articles of incorporation

• Articles of Incorporation of the Japanese Society of Nursing Science

Chapter 1 General Provisions

(Name)
Article 1.
This corporation shall be known as the Japan Academy of Nursing Science (hereinafter referred to as "JANS"). The English name shall be "Japan Academy of Nursing Science" and the abbreviation shall be "JANS.

(Purpose)
Article 2.
The purpose of the Society is to promote the development of nursing science and the exchange of knowledge widely, thereby contributing to the health and welfare of people.

(Business)
Article 3.
The Society shall carry out the following activities in order to fulfill the purposes described in the preceding article.
　(1) Holding academic meetings
　(2) Publication of academic journals, etc.
　(iii) Promotion of research activities
　(4) Fostering and supporting young researchers
　(5) Cooperation and collaboration with related domestic and international academic organizations
　(6) Awards for research papers
　(vii) Promotion of international research cooperation
　8) Social activities to contribute to the health and welfare of people
　(ix) Other activities necessary to achieve the objectives of the Society
2The businesses described in each item of the preceding paragraph shall be conducted throughout Japan and overseas.

(Office)
Article 4.
The principal office of the Society shall be located in Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo.
2The Society may establish secondary offices in necessary locations by resolution of the Board of Directors.

(Method of public notice)
Article 5.
Public notices of the Society shall be made by electronic public notice.

Chapter 2 Fund

(Fund)
Article 6.
The Society shall establish a fund.

(Offering of funds and rights of contributors)
Article 7.
The Society may solicit subscribers to the Fund.
2Procedures for the solicitation of funds and other matters shall be established by resolution of the Board of Directors.
3The Society shall return to the contributors of the fund a sum of money equivalent to the value of the property contributed to the fund, as stipulated in the agreement with the contributors. However, the Society shall do so within the limit of the amount to be returned at the end of each fiscal year, and shall not return more than the amount of the contribution.
4The funds of the Society shall not be returned without a resolution of the General Meeting of Members until the dissolution of the Society.
5No interest shall accrue on the claim for the return of the Fund.

(Procedures for return of funds)
Article 8.
The funds shall be returned as determined by the Board of Directors after a resolution is passed at the General Meeting of Members regarding the total amount of funds to be returned.
2In the event of a return of a fund, an amount equivalent to the fund to be returned shall be recorded as a replacement fund, and no reversal shall be made with respect to such replacement fund.

Chapter 3 Membership

(Type of membership)
Article 9.
The membership of the Society shall be as follows
　1) Regular Members
　(2) Student Member
　Supporting Members
　4) Honorary Members

(Regular member)
Article 10.
Regular members shall be individuals who agree with the objectives of the Society, who study nursing science, and who have been approved by the Board of Directors based on the criteria established by the General Meeting of Members.
2Regular members may attend and exercise their voting rights at the general meetings of the Society.
3Regular members may participate in scientific meetings, contribute to the journal, and receive distribution of the journal and other publications.
4Regular members shall be governed by the Act on General Incorporated Associations and General Incorporated Foundations (Act No. 48 of 2006, hereinafter referred to as the "Incorporated Associations Act"). (hereinafter referred to as the "Corporation Law"). (hereinafter referred to as the "Corporation Law") may exercise the following rights of members to the corporation in the same manner as delegates.
　(1) Rights under Article 14, Paragraph 2 of the Corporation Law (Inspection of Articles of Incorporation, etc.)
　(2) Rights under Article 32, Paragraph 2 of the Corporation Law (Inspection, etc. of the list of members)
　(iii) Rights under Article 57, Paragraph 4 of the Corporation Law (Inspection, etc. of Minutes of General Meetings of Members)
　(iv) Rights under Article 50, Paragraph 6 of the Corporation Law (Inspection, etc. of documents, etc. proving a member's authority of representation)
　(v) Rights under Article 52, Paragraph 5 of the Corporation Law (Inspection, etc. of voting records by electromagnetic means)
　(6) Rights under Article 129, Paragraph 3 of the Corporation Law (Inspection of Financial Statements, etc.)
　⓻Rights under Article 229, Paragraph 2 of the Corporation Law (Inspection, etc. of Balance Sheets, etc. of Liquidating Corporations)
　(viii) Rights under Article 246, Paragraph 3, Article 250, Paragraph 3 and Article 256, Paragraph 3 of the Corporation Law (inspection, etc. of merger agreement, etc.)

