ARTICLES OF INCORPORATIONOFJAPAN SPORT WELLNESS FUKIYA ASSOCIATION(“The Association”)

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CHAPTER I
GENERAL PROVISIONS
Article 1
Trade Name
The Association shall be called ‘Ippan Shadan Houjin Nihon Sport Wellness Fukiya
Kyoukai’, and shall be written ‘General Corporate Juridical Person Japan Sport
Wellness Fukiya Association’ (the abbreviated name is SWFA) in English.

Article 2
Head Office
The Association shall have its Head Office in Sumida-ku, Tokyo.

CHAPTER IIPURPOSES and UNDERTAKINGS
Article 3
Purposes
The purposes of The Association shall be to contribute the succession of Japanesetraditional culture, and the creation of people’s health and useful life. In order tomaterialize these purposes through Sport Wellness Fukiya, The Association contributes
to educate and spread Sport Wellness Fukiya as the sport which promotes people’s
health and creates useful life of not only working member of society but also children,
students, the aged and the disabled, and contributes the promotion of social education
through the study of sport and preventive medicine. Furthermore, The Association shallbe to contribute people’s healthy development of mind and body and promotion of theJapanese Sports.

Article 4
Undertakings
4.1 The Association shall be to conduct the following undertakings to materialize thepurposes prescribed in the preceding Article 3:
1. Spread and advance the undertakings which promote people’s health and create
useful life by Sport Wellness Fukiya.
2. Hold competitions, classes, seminars, experimental meetings to spread andadvance Sport Wellness Fukiya
3. Bring up and certify instructors to advance educational and promotional
activities, and send instructors to such occasions.
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Establish meet and competition rules and train referees to enlighten the safetyof Sport Wellness Fukiya.
5. Medical study related to the Sport Wellness Fukiya’s abdominal breathing andhealth.
6. Study and develop the equipment of Sport Wellness Fukiya.
7. Inspect and give official approval for the equipment of Sport Wellness Fukiya.
8. Authorize Dan-Kyu-I related to Sport Wellness Fukiya.
9. Publish books and create audiovisual aids to spread and promote Sport
Wellness Fukiya.
10. Manage the site of training camp, training school and institute, which provide
the opportunities and places for the training of Sport Wellness Fukiya, andpersonal exchanges regardless of The Association’s member or not..
11. Plan the international exchanges by establishing overseas organization to
spread and educate them in order to promote Sport Wellness Fukiya.
12. Other lines of undertakings which shall be necessary to achieve the purposes of
the Association.
4.2 Undertakings prescribed in preceding items 1 through 10 and 12 shall be done inJapan and prescribed in item 11 shall be done in Japan and Overseas.

CHAPTER III
MEMBERSHIP OF THE ASSOCIATION
Article 5
Kinds of Membership
5.1 The Association shall have the following four kinds of membership:
1. Regular Member: General Member of The Association with the qualification of
Certified Instructor.
2. General Member: An individual or a corporate member who approves the
purposes of The Association and joins The Association.
3. Support Member: An individual or a corporate member who joins The
Association to support the purposes of The Association.
4. Honorary Member: An individual who contributes a great deal to The
Association and/or persons of learning and experience with the approval of theBoard of Directors.
5.2 The Association’s working partner (*) shall be the Members of Representative
selected from the regular members prescribed in preceding item 1 of Article 5.1.
*Prescribed in the Laws of General Corporate Juridical Person and General3Nonprofit Corporation (hereinafter referred to ‘General Corporate Law’).

