権者集会を招集するには、招集者は、社債権者集会の日の三週間前までに、社債権者集会を招集する旨及び前条各号に掲げる事項を公告しなければならない。 art-720/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-720/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-720/par-4 If a bond-issuing company issues bearer bond certificates, in order to convene a bondholders meeting, the convener must give public notice to the effect that a bondholders meeting will be convened and of the matters set forth in each item of the preceding Article no later than three weeks prior to the day of the bondholders meeting. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第五項** 前項の規定による公告は、社債発行会社における公告の方法によりしなければならない。ただし、招集者が社債発行会社以外の者である場合において、その方法が電子公告であるときは、その公告は、官報に掲載する方法でしなければならない。 art-720/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-720/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-720/par-5 The public notice pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph must be given in accordance with the means of public notice used by the bond-issuing company; provided, however, that, if the convener is a person other than the bond-issuing company, and that method is electronic public notice, that public notice must be effected by publication in Official Gazette. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-720/par-2: 前項 → 会社法 第七百二十条第一項 (Article 720, paragraph (1)), art-720/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-720/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-720/par-1 - art-720/par-3: 前二項 → 会社法 第七百二十条第一項 (Article 720, paragraph (1)), art-720/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-720/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-720/par-1 - art-720/par-3: 前二項 → 会社法 第七百二十条第二項 (Article 720, paragraph (2)), art-720/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-720/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-720/par-2 - art-720/par-3: 前条 → 会社法 第七百十九条 (Article 719), art-719 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-719 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-719 - art-720/par-4: 前条 → 会社法 第七百十九条 (Article 719), art-719 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-719 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-719 - art-720/par-5: 前項 → 会社法 第七百二十条第四項 (Article 720, paragraph (4)), art-720/par-4 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-720/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-720/par-4 ## Cited by 13 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 会社法 第六百八十五条第五項（社債権者に対する通知等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-685/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-685/par-5 - 会社法 第七百二十条第二項（社債権者集会の招集の通知） — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-720/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-720/par-2 - 会社法 第七百二十条第三項（社債権者集会の招集の通知） — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-720/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-720/par-3 - 会社法 第七百二十条第五項（社債権者集会の招集の通知） — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-720/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-720/par-5 - 会社法 第七百二十一条第一項（社債権者集会参考書類及び議決権行使書面の交付等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-721/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-721/par-1 - 会社法 第七百二十一条第二項（社債権者集会参考書類及び議決権行使書面の交付等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-721/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-721/par-2 - 会社法 第七百二十一条第三項（社債権者集会参考書類及び議決権行使書面の交付等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-721/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-721/par-3 - 会社法 第七百二十二条第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-722/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-722/par-1 - 会社法 第七百二十二条第二項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-722/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-722/par-2 - 会社法 第七百二十五条第四項（議決権の代理行使） — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-725/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-725/par-4 - 会社法 第七百二十七条第二項（電磁的方法による議決権の行使） — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-727/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-727/par-2 - 会社法 第七百三十条第一項（延期又は続行の決議） — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-730/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-730/par-1 - 医療法 第五十四条の七第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/art-54-7/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-54-7/par-1 --- ## 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 223 — 会社法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-09-17