A Compact Commentary on the Companies Act 3: Company Auditors, Audit Committee Members and Audit and Supervisory Committee Members

Authors： Norihiro Sekiguchi Seigo Takehira Shinji Hosono Takuro Yamaguchi Yuichi Urata
Magazine/Book：Shoji Homu Co., Ltd.
Publisher：Shoji Homu Co., Ltd.
Date of publication： April, 2016

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