Article 6
System of Members of Representative
6.1 Number of Members of Representatives shall be Seventy (70). The details of
number of Members of Representative shall be prescribed separately in the rules
and regulations about election of Members of Representative.
6.2 Election of Members of Representative shall be done by regular members. Detailed
rules and regulations of election shall be decided by the Board of Directors.
6.3 Members of Representative shall be selected from the regular members. Regularmembers shall be able to announce their candidacy.
6.4 Regular members shall have the right to elect Members of Representatives as all
regular members have. Directors and/or Board of Directors shall not have the rightto elect Members of Representative.
6.5 Election of Members of Representatives shall be done every two years in January.
The term of office of the Members of Representative shall be two years until theend of next election. However when a Member of Representative files a suit forrevocation of resolutions made by General Meetings of Members of Representative,
dissolution, searching responsibility, dismissal of Directors (under the General
Corporate Law Article 266 Clause 1, Article 268, Article 278, Article 284,
including to demand question of suit prescribed in Article 278 Clause 1 of General
Corporate Law), shall not lose the status of Member of Representative until the suitconcerned comes to the end. (The Member of Representative shall not have thevoting rights for election and dismissal of Directors under General Corporate Law
Article 63 and 70 and Changes of Articles of Incorporation under General
Corporate Law Article 146.)
6.6 When the number of Members of Representative is missing or to prepare the shortof numbers, election of substitutes can be done. The term of office of the substituteshall be the end of the term who resigned before the end of the term.
6.7 When the election of substitute shall be done, the following items must be decided
and announced:
1. Relative candidate shall be the substitute.
2. When election shall be done as the substitute of one or more than two specificrepresentatives, it must be announced that relative election shall be effect to thesubstitute of specific representatives together with those names.
3. When election of more than two substitutes shall be done for one representative(in case more than two substitutes are elected for more than two
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representatives), priority of each candidate concerned must be clarified.
6.8 The resolution related to the election of substitutes under the Article 6.6 is valid
until the end of the next first election after the substitutes are elected.
6.9 Regular members shall have the rights prescribed below to act against The
Association as Members of Representative have.
1. General Corporate Law Article 14 Clause 2 ‘Read Articles of Incorporationetc.’
2. General Corporate Law Article 32 Clause 2 ‘Read list of regular members etc.’
3. General Corporate Law Article 57 Clause 4 ‘Read Minute of General Meetingsof Members of Representative etc.’
4. General Corporate Law Article 50 Clause 6 ‘Read certificate of proxy of
regular members etc.
5. General Corporate Law Article 51 Clause 4, and Article 52 Clause 5 ‘Read
papers of exercising voting rights etc.’
6. General Corporate Law Article 129 Clause 3 ‘Read statement of accounts etc.
7. General Corporate Law Article 229 Clause 2 ‘Read Balance Sheet etc. ofliquidated corporation etc.
8. General Corporate Law Article 246 Clause 3 Article 250 Clause 3, and Article
256 clause 3 ‘Read the contract of merger etc.
6.10 When Directors and/or Controllers neglect their duties, they shall be responsible tocompensate The Association for damages caused by their negligence. In spite of
the rules and regulations prescribed in General Corporate Law Article 112, this
responsibility cannot be exempted until all regular members agree to exempt.

Article 7
Admission
7.1 An individual or a corporation who plans to join The Association shall complete theprocedures in accordance with the rules and regulations for Membership prescribed
separately.
7.2 An individual or a corporation who plans to be a supporting member must not havethe reasons which disturb fair activities of The Association.
7.3 An individual who is recommended an honorary member does not need to complete
the procedures and becomes a member by acceptance.

Article 8
Annual Membership Fee
8.1 Regular members and general members shall pay annual membership fee in5accordance with the rules and regulations about Membership.
8.2 Support member shall pay supporting fee decided by the Board of Directors.
8.3 Honorary member does not need to pay annual membership fee.
8.4 Annual membership fee paid by regular and general members and supporting fee
paid by supporting members shall not be returned regardless of reasons.

Article 9
Loss of Qualification of Membership
Members shall lose its qualification of membership when they fall under the following
reasons:
1. Withdraw from The Association.
2. Pass away or be declared by a court as a missing person.
3. Dissolve a corporate membership organization.
4. Nonpayment of annual membership fee more than one year after due anddisagree with the notification.
5. Be expelled.
6. Be agreed for loss of qualification by all regular members.
7. Qualification of regular membership is lost when a member loses qualificationof Certified Instructor, but qualification of general membership remains.

