# 金融商品取引法 / Financial Instruments and Exchange Act — 第五十七条の十五 (Article 57-15)

- Law: 金融商品取引法 (Financial Instruments and Exchange Act), 昭和二十三年法律第二十五号
- English title "Financial Instruments and Exchange 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: 第五十七条の十五 (Article 57-15)（事業報告書の提出等） — address `art-57-15`
- Text in force since: 2026-08-12
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-57-15
- Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-57-15
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### 第五十七条の十五（事業報告書の提出等） — (Submission of Business Reports)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-57-15 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-57-15 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-57-15</sup>

    **第一項**  最終指定親会社は、最終指定親会社になつた日から起算して政令で定める期間が経過した日の属する事業年度以降、内閣府令で定めるところにより、当該最終指定親会社及びその子法人等の業務及び財産の状況を連結して記載した事業報告書を作成し、毎事業年度経過後三月以内に、これを内閣総理大臣に提出しなければならない。
    <sup>art-57-15/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-57-15/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-57-15/par-1</sup>
    In and after the business year that includes the day on which the period specified by Cabinet Order elapses counting from the day on which a company becomes the highest designated parent company and pursuant to the provisions of Cabinet Office Order, the highest designated parent company must prepare a business report on a consolidated basis, in which it describes the state of the business and assets of the highest designated parent company and its subsidiary corporations, etc., and submit this business report to the Prime Minister within three months after the end of each business year.
    <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

    **第二項**  最終指定親会社は、前項の規定により事業報告書を提出するほか、内閣府令で定めるところにより、当該最終指定親会社及びその子法人等の業務又は財産の状況を内閣総理大臣に報告しなければならない。
    <sup>art-57-15/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-57-15/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-57-15/par-2</sup>
    Beyond submitting a business report pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph, the highest designated parent company must report the state of the business and assets of the highest designated parent company and its subsidiary corporations, etc. to the Prime Minister pursuant to the provisions of Cabinet Office Order.
    <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

    **第三項**  内閣総理大臣は、公益又は投資者保護のため必要かつ適当であると認めるときは、最終指定親会社に対し、政令で定めるところにより、第一項の事業報告書の全部又は一部の公告を命ずることができる。
    <sup>art-57-15/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-57-15/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-57-15/par-3</sup>
    If the Prime Minister finds it to be necessary and appropriate in the public interest or for the protection of investors, the Prime Minister, pursuant to the provisions of Cabinet Order, may order the highest designated parent company to make public notice of all or part of the business report referred to in paragraph (1).
    <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

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## Cites
- art-57-15/par-2: 前項 → 金融商品取引法 第五十七条の十五第一項 (Article 57-15, paragraph (1)), art-57-15/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-57-15/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-57-15/par-1
- art-57-15/par-3: 第一項 → 金融商品取引法 第五十七条の十五第一項 (Article 57-15, paragraph (1)), art-57-15/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-57-15/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-57-15/par-1

## Cited by

6 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction.

- 金融商品取引法 第五十七条の十五第二項（事業報告書の提出等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-57-15/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-57-15/par-2
- 金融商品取引法 第五十七条の十五第三項（事業報告書の提出等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-57-15/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-57-15/par-3
- 金融商品取引法 第六十五条の四第一項（内閣府令への委任） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-65-4/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-65-4/par-1
- 金融商品取引法 第百九十八条の六第一項第四号 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-198-6/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-198-6/par-1/item-4
- 金融商品取引法 第百九十八条の六第一項第五号 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-198-6/par-1/item-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-198-6/par-1/item-5
- 金融商品取引法 第二百五条の二の三第一項第五号 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-205-2-3/par-1/item-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-205-2-3/par-1/item-5

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## Sources

- e-Gov 法令検索, Digital Agency (デジタル庁) — 金融商品取引法 — the text in force from 2026-08-12 (https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/323AC0000000025/20260812_508AC0000000064), retrieved 2026-10-22
- Japanese Law Translation Database System, Ministry of Justice (法務省) — Financial Instruments and Exchange Act — Ministry of Justice translation (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4633/tb), retrieved 2026-10-22
- claude-sonnet-5-5 — Machine translation, batch financial-instruments-and-exchange-act-20261023T035921-008, translated 2026-10-23
- This site's parser, version 212 — 金融商品取引法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-10-22
