Open AccessOutline of the Workers Co-operative Act in Japan - Líneas generales de la Ley de cooperativas de trabajadores en Japón
Author(s) -
Akira Kurimoto
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
ciriec españa. revista jurídica de economía social y cooperativa/ciriec esp., rev. juríd. econ. soc. coop.
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1989-7332
pISSN - 1577-4430
DOI - 10.7203/ciriec-jur.38.20995
Subject(s) - legislation , agriculture , government (linguistics) , business , economy , political science , economics , law , geography , linguistics , philosophy , archaeology
The Japanese co-operative legislation is characterized by the separate laws that are specializing to regulate the particular categories of co-operatives and enacted in line with the industrial policies, and the strong government’s control on incorporation and business activities. The Industrial Co-operative Act of 1900 was a uniform law following the German model and provided for the legal framework of credit, supply, marketing and production2 co-operatives. After the Second World War, the allied force introduced the radical land reform as a part of economic democratization programs and helped to enact the Agricultural Co-operative Act in 1947 to cement the effects of reform through organizing farmers in agricultural co-operatives. Then, the other co-operative laws were enacted in line with industrial policies (fishery, forestry, banking, SMEs etc.) during 1948-1978.