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Non-Profit & Public Interest
Public-interest entities, NPOs, foundations, associations, schools, medical and religious corporations.
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- Japan Educational Corporation (Gakkou Houjin) — educational corporation governance and tax treatment under the Private Schools ActA 学校法人 (Educational Corporation) is the only private legal form…
- Japan General Incorporated Foundation: Establishment Requirements and ProcessThe following table is scoped to public primary sources (laws.e-…
- Japan General Incorporated Association vs Public-Interest Incorporated Association — general vs public-interest incorporated associationA 社団 (association) is governance-by-membership: voting 社員 decide…
- Japan Medical Corporation (Iryou Houjin) — medical corporation types, the non-profit constraint, and tax treatmentA 医療法人 (Medical Corporation) is the corporate vehicle a doctor o…
- Japan Grant-Making Foundation (Josei Zaidan) — grant-making foundations: structure, the public-interest grant-making test, and donor economicsA 助成財団 (grant-making foundation) is not a separate legal form —…
- Japan Public-Interest Corporation Accounting Standard (Koeki Houjin Kaikei Kijun) — the accounting standard for public-interest corporationsThe 公益法人会計基準 is the fund-accounting-flavoured financial-reportin…
- 公益財団 vs 一般財団 vs 一般社団 vs NPO法人 — Japan non-profit / public-interest legal form comparisonFour legal forms commonly grouped together but governed by three…
- Japan Certified NPO (Nintei NPO Houjin) — certification route and donor tax benefitsA plain NPO法人 confers no tax deduction on its donors. The 認定NPO法…
- Japan NPO Corporation (Specified Non-Profit Activity Corporation) — legal structure overviewThe NPO法人 (特定非営利活動法人, "specified non-profit corporation") is a c…
- Japan Research Grant map (FY 2026 年)The following table is scoped to public primary sources (taf.or.…
- Japan Social Welfare Corporation (Shakai Fukushi Houjin) — social welfare corporation governance, supervision, and tax treatmentA 社会福祉法人 (Social Welfare Corporation) is a special public-intere…
- Japan Religious Corporation (Shuukyou Houjin) — religious corporation status, supervision, and tax treatmentA 宗教法人 (Religious Corporation) is a legal person created under t…