(Student member)
Article 10-2.
Student members shall be those who agree with the objectives of the Society and have been approved by the Board of Directors based on the criteria established by the General Meeting of Members. However, they are not precluded from becoming regular members.
2Student members may attend scientific meetings, read the journal, guidelines, etc., and participate in seminars organized by the Society.

(Supporting member)
Article 11.
Supporting members shall be individuals or organizations that agree with the objectives of the Society and have been approved by the Board of Directors based on the criteria established by the General Meeting of Members.

(Honorary Member)
Article 12.
Honorary members shall be those who have made significant contributions to the development of nursing science and who have been approved by the Board of Directors and the General Meeting of Members.
2Honorary members may attend and express their opinions at the General Meeting of Members.
3The President shall report to the Society's General Assembly on the approval of Paragraph 1.

(Admission)
Article 13.
Regular members, student members and supporting members (hereinafter referred to as "members") Those who wish to join the Society as a Member must submit an application form to the President and obtain the approval of the Board of Directors based on the criteria established by the General Meeting of Members.

(Obligations)
Article 14.
Members must pay the membership fee determined by the General Meeting of Members.
2Notwithstanding the provisions of the preceding paragraph, honorary members shall not be required to pay membership fees.
3Membership fees already paid shall not be refunded for any reason.

(Disqualification)
Article 15.A member shall be disqualified for the following reasons
　(1) When a member withdraws from the membership pursuant to the provisions of Article 16.
　(2) When the membership fee has not been paid for one year after the billing date
　(iii) In the event of death, declaration of disappearance, or dissolution
　(iv) When expelled pursuant to the provisions of Article 17.
　(5) When a student member graduates, completes a course of study, or withdraws from school, or when any of the other reasons stipulated by laws and regulations apply.

(Withdrawal from membership)
Article 16.
Any member wishing to withdraw from membership must submit a notice of withdrawal to the President.

(expulsion)
Article 17.
If a member is found to have damaged the honor of the Society or acted contrary to the purposes of the Society, the member may be expelled from the Society by a resolution of the General Meeting of Members.
2In the event that a member is to be expelled pursuant to the preceding paragraph, the member shall be notified at least one week prior to the date of the relevant General Meeting of Members and shall be given an opportunity to present his/her case at the General Meeting of Members.
3When the President expels a member, the President shall notify the expelled member to that effect.

Chapter 4: Members and General Meeting of Members

(Employee)
Article 18.
The members of the Society shall be the Delegates.
2For the purpose of electing delegates, an election of delegates shall be held by the regular members in accordance with the rules separately determined by the Board of Directors.
3Delegates must be elected from among the active members. In the election of Delegates as provided for in the preceding paragraph, each Active Member shall have the right to elect Delegates equally with other Active Members and to be elected as a Delegate.
4Delegates shall be elected by district as determined by the Board of Directors, and the number of delegates shall be as follows for each such district
　(1) If there are 30 or fewer regular members, there shall be one.
　(ii) If there are more than 30 regular members, one member for every 30 regular members, rounding down to the nearest 15 or less, with any fraction less than 15 being rounded down to the nearest whole number.
　　If there are more than 15 people, round up to one.
5No Director or Board of Directors may elect delegates.
6The election of delegates as described in Paragraph 2 shall be held once every four years, from January to April.

(Term of office)
Article 19.
The term of office of Delegates shall expire at the end of the Delegate election to be held four years after their election, and they shall not be eligible for re-election. However, they may not serve more than two consecutive terms.
2(2) Notwithstanding the provisions of the preceding paragraph, if a delegate has filed an action for rescission of a resolution of the general meeting of members, an action for dissolution, an action for pursuit of liability, or an action for dismissal of a director or auditor (Article 266, paragraph 1, Article 268, Article 278 or Article 284 of the Corporation Law) (including cases where a request for filing an action as prescribed in Article 278, paragraph 1 of the Corporation Law) Article 266, paragraph 1, Article 268, Article 278 or Article 284 of the Corporation Law). In such cases, the delegate shall not lose his/her status as a member until the lawsuit is concluded. In this case, said Delegate shall be entitled to exercise the right to elect and dismiss the directors and auditors (hereinafter referred to as "officers"). In this case, such Delegates shall not have the right to vote on the election and dismissal of directors and auditors (hereinafter referred to as "officers") (Article 63 and Article 70 of the Corporation Law) and on amendments to the articles of incorporation (Article 146 of the Corporation Law).
3In the event of a vacancy caused by the resignation or death of a Delegate, the runner-up in the election of Delegates immediately preceding the occurrence of such event shall fill the vacancy as a substitute Delegate.
4The term of office of the alternate delegate provided for in the preceding paragraph shall be until the expiration of the term of office of the delegate who retired before the expiration of his/her term of office.