Article 10
Withdrawal
Members can withdraw from The Association at their discretion in accordance with theprocedures prescribed by the Board of Directors separately.

Article 11
Expulsion
Members shall be expelled when they fall under the following reasons by the resolutionof General Meeting of Members of Representative, at which more than a half of all
regular members are present, with the agreement for expulsion more than two thirds ofvoting rights. In this case, members shall be noticed the expulsion at least one week
before the General Meeting with the reason and such members shall have the right todefend before the resolution of General Meeting of Members of Representative.
1. Violate The Association’s Articles of Incorporation and/or rules andregulations.
2. Bring dishonor of The Association or act against the purposes of The
Association.
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Violate the duties of members of The Association.
There are some other reasonable reasons.

Article 12
Rights and Duties with the Loss of Qualification of Membership
When a member loses its qualification of membership in accordance with the rules andregulations prescribed in Article 9, a member loses rights against The Association andbe saved from duties. However, a member cannot be saved from nonpayment ofmembership fee.

CHAPTER IV
GENERAL MEETING OF MEMBERS OF REPRESENTATIVE
Article 13
Formation
General Meeting of Members of Representative shall be formed by the Members ofRepresentative as prescribed in Article 5.2.

Article 14
Matters for Resolution
General Meeting of Members of Representative shall resolve the following matters:
1. Expel members from The Association.
2. Elect and dismiss Directors and Controllers.
3. Decide remuneration of Directors.
4. Change the Articles of Incorporation.
5. Plan and report of undertakings, budget and financial statements of eachbusiness year.
6. Dissolve an organization and decide disposal of balance properties.
7. Change the procedure of joining the association and annual membership fee.
8. Matters adopted and proposed by the Board of Directors.
9. Matters prescribed by the Laws and Articles of Incorporation in addition to
before-mentioned 1 through 8.

Article 15
Holding a General Meeting of Members of Representative
15.1 The Association shall have an Ordinary General Meeting of Members ofRepresentative and an Extraordinary General Meeting of Members of7

Representative.
15.2 An Ordinary General Meeting of Members of Representative shall be held in Juneof each year after the end of fiscal year and an Extraordinary General Meeting ofMembers of Representative shall be held whenever necessary.

Article 16
Convene General Meeting
16.1 Unless otherwise provided for by laws and the regulations or these Articles ofIncorporation, Chairman of The Association shall convene the General Meetingof Members of Representative based on the resolution of the Board of Directors.
16.2 Regular members who have more than one tenth of total voting rights shall havethe right to ask convocation of the General Meeting of Members ofRepresentative to the Chairman with the purposes and reasons of convocation.

Article 17
Chairperson
Chairperson of the General Meeting of Members of Representative shall be elected fromby mutual vote among the regular members who attend the General Meeting ofMembers of Representative.

Article 18
QuorumThe General Meeting of Members of Representative shall not be held unless theattendance of members of representative, including attendance by proxy, reaches one
half or more of total number of members of representative.

Article 19
Proxy
When member of representative submits the proxy, he or she shall be considered being
in attendance at the General Meeting of Members of Representative.

Article 20
Voting Rights
Each member of representative shall have one voting right at the General Meeting ofMembers of Representative.

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Article 21
Method of Adopting Resolution
21.1 Unless otherwise provided for by laws and regulations or these Articles ofIncorporation, resolutions at General Meeting of Members of Representative atwhich members of representative representing one half or more of the voting
rights of all members of representative shall be presented, shall be adopted by amajority of the votes of members of representative, who are present in suchmeeting and are entitled to vote. Voting shall be done by raising hand.
21.2 In spite of the rules and regulation prescribed in the preceding Article 21.1, any
resolution of the following matters shall be adopted at General Meeting ofMembers of Representative where more than a half of members of representative
shall be presented, by a majority votes of two-thirds or more of the voting rightsof the members of representative who are present in such meeting and are entitledto vote.
1. Expel members from The Association.
2. Dismiss controllers.
3. Change the Articles of Incorporation.
4. Decide the disposal of basic properties.
5. Other matters prescribed by Laws.
21.3 When electing Directors and/or Controllers, resolution shall be adopted for eachcandidate as prescribed in Article 21.1. When total number of candidates of
Directors and/or Controllers are more than fixed numbers which is prescribed in
the Article 26, the adoption of Directors and/or Controllers shall be done among
the candidates who get one half or more votes from the candidate who gets thehighest number of votes to the next until total number reaches the fixed number.

