What is the difference between 代表取締役 and 取締役?


I tried looking up at dictionary also the meaning of both of seems.

Could anyone please tell me the exact difference between these two?




取締役 is a legal term that refers to managing/board directors of a company, and
a large company typically has about 5 to 15 取締役 members. 代表取締役 is a subset of
取締役, and is defined as " **取締役 who have the 代表権 (right to represent the
company)**." According to the Japanese law, a person with a 代表権 can make a
contract by themselves on behalf of the company. So basically 代表取締役 is higher
than normal 取締役.

Typically, there is only one 代表取締役 in a company, and in such a case the 代表取締役
is almost always the 社長/president of the company (i.e., 代表取締役社長). Large
companies may have more than one 代表取締役. For example Nintendo has 6 取締役, and
three of them are 代表取締役, and one of them is the president himself. But who own
the 代表権 among the 取締役 of a company is somewhat arbitrary, and technically
speaking, there may be edge cases where a 社長 is not a 代表取締役.

In Japanese companies, 取締役 are traditionally divided into three categories;
from highest to lowest, 社長, (副社長), 専務 and 常務. See: [Hierarchy of management
titles in Japanese companies](https://japanese.stackexchange.com/q/25147/5010)




取締役 is a legal term that refers to managing/board directors of a company, and
a large company typically has about 5 to 15 取締役 members. 代表取締役 is a subset of
取締役, and is defined as " **取締役 who have the 代表権 (right to represent the
company)**." According to the Japanese law, a person with a 代表権 can make a
contract by themselves on behalf of the company. So basically 代表取締役 is higher
than normal 取締役.

Typically, there is only one 代表取締役 in a company, and in such a case the 代表取締役
is almost always the 社長/president of the company (i.e., 代表取締役社長). Large
companies may have more than one 代表取締役. For example Nintendo has 6 取締役, and
three of them are 代表取締役, and one of them is the president himself. But who own
the 代表権 among the 取締役 of a company is somewhat arbitrary, and technically
speaking, there may be edge cases where a 社長 is not a 代表取締役.

In Japanese companies, 取締役 are traditionally divided into three categories;
from highest to lowest, 社長, (副社長), 専務 and 常務. See: [Hierarchy of management
titles in Japanese companies](https://japanese.stackexchange.com/q/25147/5010)