(Composition of the General Meeting of Members, etc.)
Article 20.
The General Meeting of Members shall be composed of all members.
2The Society shall hold one ordinary general meeting of members within three months from the day following the last day of each fiscal year. An extraordinary general meeting of members shall also be held when deemed necessary by the Board of Directors.

(Authority)
Article 21.
The General Meeting of Members shall adopt resolutions on the following matters
　(1) Criteria for admission to membership and amount of membership fees
　(2) Approval of Honorary Members
　(iii) Expulsion of members
　(iv) Appointment and dismissal of officers
　(5) Amount of remuneration, etc. for officers and basis for payment of remuneration, etc. for officers
　(6) Approval of Financial Statements and Inventory of Property
　(vii) Amendments to Articles of Incorporation
　(viii) Dissolution and disposition of residual assets
　(ix) Other matters stipulated by law or these Articles of Incorporation as matters to be resolved at the General Meeting of Members

(Convocation)
Article 22.
General meetings of members shall be convened by the President in accordance with a resolution of the Board of Directors, except as otherwise provided by law.
2Any member holding one-fifth or more of the voting rights of all members may request the President to convene a General Meeting of Members, indicating the purpose of the meeting and the reason for convening the meeting.
3The Chairman of the Board of Directors shall chair the General Meeting of Members. However, in the absence or disability of the President, the Vice President shall take the chair.

(Method of resolution and voting rights)
Article 23.
Resolutions of the General Meeting of Members shall be adopted by a majority of the votes of the members present at the meeting where the members holding a majority of the voting rights of all the members are present.
2Each member shall have one (1) voting right at the General Meeting of Members.
3Notwithstanding the provisions of Paragraph 1, the following resolutions shall be adopted by a majority of not less than half of the total number of members and not less than two-thirds of the total number of votes of all members
　(1) Expulsion of members
　(2) Dismissal of Auditors
　(iii) Amendments to Articles of Incorporation
　(4) Dissolution
　(v) Other matters required by law
4In adopting a resolution to elect a director or an auditor, the resolution set forth in Paragraph 1 shall be adopted for each candidate.

(Resolutions, etc. in writing, etc.)
Article 24.
(2) An employee may have a proxy exercise his/her voting rights by submitting a letter of proxy or other document evidencing the proxy's power of representation to the President. In this case, the proxy shall be deemed to be present at the General Meeting of Members for the purpose of application of the preceding Article.
2(2) When the Board of Directors has stipulated that employees who do not attend the General Meeting of Members may exercise their voting rights in writing, those employees who are unable to attend the General Meeting of Members may exercise their voting rights by means of a voting card or an electromagnetic record. In such a case, the number of such voting rights shall be included in the number of voting rights of the employees present at the meeting as provided in the preceding Article.

(Minutes)
Article 25.
Minutes of the proceedings of the General Meeting of Members shall be prepared as required by law.
2The chairman and two or more signers of the minutes elected at the meeting shall affix their names and seals to the minutes as set forth in the preceding paragraph.

Chapter 5 Officers and Board of Directors

(Installation of officers)
Article 26.
The Society shall have the following officers
　(1) Up to 15 directors
　(2) Auditors: 2 or less
2One of the Directors shall be the Chairman of the Board of Directors.
3One of the Directors, other than the Chairman, shall be the Vice Chairman.
4The Chairman of the Board of Directors as set forth in Paragraph 2 shall be the Representative Director under the Corporation Law.

(Appointment of directors)
Article 27.
Officers shall be elected by resolution of the General Meeting of Members.
2The President and Vice President shall be selected from among the Directors by a resolution of the Board of Directors.
3(2) An auditor may not concurrently serve as a director or employee of the Society or its subsidiary corporations.
4The total number of directors, including any one director and his/her spouse, relatives within the third degree of kinship or other special relationship, shall not exceed one-third of the total number of directors. The same shall apply to the Auditors.
5The total number of directors who are directors or employees of other organizations (excluding public interest corporations) or persons who are in a similar mutually close relationship. The total number of directors who are directors or employees of other organizations (excluding public interest corporations) or persons who have a mutually close relationship with other organizations (excluding public interest corporations) shall not exceed one-third of the total number of directors. The same shall apply to auditors.

