# 会社法 / Companies Act — 第六十八条 (Article 68) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-68. 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: 第六十八条 (Article 68)（創立総会の招集の通知） — address `art-68` - Text in force since: 2026-08-12 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-68 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-68 - 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. --- ### 第六十八条（創立総会の招集の通知） — (Notices of Calling Organizational Meetings) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-68 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-68 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-68 **第一項** 創立総会を招集するには、発起人は、創立総会の日の二週間（前条第一項第三号又は第四号に掲げる事項を定めたときを除き、設立しようとする株式会社が公開会社でない場合にあっては、一週間（当該設立しようとする株式会社が取締役会設置会社以外の株式会社である場合において、これを下回る期間を定款で定めた場合にあっては、その期間））前までに、設立時株主に対してその通知を発しなければならない。 art-68/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-68/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-68/par-1 In order to call an organizational meeting, incorporators must dispatch notice thereof to the shareholders at incorporation no later than two weeks (or one week if the stock company to be incorporated is not a public company, except if the matters set forth in paragraph (1), item (iii) or item (iv) of the preceding Article are decided (or if a shorter period of time is provided for in the articles of incorporation if the stock company to be incorporated is a stock company other than a company with board of directors, relevant shorter period of time)) prior to the day of the organizational meeting. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 次に掲げる場合には、前項の通知は、書面でしなければならない。 art-68/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-68/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-68/par-2 The notice referred to in the preceding paragraph must be in writing in the following cases: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **一** 前条第一項第三号又は第四号に掲げる事項を定めた場合 art-68/par-2/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-68/par-2/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-68/par-2/item-1 if the matters set forth in paragraph (1), item (iii) or item (iv) of the preceding Article are decided; or Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **二** 設立しようとする株式会社が取締役会設置会社である場合 art-68/par-2/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-68/par-2/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-68/par-2/item-2 if the stock company to be incorporated is a company with board of directors. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 発起人は、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、設立時株主の承諾を得て、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、当該発起人は、同項の書面による通知を発したものとみなす。 art-68/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-68/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-68/par-3 In lieu of the dispatch of the written notice referred to in the preceding paragraph, the incorporators may dispatch the notice by electronic or magnetic means, with the consent of the shareholders at incorporation, in accordance with the provisions of Cabinet Order. In these cases, relevant incorporators are deemed to have dispatched the written notice under that paragraph. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第四項** 前二項の通知には、前条第一項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-68/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-68/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-68/par-4 The notice under the preceding two paragraphs must specify or record the matters set forth in each item of paragraph (1) of the preceding Article. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第五項** 発起人が設立時株主に対してする通知又は催告は、第二十七条第五号又は第五十九条第三項第一号の住所（当該設立時株主が別に通知又は催告を受ける場所又は連絡先を発起人に通知した場合にあっては、その場所又は連絡先）にあてて発すれば足りる。 art-68/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-68/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-68/par-5 It would be sufficient for a notice or demand to a shareholder at incorporation by the incorporators to be sent to the address under Article 27, item (v), or Article 59, paragraph (3), item (i) (or, if relevant shareholder at incorporation notifies the incorporator of a different place or contact address for the receipt of notices or letters of demand, to that place or contact address). Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第六項** 前項の通知又は催告は、その通知又は催告が通常到達すべきであった時に、到達したものとみなす。 art-68/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-68/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-68/par-6 The notice or demand referred to in the preceding paragraph is deemed to have arrived at the time when the notice or demand should normally have arrived. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第七項** 前二項の規定は、第一項の通知に際して設立時株主に書面を交付し、又は当該書面に記載すべき事項を電磁的方法により提供する場合について準用する。この場合において、前項中「到達したもの」とあるのは、「当該書面の交付又は当該事項の電磁的方法による提供があったもの」と読み替えるものとする。 art-68/par-7 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-68/par-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-68/par-7 The provisions of the preceding two paragraphs apply mutatis mutandis to cases where a writing is given to the shareholders at incorporation when giving the notice referred to in paragraph (1), or to cases where the information to be detailed in relevant writing is provided by electronic or magnetic means. In these cases, the term "to have arrived" in the preceding paragraph is deemed to be replaced with "to have been given in relevant writing or to have been provided by electronic or magnetic means with the information". Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-68/par-1: 前条第一項第三号 → 会社法 第六十七条第一項第三号 (Article 67, paragraph (1), item (iii)), art-67/par-1/item-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-67/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-67/par-1/item-3 - art-68/par-1: 第四号 → 会社法 第六十七条第一項第四号 (Article 67, paragraph (1), item (iv)), art-67/par-1/item-4 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-67/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-67/par-1/item-4 - art-68/par-2: 前項 → 会社法 第六十八条第一項 (Article 68, paragraph (1)), art-68/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-68/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-68/par-1 - art-68/par-2/item-1: 前条第一項第三号 → 会社法 第六十七条第一項第三号 (Article 67, paragraph (1), item (iii)), art-67/par-1/item-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-67/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-67/par-1/item-3 - art-68/par-2/item-1: 第四号 → 会社法 第六十七条第一項第四号 (Article 67, paragraph (1), item (iv)), art-67/par-1/item-4 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-67/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-67/par-1/item-4 - art-68/par-3: 前項 → 会社法 第六十八条第二項 (Article 68, paragraph (2)), art-68/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-68/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-68/par-2 - art-68/par-4: 前二項 → 会社法 第六十八条第二項 (Article 68, paragraph (2)), art-68/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-68/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-68/par-2 - art-68/par-4: 前二項 → 会社法 第六十八条第三項 (Article 68, paragraph (3)), art-68/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-68/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-68/par-3 - art-68/par-4: 前条第一項 → 会社法 第六十七条第一項 (Article 67, paragraph (1)), art-67/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-67/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-67/par-1 - art-68/par-5: 第二十七条第五号 → 会社法 第二十七条第一項第五号 (Article 27, paragraph (1), item (v)), art-27/par-1/item-5 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-27/par-1/item-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-27/par-1/item-5 - art-68/par-5: 第五十九条第三項第一号 → 会社法 第五十九条第三項第一号 (Article 59, paragraph (3), item (i)), art-59/par-3/item-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-59/par-3/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-59/par-3/item-1 - art-68/par-6: 前項 → 会社法 第六十八条第五項 (Article 68, paragraph (5)), art-68/par-5 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-68/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-68/par-5 - art-68/par-7: 前二項 → 会社法 第六十八条第五項 (Article 68, paragraph (5)), art-68/par-5 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-68/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-68/par-5 - art-68/par-7: 前二項 → 会社法 第六十八条第六項 (Article 68, paragraph (6)), art-68/par-6 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-68/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-68/par-6 - art-68/par-7: 第一項 → 会社法 第六十八条第一項 (Article 68, paragraph (1)), art-68/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-68/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-68/par-1 ## Cited by 17 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 会社法 第六十七条第二項（創立総会の招集の決定） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-67/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-67/par-2 - 会社法 第六十八条第二項（創立総会の招集の通知） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-68/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-68/par-2 - 会社法 第六十八条第三項（創立総会の招集の通知） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-68/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-68/par-3 - 会社法 第六十八条第四項（創立総会の招集の通知） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-68/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-68/par-4 - 会社法 第六十八条第六項（創立総会の招集の通知） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-68/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-68/par-6 - 会社法 第六十八条第七項（創立総会の招集の通知） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-68/par-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-68/par-7 - 会社法 第六十九条第一項（招集手続の省略） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-69/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-69/par-1 - 会社法 第七十条第一項（創立総会参考書類及び議決権行使書面の交付等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-70/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-70/par-1 - 会社法 第七十条第二項（創立総会参考書類及び議決権行使書面の交付等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-70/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-70/par-2 - 会社法 第七十一条第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-71/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-71/par-1 - 会社法 第七十一条第二項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-71/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-71/par-2 - 会社法 第七十一条第三項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-71/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-71/par-3 - 会社法 第七十一条第四項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-71/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-71/par-4 - 会社法 第七十四条第四項（議決権の代理行使） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-74/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-74/par-4 - 会社法 第七十六条第二項（電磁的方法による議決権の行使） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-76/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-76/par-2 - 会社法 第八十条第一項（延期又は続行の決議） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-80/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-80/par-1 - 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/ja/companies-act/art-86/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-86/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