Owner of GKA

• 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
    • https://elaws.e-gov.go.jp/document?lawid=418AC0000000048
  • 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.