(Term of office of directors)
Article 28.
The term of office of Directors shall expire at the conclusion of the ordinary general meeting of members relating to the last fiscal year ending within two years after their election, and reappointment shall not be precluded. However, no more than three consecutive terms shall be served.
2The term of office of the Auditors shall expire at the conclusion of the Ordinary General Meeting of Members relating to the last fiscal year ending within four (4) years after their election and shall not preclude their reappointment. However, they may serve no more than two consecutive terms.
3Notwithstanding the provisions of the preceding two paragraphs, the term of office of a Director or Auditor elected to fill a vacancy of a Director or Auditor who retired before the expiration of his/her term shall expire when the term of office of his/her predecessor expires.
4If the number of Directors or Auditors falls short of the fixed number stipulated in Article 26, they shall continue to have the rights and duties as Directors or Auditors until a newly elected person assumes office, even after the expiration of their term of office or their resignation.

(Duties of officers)
Article 29.
The President, as the Representative Director, shall represent the Society and oversee the affairs of the Society.
2The Directors shall organize the Board of Directors and execute the affairs of the Association.
3The Auditors shall audit the execution of duties by the Directors and prepare an audit report as required by law. In addition, the Auditors may, at any time, request the Directors and employees to report on the business and investigate the state of the affairs and assets of the SPRUC.
4The President shall report the status of the execution of his/her duties to the Board of Directors at least twice in each fiscal year at intervals exceeding four months.

(Dismissal of officers)
Article 30.
Officers may be removed from office by a resolution of the General Meeting of Members.

(Compensation, etc.)
Article 31.
The officers shall receive no compensation.
2Notwithstanding the provisions of the preceding paragraph, officers may receive reimbursement of actual expenses necessary for the performance of their duties.

(Liability for damages)
Article 32.
For the purpose of Article 112 of the Corporation Law, employees shall be read and applied as regular members.

(Composition of the Board of Directors)
Article 33.
The Society shall have a Board of Directors.
2The Board of Directors shall consist of all Directors.
3Auditors may attend Board of Directors meetings and express their opinions.

(Convocation)
Article 34.
The Board of Directors meetings shall be convened by the President at least four times each fiscal year.
2Any Director other than the President may request the Chairperson of the Board of Directors to convene a meeting of the Board of Directors, indicating the matters that are the purpose of the meeting.
3The Auditor may request the President to convene a meeting of the Board of Directors in cases falling under Article 101, Paragraph 2 of the Corporation Law.
4(2) If a notice of convocation of a meeting of the Board of Directors is not issued within five (5) days from the date of a request pursuant to the preceding paragraph, setting a date within two (2) weeks from the date of such request, the Director or Auditor who made such request may convene a meeting of the Board of Directors.
5The Chairman of the Board of Directors shall chair the meetings of the Board of Directors. However, in the absence or disability of the President, the Vice President shall take the chair.
6When a meeting of the Board of Directors is to be convened, notice must be sent to each Director and each Auditor at least one week prior to the date of the meeting.

(Authority of the Board of Directors, etc.)
Article 35.
The Board of Directors shall perform the following duties in addition to those otherwise provided by law or these Articles of Incorporation
　(1) Determination of the date, time and place of the General Meeting of Members and the General Meeting of the Societies and the matters to be discussed at the meeting
　(ii) In addition to those stipulated in the preceding item, decisions on the execution of the Society's business affairs.
　(iii) Supervision of the execution of duties by the directors
　(4) Selection and dismissal of the President and Vice President
2The Board of Directors may not delegate the following matters or other important business decisions to the Directors
　(i) Disposal and transfer of important assets
　(2) Large amount of debt
　(iii) Appointment and dismissal of important employees
　(iv) Establishment, change and abolition of subordinate offices and other important organizations

(Resolution)
Article 36.
Resolutions of the Board of Directors shall be adopted by a majority of the votes of a majority of the Directors present, excluding Directors who have a special interest in the resolution.
2Notwithstanding the provisions of the preceding paragraph, in the event that a director proposes a matter that is the subject of a resolution of the Board of Directors, and all of the directors who are eligible to participate in the resolution have expressed their consent to the proposal in writing or by electromagnetic record, the proposal shall be deemed to have been approved by a resolution of the Board of Directors. However, this shall not apply if the Auditors object to the proposal.

(Omission of report to the Board of Directors)
Article 37.
If the Director or Auditor notifies all the Directors and Auditors of matters to be reported to the Board of Directors, they are not required to report such matters to the Board of Directors.
2The provisions of the preceding paragraph shall not apply to the report stipulated in Article 29, Paragraph 4.

