Public Notice
Public Announcement
noun, verbal noun
A public announcement is a public notice.
公告 looks and sounds a lot like 広告, but the meanings are different. You might remember 広告 is for advertisements, but 公告 here is for the kind of official statements that companies or governments put out for the public, especially shareholders, creditors, or other stakeholders.
You can remember 公告 is a public notice because the kanji for "public" is 公, and it's not covered by a canopy like the other one. It's uncovered, all out in the open for everyone to see — public!
This is a jukugo word, which usually means on'yomi readings from the kanji. If you know the readings of your kanji you'll know how to read this as well.
トーフグの決算公告、もう見ましたか。
Did you already see Tofugu's public, financial announcement?
トーフグは、日本政府の官報にコウイチについての重大な公告をのせることにしました。
Tofugu decided to put up an important public notice about Koichi in an official telegram.
日本には、電子公告規則という法律がありますが、あなたの国はどうですか？
There is a law in Japan called the Electronic Public Notice Regulation. Do you have anything like that in your country?