# 会社法 / Companies Act — 第三百六十六条 (Article 366) - 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: 第三百六十六条 (Article 366)（招集権者） — address `art-366` - Text in force since: 2026-08-12 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-366 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-366 - 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. --- ### 第三百六十六条（招集権者） — (Convenor) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-366 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-366 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-366 **第一項** 取締役会は、各取締役が招集する。ただし、取締役会を招集する取締役を定款又は取締役会で定めたときは、その取締役が招集する。 art-366/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-366/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-366/par-1 A board of directors meetings is called by any director; provided, however, that, if the director to call the board of directors meetings is designated by the articles of incorporation or the board of directors, the director calls the meetings. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 前項ただし書に規定する場合には、同項ただし書の規定により定められた取締役（以下この章において「招集権者」という。）以外の取締役は、招集権者に対し、取締役会の目的である事項を示して、取締役会の招集を請求することができる。 art-366/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-366/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-366/par-2 In the case provided for in the proviso to the preceding paragraph, directors other than the director designated pursuant to the provisions of the proviso to that paragraph (referred to as "convenor" the same applies hereinafter in this Chapter.) may demand that the convenor call the board of directors meeting by indicating to the convenor the matters that are the purpose of the board of directors meeting. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 前項の規定による請求があった日から五日以内に、その請求があった日から二週間以内の日を取締役会の日とする取締役会の招集の通知が発せられない場合には、その請求をした取締役は、取締役会を招集することができる。 art-366/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-366/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-366/par-3 Within five days from the day of the demand made pursuant to the provisions of preceding paragraph, if a notice of calling of the board of directors meeting which designates as the day of the board of directors meeting a day falling within two weeks from the day of the demand is not dispatched, the directors who made the demand may call the board of directors meeting. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-366/par-2: 前項 → 会社法 第三百六十六条第一項 (Article 366, paragraph (1)), art-366/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-366/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-366/par-1 - art-366/par-3: 前項 → 会社法 第三百六十六条第二項 (Article 366, paragraph (2)), art-366/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-366/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-366/par-2 ## Cited by 11 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 会社法 第三百六十六条第二項（招集権者） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-366/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-366/par-2 - 会社法 第三百六十六条第三項（招集権者） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-366/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-366/par-3 - 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/ja/companies-act/art-367/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/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/ja/companies-act/art-367/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/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/ja/companies-act/art-367/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-367/par-4 - 会社法 第三百七十三条第二項（特別取締役による取締役会の決議） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-373/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-373/par-2 - 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/ja/companies-act/art-373/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-373/par-4 - 会社法 第三百八十三条第二項（取締役会への出席義務等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-383/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-383/par-2 - 会社法 第三百九十九条の十三第五項第九号（監査等委員会設置会社の取締役会の権限） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-399-13/par-5/item-9 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-399-13/par-5/item-9 - 会社法 第四百十六条第四項第八号（指名委員会等設置会社の取締役会の権限） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-416/par-4/item-8 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-416/par-4/item-8 - 会社法 第四百九十条第四項（清算人会の運営） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-490/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/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 211 — 会社法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-09-17