(Minutes of the Board of Directors)
Article 38.
Minutes of the Board of Directors' meetings shall be prepared by the Chairperson, signed and sealed by the Representative Directors and Auditors present at the meeting, and retained by the Board of Directors.

Chapter 6: General Meeting of the Society

(Society General Meeting)
Article 39.
In principle, a general meeting of the Society shall be held at the time of the annual meeting each fiscal year.
2　Members may attend the general meetings of the Society.

(Composition of the Society's General Assembly)
Article 40.deletion

(Role of the Society's General Assembly)
Article 41.
The Board of Directors shall report the results of the General Membership Meeting to the membership.
2　Members may submit opinions, questions, suggestions, etc., regarding the management of the Society.

(Holding of the Annual Meeting of the Society)
Article 42.deletion

(Convocation of the Annual Meeting of the Society)
Article 43.
The President shall convene the General Assembly of the Society.

(Chairperson of the General Assembly of the Society)
Article 44.
The President shall chair the General Assembly of the Society.

(Quorum for the General Meeting of the Society)
Article 45.deletion

(Resolutions of the General Assembly of the Society)
Article 46.deletion

(Exercise of voting rights by proxy, etc.)
Article 47.deletion

(Minutes, etc.)
Article 48.
In principle, minutes of the proceedings of the general meetings of the Society shall be prepared.

Chapter 7: Academic Meeting Chairperson

(Appointment of the President of the Scientific Assembly)
Article 49.
The Society shall have a President of the Scientific Assembly.
2The President of the Scientific Assembly shall be elected from among regular members by a resolution of the General Meeting of Members.

(Term of office of the President of the Scientific Assembly)
Article 50.
The term of office of the President of the Scientific Assembly shall expire at the conclusion of the ordinary general meeting of members relating to the last fiscal year ending within four years after his/her election, and his/her reappointment shall not be precluded.

(Duties of the President of the Scientific Assembly)
Article 51.
The President of the Scientific Assembly shall perform the following duties The President of the Scientific Assembly shall perform the following duties; provided, however, that this shall not apply to duties that are within the authority of the General Meeting of Members or the Board of Directors in accordance with this Articles of Incorporation or laws and regulations.
　(1) Selection of abstracts for scientific meetings
　(2) Appointment of members of the Scientific Meeting Planning Committee
　(iii) Organization and management of academic meetings

Chapter 8 Committees

(Establishment of committees, etc.)
Article 52.
The Society shall have a Scientific Meeting Planning Committee.
2The Society may establish committees other than those stipulated in the preceding paragraph by a resolution of the Board of Directors in order to ensure the smooth operation of its business.
3The Committee shall study, research, and deliberate on the matters for which it is established, and report to the Board of Directors.
4Matters necessary for the composition and operation of the Committee shall be determined by a resolution of the Board of Directors, except as otherwise provided in these Articles of Incorporation.

Chapter 9 Assets and Accounting

(Management of property)
Article 53.
The assets of the SPRUC shall be managed by the President, and the method of management shall be as determined by the Board of Directors.

(Payment of expenses)
Article 54.
Expenses of the Society shall be met from the following income
　(1) Membership fee
　(2) Contributions
　Other income

(Fiscal year)
Article 55.
The fiscal year of the Society shall begin on April 1 of each year and end on March 31 of the following year.

(Business Plan and Income and Expenditure Budget)
Article 56.
The business plan and income and expenditure budget of the SPRUC shall be prepared by the President and approved by the Board of Directors by the day before the start of each fiscal year. The same shall apply in the case of modification thereof.
2The documents set forth in the preceding paragraph shall be kept at the principal office until the end of the relevant fiscal year and shall be available for public inspection.

(Business Report and Settlement of Accounts)
Article 57.
With regard to the business report and settlement of accounts of the Society, within three months after the end of each fiscal year, the President shall prepare the following documents, have them audited by the Auditors, and submit them to the Annual General Meeting of Members with the approval of the Board of Directors, reporting the contents of the documents in items 1 and 2, and receiving approval for documents in items 3 to 6. The Board of Directors shall report on the contents of the documents listed in Items 1 and 2 and obtain approval for the documents listed in Items 3 through 6.
　(1) Business Report
　(2) Annexed Schedules of Business Report
　(iii) Balance Sheet
　(4) Statement of Net Assets Increase/Decrease
　(5) Balance Sheets and Statements of Net Assets Increase/Decrease
　(6) Inventory of assets
2In addition to the documents set forth in the preceding paragraph, the following documents shall be kept at the principal office for five years and made available for public inspection
　(1) Audit Report
　(2) List of officers
　(iii) Documents describing the criteria for payment of remuneration, etc. to officers
　(4) Documents containing a summary of the status of the management organization and business activities, as well as important numerical data related to these activities.
3The articles of incorporation, membership list and members list shall be kept at the principal office and made available for public inspection.
4Notwithstanding the provisions of the preceding two paragraphs, the personal addresses of individuals in the list of officers, the list of members, and the list of members shall not be open to public inspection.