Article 22
Vote by Written Document and Others
22.1 Members of representative who cannot attend the General Meeting of Members ofRepresentative shall be able to exercise of voting rights for the previouslyprescribed subject by written document and/or electric transmission.
22.2 In case of exercising of the voting right as mentioned in the preceding Article 22.1,
such member of representative shall be considered to be presented at the General
Meeting concerned
22.3 When Directors and/or members of representative propose the subject which is the
purpose of resolution of General Meeting of Members of Representative, suchproposal shall be considered to be resolved at General Meeting of Members ofRepresentative when all members of representative agreed by written document9and/or electric transmission.

Article 23
Administration
The General Meeting of Members of Representative shall be administered inaccordance with the rules and regulations about Administration of the General Meetingof Members of Representative.

Article 24
Notification
The points of proceedings of the General Meeting of Members of Representative andthe subjects which were resolved at the General Meeting shall be noticed to all members
by bulletin and/or posting a notice at the main offices.

Article 25
Minutes of Proceedings
25.1 The minutes of proceedings of the General Meeting of Members of Representative
shall be made in accordance with the relative Laws.
25.2 The Chairperson and Directors, Controllers who attended the General Meeting ofMembers of Representative shall sign and seal on the minutes of proceedings ofthe General Meeting concerned.

CHAPTER V
DIRECTORS
Article 26
Kind and Fixed Number of Directors
26.1 The Association shall have the following Directors:
1. Directors: More than 10 (Ten) and less than 20 (Twenty).
2. Controllers: Less than 2 (Two).
26.2 The Board of Directors shall, by its resolution, elect one Chairman, a few Vice
Chairmen, a few Senior Managing Directors, a few Managing Directors and a few
Executing Directors from among its members.
26.3 Chairman mentioned in the preceding Article 26.2 shall be the Representative
Director of The Association as prescribed in the General Corporate Law.
26.4 Vice Chairmen, Senior Managing Directors, Managing Directors and Executing
Directors shall be considered as Directors who execute the duties prescribed in10the General Corporate Law.

Article 27
Elections of Directors
27.1 Directors and Controllers shall be elected by the resolution of the General Meetingof Members of Representative.
27.2 The Board of Directors shall, by its resolution, appoint Chairman, Vice Chairmen,
Senior Managing Directors, Managing Directors and Executing Directors fromamong Directors.
27.3 Controllers must not be the Directors and/or employee of the Association
concurrently.
27.4 Total number of any one Director, his or her spouse, relatives within the third
degree of kinship and persons with special relationship prescribed in the relative
Laws must not be more than one-third of total number of Directors. Same rule
shall be applied for the Controllers.
27.5 When Directors and Controllers have been changed, such notice of change shall be
kept in the main office of The Association together with the certificate ofalternation of registration.

Article 28
Duties and Authorities of Directors
28.1 Directors shall form the Board of Directors and execute the duties in accordancewith the Laws and these Articles of Incorporation.
28.2 Chairman shall represent The Association and execute the duties in accordancewith the Laws and these Articles of Incorporation.
28.3 Vice Chairmen shall assist the Chairman.
28.4 Senior Managing Directors, Managing Directors and Executing Directors shall
execute the duties of The Association by allotment.
28.5 One of the Managing Director shall be in charge for financial affairs.
28.6 Chairman and Executing Directors must report the situation of their execution ofduties to the Board of Directors at least two times in one fiscal year with theinterval of four months or more.

