# 会社法 / Companies Act — 第八十一条 (Article 81) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-81. 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: 第八十一条 (Article 81)（議事録） — address `art-81` - Text in force since: 2026-08-12 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-81 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-81 - 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. --- ### 第八十一条（議事録） — (Minutes) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-81 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-81 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-81 **第一項** 創立総会の議事については、法務省令で定めるところにより、議事録を作成しなければならない。 art-81/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-81/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-81/par-1 Minutes must be prepared with respect to the business of organizational meetings pursuant to the provisions of Ministry of Justice Order. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 発起人（株式会社の成立後にあっては、当該株式会社。次条第二項において同じ。）は、創立総会の日から十年間、前項の議事録を発起人が定めた場所（株式会社の成立後にあっては、その本店。同条第二項において同じ。）に備え置かなければならない。 art-81/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-81/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-81/par-2 The incorporators (or the stock company after the formation of relevant stock company; the same applies in paragraph (2) of the following Article) must keep the minutes referred to in the preceding paragraph at a place designated by the incorporators (or at the head office of the stock company if after the incorporation of relevant stock company; the same applies in paragraph (2) of the same Article) for the period of ten years from the day of the organizational meeting. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 設立時株主（株式会社の成立後にあっては、その株主及び債権者。次条第三項において同じ。）は、発起人が定めた時間（株式会社の成立後にあっては、その営業時間。同項において同じ。）内は、いつでも、次に掲げる請求をすることができる。 art-81/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-81/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-81/par-3 The shareholders at incorporation (or the shareholders and creditors of the stock company after the formation of relevant stock company; the same applies in paragraph (3) of the following Article) may submit the following requests at any time during the hours designated by the incorporators (or during the business hours of relevant stock company if after the incorporation of relevant stock company; the same applies in the same paragraph): Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **一** 第一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-81/par-3/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-81/par-3/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-81/par-3/item-1 if the minutes under paragraph (1) are prepared in writing, requests for inspection or copying of relevant documents; and Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **二** 第一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-81/par-3/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-81/par-3/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-81/par-3/item-2 if the minutes under paragraph (1) 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 **第四項** 株式会社の成立後において、当該株式会社の親会社社員は、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、第一項の議事録について前項各号に掲げる請求をすることができる。 art-81/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-81/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-81/par-4 If, after the formation of a stock company, it is necessary for the purpose of exercising the rights of a member of the parent company of relevant stock company, the relevant member of the parent company may, with the permission of the court, make the requests set forth in each item of the preceding paragraph with respect to the minutes referred to in paragraph (1). Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-81/par-2: 次条第二項 → 会社法 第八十二条第二項 (Article 82, paragraph (2)), art-82/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-82/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-82/par-2 - art-81/par-2: 前項 → 会社法 第八十一条第一項 (Article 81, paragraph (1)), art-81/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-81/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-81/par-1 - art-81/par-3: 次条第三項 → 会社法 第八十二条第三項 (Article 82, paragraph (3)), art-82/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-82/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-82/par-3 - art-81/par-3/item-1: 第一項 → 会社法 第八十一条第一項 (Article 81, paragraph (1)), art-81/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-81/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-81/par-1 - art-81/par-3/item-2: 第一項 → 会社法 第八十一条第一項 (Article 81, paragraph (1)), art-81/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-81/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-81/par-1 - art-81/par-4: 第一項 → 会社法 第八十一条第一項 (Article 81, paragraph (1)), art-81/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-81/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-81/par-1 - art-81/par-4: 前項 → 会社法 第八十一条第三項 (Article 81, paragraph (3)), art-81/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-81/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-81/par-3 ## Cited by 6 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 会社法 第八十一条第二項（議事録） — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-81/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-81/par-2 - 会社法 第八十一条第三項第一号（議事録） — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-81/par-3/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-81/par-3/item-1 - 会社法 第八十一条第三項第二号（議事録） — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-81/par-3/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-81/par-3/item-2 - 会社法 第八十一条第四項（議事録） — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-81/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-81/par-4 - 会社法 第八十六条第一項（創立総会に関する規定の準用） — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-86/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-86/par-1 - 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 223 — 会社法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-09-17