(Calculation of the remaining amount of property acquired for public interest purposes)
Article 58.
The President shall calculate the amount of the remaining public interest purposes acquired property as of the end of each business year in accordance with the provisions of Article 48 of the Ordinance for Enforcement of the Act on Authorization, etc. of Public Interest Incorporated Associations and Public Interest Incorporated Foundation, and shall enter such amount in the documents provided for in item 4 of paragraph 2 of the preceding Article.

(Restriction on appropriation of surplus)
Article 59.
The Society may not distribute surplus funds.

Chapter 10 Amendments to the Articles of Incorporation and Dissolution, etc.

(Amendment to the Articles of Incorporation)
Article 60.
This Articles of Incorporation may be amended by a resolution of the General Meeting of Members.

(Dissolved)
Article 61.
The Society shall be dissolved by a resolution of the General Meeting of Members or for other reasons provided by law.

(Gifts upon cancellation of Public Interest Corporation Authorization, etc.)
Article 62.
In the event that the Public Interest Corporation Authorization is cancelled or the Foundation ceases to exist due to a merger (except in the event that the corporation succeeding the rights and obligations thereof is a public interest corporation) In the event that the Public Interest Corporation Authorization is cancelled or the Society ceases to exist due to a merger (except in the event that the corporation succeeding the rights and obligations thereof is a public interest corporation), the Society shall, through a resolution of the General Meeting of Members, transfer property in an amount equivalent to the remaining amount of public interest purposes acquired property to a public interest incorporated association or public interest incorporated foundation within one month from the day of such cancellation or such merger. (hereinafter referred to as the "Authorization Law"). The amount of property shall be donated to the juridical person listed in item (xvii) of Article 5 of the Public Interest Incorporated Association and Public Interest Incorporated Foundation Authorization Act (Act No. 49 of 2006) or to the national or local government.

(Attribution of residual assets)
Article 63.
The residual assets of the Society in the event of liquidation shall be donated to a corporation listed in Article 5, Item 17 of the Authorization Law or to the national or local government upon resolution of the General Meeting of Members.

Chapter 11 Employees

(Staff)
Article 64.
The staff shall be located at the office specified in Article 4.
2Staff members shall be appointed and dismissed by the President with the approval of the Board of Directors.
3Employees shall be paid.

Chapter 12 Auxiliary Provisions

(Enforcement Bylaws)
Article 65.
Matters necessary for the enforcement of these Articles of Incorporation shall be determined by the Board of Directors, except as otherwise provided by law or the Articles of Incorporation.

Supplementary Provisions
These Articles of Incorporation shall go into effect on January 30, 2007.

Supplementary Provisions
This amendment to the Articles of Incorporation shall go into effect on April 1, 2009.

Supplementary Provisions
1 This amendment to the Articles of Incorporation shall come into effect on January 1, 2010.
2 Notwithstanding the provisions of the preceding paragraph, the provisions of Articles 58 and 62 shall come into effect from the day on which the Public Interest Corporation Authorization provided for in Article 4 of the Authorization Act is granted.
3 Notwithstanding the provisions of Article 55, the first fiscal year after the amendment of these Articles of Incorporation shall be from October 1, 2009 to March 31, 2010.

Supplementary Provisions
This amendment to the Articles of Incorporation shall go into effect on June 1, 2010.

Supplementary Provisions
This amendment to the Articles of Incorporation shall go into effect on June 25, 2011.

Supplementary Provisions
This amendment to the Articles of Incorporation shall go into effect on June 21, 2015.

Supplementary Provisions
This amendment to the Articles of Incorporation shall become effective on March 31, 2021.

Supplementary Provisions
This amendment to the Articles of Incorporation shall go into effect on August 1, 2022.

Supplementary Provisions
This amendment to the Articles of Incorporation was partially amended on June 15, 2024, and shall become effective on January 1, 2025.

Supplementary Provisions
This amendment to the Articles of Incorporation was amended on December 6, 2024, and shall become effective on January 1, 2025.