Article 29
Duties and Authorities of Controllers
29.1 Controller shall inspect the execution of duties by Directors and make an Audit
Report in accordance with the Laws.
1129.2 Controllers shall have the right to ask Directors and employees at any time about
the execution of undertakings of The Association and to inspect the situation ofundertakings and fiscal condition of The Association.

Article 30
Terms of Office30.1 The term of office of Directors shall expire at the conclusion of the Ordinary
General Meeting of Members of Representative held for the last fiscal year ended
within two years after his or her assumption of the office. Directors may bereelected.
30.2 The term of office of Controllers shall expire at the conclusion of the Ordinary
General Meeting of Members of Representative held for the last fiscal year ended
within four years after his or her assumption of the office. Controllers may bereelected.
30.3 The term of office of Directors elected as the substitutes shall be same as that ofthe predecessors.
30.4 Directors and/or Controllers may remain at its position and hold the duties andauthorities even after expiration of the term or resignation until the assumption of
newly elected ones, when the shortage of number of Directors and Controllers
prescribed in Article 26 happens.

Article 31
Expel Directors
General Meeting of Members of Representative shall be able to expel Directors andControllers by its resolution.

Article 32
Remuneration of Directors
32.1 The Directors shall get no remuneration. However, full-time Directors shall get
remuneration as consideration for execution of their duties within total amountresolved at the General Meeting of Members of Representative. Details of
remuneration shall be decided by its resolution at the General Meeting ofMembers of Representative.
32.2 Directors shall be compensated the expenses which they need to execute theirduties.

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Article 33

Honorable Chairman, Honorable Vice Chairman, Highest Advisorand Advisors
33.1 The Association shall be able to appoint Honorable Chairman, Honorable Vice
Chairman, Highest Advisor and a few Advisors.
33.2 The Board of Directors shall elect Honorable Chairman, Honorable Vice Chairman,
Highest Advisor and a few Advisors.
33.3 Term of office of Honorable Chairman, Honorable Vice Chairman, Highest
Advisor and Advisors of The Association shall be two years. They may bereelected.
33.4 Honorable Chairman, Honorable Vice Chairman, Highest Advisor and Advisors
shall get no remuneration. But, they shall be compensated the expenses which
they need to execute the duties.

Article 34

Duties of Honorable Chairman, Honorable Vice Chairman,
Highest Advisor and Advisors
Honorable Chairman, Honorable Vice Chairman, Highest Advisor and Advisors shall
respond to the Chairman’s request for advice.

CHAPTER VI
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Article 35
Formation
5.1 The Association shall have the Board of Directors.
35.2 The Board of Directors shall be composed of all Directors.

Article 36
Authorities
The Board of Directors shall execute the following duties in addition to the mattersprescribed by the Articles of Incorporation.
1. Decide the execution of duties of The Association.
2. Decide the yearly plan of the undertakings and make a budget.
3. Supervise the Directors’ execution of duties.
4. Appoint and dismiss Representative Director and Executing Directors.

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Article 37
Kind and Opening the Board of Directors
37.1 The Board of Directors shall have Ordinary and Extraordinary Meeting.
37.2 Ordinary Meeting shall be held two times a year in June and February.
37.3 Extraordinary Meeting shall be held in case of the following occasions:
1. Chairman judges its necessity.
2. Director except Chairman requests to Chairman to convene the meeting by
written document with the subjects to be discussed.
3. Controller judges its necessity and requests to Chairman to convene themeeting.

Article 38
Person Authorized to Convene the Board of Directors
38.1 The Board of Directors shall, except otherwise provided for by laws andregulations, be convened by the Chairman.
38.2 During the absence of the Chairman or Chairman is unable so to act, the Board of
Directors shall be convened by each Director.

Article 39
Administration of the Board of Directors
Administration of the Board of Directors shall be done in accordance with the rules andregulations about the administration of the Board of Directors.

Article 40
Chairperson of the Board of Directors
Chairman of The Association shall act Chairperson of the Board of Directors.

