Abstract: The evolution of Japanese corporate supervision system reflects the system, method and philosophy of Japanese corporate governance in the same time, whose process includes the subject of corporate supervision transformed from the board of supervisors to the board of directors because of the skeletonization of the board of supervisors and the effect of mighty America economy; the supervisory organization transformed from centralization to dualization based on the corporation has the power to make the governance decision and the corporate governance environment was getting more open and free; the supervisory philosophy transformed from German style to American style because of the assimilation trend of corporate governance and enhancing the status of Japanese corporation in the global market. The evolution process of the model has enlightment to the construction of our corporation law localization, transplantation and non-administrative intervention.

Key words: corporate governance, supervision system, the board of supervisors, the board of directors