# 会社法 / Companies Act — 第八十七条 (Article 87)

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- 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: 第八十七条 (Article 87) — address `art-87`
- Text in force since: 2026-08-12
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-87
- Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-87
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### 第八十七条
<sup>art-87 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-87 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-87</sup>

      **第一項**  発起人は、株式会社の設立に関する事項を創立総会に報告しなければならない。
      <sup>art-87/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-87/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-87/par-1</sup>
      The incorporators must report matters regarding the incorporation of a stock company to an organizational meeting.
      <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

      **第二項**  発起人は、次の各号に掲げる場合には、当該各号に定める事項を記載し、又は記録した書面又は電磁的記録を創立総会に提出し、又は提供しなければならない。
      <sup>art-87/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-87/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-87/par-2</sup>
      In the cases set forth in the following items, the incorporators must submit or provide to an organizational meeting a document or an electronic or magnetic record in which the information provided for in these items has been detailed or recorded:
      <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

        **一**  定款に第二十八条各号に掲げる事項（第三十三条第十項各号に掲げる場合における当該各号に定める事項を除く。）の定めがある場合　第三十三条第二項の検査役の同条第四項の報告の内容
        <sup>art-87/par-2/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-87/par-2/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-87/par-2/item-1</sup>
        if articles of incorporation provide for the matters set forth in each item of Article 28 (excluding the matters provided for in each item of Article 33, paragraph (10) in cases set forth in these items):the content of the report referred to in Article 33, paragraph (4) of the inspector under paragraph (2) of that Article; and
        <sup>Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "if articles of incorporation provide for the matters set forth in each item of Article 28 (excluding the matters provided for in each item of Article 33, paragraph (10) in cases set forth in these items):the content of the report referred to in Article 33, paragraph (4) of the inspector under paragraph (2) of the that Article; and" — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4481/tb</sup>

        **二**  第三十三条第十項第三号に掲げる場合　同号に規定する証明の内容
        <sup>art-87/par-2/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-87/par-2/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-87/par-2/item-2</sup>
        in the case set forth in Article 33, paragraph (10), item (iii):the content of the verification provided in that item.
        <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

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## Cites
- art-87/par-2/item-1: 第二十八条 → 会社法 第二十八条 (Article 28), art-28 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-28 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-28
- art-87/par-2/item-1: 第三十三条第十項 → 会社法 第三十三条第十項 (Article 33, paragraph (10)), art-33/par-10 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-33/par-10 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-33/par-10
- art-87/par-2/item-1: 第三十三条第二項 → 会社法 第三十三条第二項 (Article 33, paragraph (2)), art-33/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-33/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-33/par-2
- art-87/par-2/item-1: 同条第四項 → 会社法 第三十三条第四項 (Article 33, paragraph (4)), art-33/par-4 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-33/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-33/par-4
- art-87/par-2/item-2: 第三十三条第十項第三号 → 会社法 第三十三条第十項第三号 (Article 33, paragraph (10), item (iii)), art-33/par-10/item-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-33/par-10/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-33/par-10/item-3

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## Sources

- claude-opus-5-5 — Corrections to the Ministry of Justice's English of paragraphs, written 2026-10-05
- 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 (会社法), Article 87, paragraph (2), item (i) — the Ministry of Justice's English as printed (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4481/tb), 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