Article 41
Method of Adopting Resolutions
Unless otherwise provided for by laws and regulations or these Articles of Incorporation,
resolutions at the Board of Directors at which one half or more Directors except theinterested directors shall be presented, shall be adopted by a majority of the votes of
Directors, who are present in such meeting.

Article 42
Minutes of Proceedings
42.1 The minutes of proceedings of the Board of Directors shall be made in accordancewith the relative Laws.
1442.2 All Directors and Controllers who attend the Board of Directors shall sign and sealon the minutes of proceedings of such Meeting.

CHAPTER VII
CONFERENCE OF THE HIGHEST EXECUTIVES
Article 43
Set up the Conference of the Highest Executives
The Association shall set up the Conference of the Highest Executives in order todiscuss and resolve about the important subjects related to the policy and administrationof the Association.

Article 44
Formation of the Conference
The Conference of the Highest Executives shall be composed of Chairman, Vice
Chairmen, Senior Managing Directors and Managing Directors.

Article 45
Holding the Conference
The Conference of the Highest Executives shall be held once a month as a general rule.

Article 46
Agenda of the Conference
The Conference of the Highest Executives shall discuss and resolve about the subjects
to be sent to the Board of Directors and matters proposed by each Department, eachCommittee, Organizing Bureau and Secretariat.

Article 47
Administration of the Conference
The Conference of the Highest Executives shall be carried out in accordance with therules and regulations about the Conference of the Highest Executives.

Article 48
Chairperson
Chairman of the Association shall be the Chairperson of the Conference of the Highest
Executives and Vice Chairman shall be the Vice Chairperson.

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Article 49
Method of Adopting Resolutions
Unless otherwise provided for by laws and regulations or these Articles of Incorporation,
resolutions at a Conference of the Highest Executives at which one half or more
executives shall be presented, shall be adopted by a majority of the votes of executives
who are present in such conference.

Article 50
Minutes of Proceedings
The minutes of proceedings of Conference of the Highest Executives shall be made by
the Secretariat.

CHAPTER VIIIHEAD OFFICE OF THE ASSOCIATION
Article 51
Set up the Head Office51.1 The Head Office shall be set up in The Association in order to promote allundertakings of The Association.
51.2 Chief Supervising Officer shall be appointed in the Head Office to control all
duties of Secretariat, Organizing Bureau.

CHAPTER IXCONFERENCE OF THE GENERAL MANAGERS
Article 52
Set up the Conference of General Managers
The Conference of General Managers shall be set up in The Association in order topromote all undertakings and activities of The Association.

Article 53
Formation of the Conference
The Conference of the General Managers shall be composed of Chairman, Vice
Chairmen, Senior Managing Directors, Managing Directors, Chief of Secretariat, Chiefof Organizing Bureau and General Manager of each Department.

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Holding the Conference
The Conference of General Managers shall be held once a month as a general rule.

Article 55
Agenda of the Conference
The Conference of General Managers shall discuss and resolve about the subjects to besent to the Conference of the Highest Executives and subjects proposed by each
Department, each Committee, Organizing Bureau and Secretariat.

Article 56
Administration of the Conference
The Conference of General Managers shall be carried out in accordance with the rules
and regulations about the Conference of General Managers.

Article 57
Chairperson and Vice Chairperson
Chairman of The Association shall be the Chairperson of the Conference of General
Managers and Vice Chairman shall be the Vice Chairperson.

Article 58
Method of Adopting Resolutions
Unless otherwise provided for by laws and regulations or these Articles of Incorporation,
resolutions at a Conference of General Managers at which one half or more members of
the Conference shall be presented, shall be adopted by a majority of the votes ofmembers of the Conference who are present in such conference.

Article 59
Minutes of Proceedings
The minutes of proceedings of Conference of General Managers shall be made by the
Secretariat.

