Accountability of Directors Article 314 In cases where a director, an accounting advisor, a company auditor or an executive officer is requested by the shareholders to provide explanations on certain matters at the shareholders meeting, they must provide necessary explanations with respect to such matters;provided, however, that this does not apply in cases where such matters are not relevant to the matters that are the purpose of the shareholders meeting, or in cases where such explanations are to the serious detriment of the common interest of the shareholders, or in other cases prescribed by Ministry of Justice Order as the cases where there are justifiable grounds.