• A kabushiki kaisha (stock company) is owned by its shareholders.
  • A public high school is owned by the state.
  • I wonder who owns private schools like GKA.
    • Is it a school corporation?
    • There are directors and auditors.
      • I couldn’t find any information that was publicly disclosed.
      • The corporate number is 3070005006438.
  • Private School Act
    • https://elaws.e-gov.go.jp/document?lawid=324AC0000000270
    • Article 30-2
    • The initial officers of a school corporation must be determined by a donation act.

    • So, the person who contributed money at the time of establishment becomes an officer.
      • The written document at the time of establishment is called a donation act.
        • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donation
        • Article 40-5
          • In Article 103, Paragraph 1 of the General Incorporated Association and Foundation Act, “articles of incorporation” shall be interpreted as “donation act”.

    • General Incorporated Association and Foundation Act
    • In the case of a general incorporated association, the equivalent of shareholders in a kabushiki kaisha is “members”, and the members appoint directors and auditors.
      • I am one of the members of the Mito Society (nishio).
        • There are me, Arakawa-san, Professor Takeuchi, and two others.
    • The members of a school corporation are replaced by “members” according to Article 44-5, so the equivalent of members is probably council members.