Requests for Indemnification of Expenses Article 388 If company auditors make the following requests to a Company with Company Auditor(s) (including a Stock Company the articles of incorporation of which provide that the scope of the audit by its company auditors is limited to an audit related to accounting) with respect to the execution of their duties, such Company with Company Auditor(s) may not refuse such request except in cases where it proves that the expense or debt relating to such request is not necessary for the execution of the duties of such company auditors:一 費用の前払の請求(i) requests for advancement of expenses;二 支出した費用及び支出の日以後におけるその利息の償還の請求(ii) requests for indemnification of the expenses paid and the interests thereon from and including the day of the payment; or三 負担した債務の債権者に対する弁済（当該債務が弁済期にない場合にあっては、相当の担保の提供）の請求(iii) requests for the payment (or, in cases where such debt is not yet due, the provision of reasonable security) to the creditor of a debt incurred.