CHAPTER X
COMMITTEE
Article 60
Set up the Committee
60.1 The Board of Directors shall be able to set up the Committee, by its resolution, in
17The Association in order to promote undertakings of The Association when it isnecessary.
60.2 Members of the committee shall be elected by the Board of Directors from theregular members and persons of learning and experience.
60.3 The Board of Directors shall decide duties, formation and administration of theCommittee, by its resolution, separately.

CHAPTER XISECRETARIAT
Article 61
Secretariat
61.1 Secretariat shall be set up under the Chief Supervising Officer in order to manage
all clerical work of the Head Office.
61.2 Chief of Secretariat and clerical employees shall be in the Secretariat.
61.3 Chairman of The Association shall appoint, with the approval of the Board of
Directors, Chief of Secretariat and main clerical employees.
61.4 Chairman of The Association shall decide the necessary matters about duties of theSecretariat by the resolution of the Board of Directors separately.

Article 62
Account Book and Documents to be kept
The following account books and documents shall be always kept in the main office:1. Articles of Incorporation
2. List of Directors and Controllers
3. Documents related to authorization, permission, approval and registration.
4. Documents related to the proceedings of organization of the Association which
is prescribed in the Articles of Incorporation, such as Board of Directors andGeneral Meeting of Members of Representative.
5. List of properties
6. Regulations related to the remuneration of Directors.
7. Plan of Undertakings and Budget of income and expenditures.
8. Report of undertakings and statements of accounts
9. Audit Report
10. Other account books and documents prescribed by relative Laws.

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Article 63
Duties of Secretariat
Secretariat shall execute the following duties:
1. The Association’s organization to be contacted.
2. Keep and administer account books of income and expenditure, its vouchersand properties.
3. Supervise the Board of Directors, General Meeting of Members ofRepresentative and Conference of General Managers.
4. Promote execution of duties of relative Departments.

CHAPTER XII
ORGANIZING BUREAU
Article 64
Organizing Bureau
64.1 Organizing Bureau shall be set up under the Chief Supervising Officer in order topromote organizing activities.
64.2 Chief of Organizing Bureau and clerical employees shall be in the Organizing
Bureau.
64.3 Chairman of The Association shall appoint, with the approval of the Board of
Directors, Chief of Organizing Bureau and main employees like General
Manager.
64.4 Chairman of The Association shall decide the necessary matters about duties of theOrganizing Bureau by the resolution of the Board of Directors separately.

Article 65
Duties of Organizing Bureau
The Organizing Bureau shall carry out the following duties:
1. Supervise Block, Association of each Prefecture, Association of each city andtown and local area branches
2. Administer and control list of Directors and members
3. Plan and manage various events, meets, competitions, classes and test forcertification etc.
4. Manage personnel matters and approve Master and Deputy Master.
5. Public relations and issue bulletins.
6. Make regulations and rules for referees and judges.
7. Promote the activities of supporting the disabled.
8. Promote the activities of supporting elementary school, junior high school,
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high school, miscellaneous category of schools and university.
Promote duties and activities of Department under control.

CHAPTER XIIIASSETS AND ACCOUNTS
Article 66
Manage and Make Use of Assets
Chairman and a Director responsible for financial affairs of The Association shallmanage and make use of the Assets, by the resolution of the Board of Directors, inaccordance with the regulations for managing and making use of Assets prescribed
separately.

Article 67
Fundamental Properties
67.1 The fundamental properties of The Association shall be indispensable for The
Association in order to conduct Association’s undertakings and shall be decided
by the resolution of Board of Directors.
67.2 The properties mentioned in the preceding clause shall be managed carefully by the
good-natured controller. In case of disposal of such properties, it shall be resolvedby the Board of Directors and General Meeting of Members of Representative.

Article 68
Business YearThe business year of The Association shall commence on April 1 of each year and shallend on March 31 of the following year.

Article 69
Plan of Undertakings and Budget
69.1 Chairman of The Association shall prepare the documents related to the plan ofundertakings, budget of income and expenditures, plan of cash flow andinvestment before the commencement of the new business year, then shall reportto the nearest General Meeting of Members of Representative and shall get anapproval after obtaining the resolution of the Board of Directors. Chairman of
The Association shall follow same procedures when such plan and budget may bechanged.
69.2 In spite of the preceding clause, if the budget of income and expenditures shall not20

be approved for unavoidable reason in time, Chairman shall be able to conduct
income and expenditures, by the resolution of the Board of Directors, until the
day of approval of the budget in accordance with the previous year’s budget.
69.3 Income and expenditures in the preceding clause shall be considered those of
newly approved budget.
69.4 The documents prescribed in clause 69.1 shall be kept in the main office until theend of the said year, and shall offer for the viewing of members who request to
read.

Article 70
Report of Undertakings and Statements of Accounts
70.1 After the end of the business year, Chairman of The Association shall prepare thefollowing documents, which shall be audited by the Controller and shall present
to Ordinary General Meeting of Members of Representative after obtaining anapproval from the Board of Directors. Chairman shall report the contents of thefollowing items 1 and 2, and shall obtain an approval of General Meeting ofMembers of Representative for the following items 3 through 6.
1. Report of undertakings
2. Detailed statement of the report of undertakings
3. Balance Sheet
4. Income Statement (with Statement of Changes in Equity)
5. Detailed statements of Balance Sheet and Income Statement with Statementof Changes in Equity
6. List of Properties
70.2 The Association shall keep the documents mentioned in the preceding clause andAudit Report at main office at least five years tin addition to the Articles ofIncorporation and List of Members which shall be offered for viewing ofmembers who request to read.

Article 71Long-Term Borrowing, Disposal or Taking Over of Important
Properties
71.1 When the Association plans to borrow long-term funds, except the short-termborrowings which shall be repaid by the income of said year, the resolution shallbe adopted at the Board of Directors, at which more than a half of Directors arepresent, by not less than two-thirds majority of votes of such Directors.
71.2 When the Association plans to dispose or take over the important properties, same21

resolution as prescribed in the preceding clause shall be adopted.

Article 72
Accounting Principle
Accounting procedures of The Association shall be in accordance with generally
accepted accounting principle of General Corporate Juridical Person, which shall be
generally considered fair and proper.

CHAPTER XIV
CHANGE OF ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION AND OTHERS
Article 73
Change of Articles of Incorporation
Those Articles of Association shall be able to change by the resolution at General
Meeting of Members of Representative.

Article 74
Rest of Properties
When the Association is liquidated, the rest of properties shall be donated by the
resolution of General Meeting of Members of Representative to the public corporate
juridical person and public nonprofit corporation which are authorized under the Article
5 Clause 17 of Law of Authorizing Public, or Nation, Local Self-Governing Body.

Article 75
Surplus Fund
The Association shall not distribute the surplus fund.

CHAPTER XVPUBLIC ANNOUNCEMENT, PUBLIC INFORMATION AND PROTECTION
OF PERSONAL DATA
Article 76
Public Information
76.1 The Association shall inform the situation of its activities, administration andfinancial statements to the public positively in order to promote its activities fairly
and openly.
76.2 Necessary matters related to the public information shall be in accordance with the22rules and regulations about Public Information which shall be resolved by the
Board of Directors separately.

Article 77
Protection of Persona Data
77.1 The Association shall take all possible measures to protect personal data known byadministrative activities in accordance with the rules and regulations about
Protecting Personal Data prescribed separately.
77.2 Necessary matters related to the protection of personal data shall be decided
separately by the resolution of the Board of Directors.

Article 78
Public Announcement
Public announcement of The Association shall be done by posting a notice at thebulletin board of the main office where public can see easily.

CHAPTER XVISUPPLEMENTARY RULES
Article 79
Supplementary Rules
The necessary matters to administrate The Association other than the Article of
Incorporation shall be decided by the Board of Directors by its resolution.

Additional Rules
1. This Articles of Incorporation shall be enforced from the date of registration ofGeneral Corporation under Article 106 Clause 1 of the Law of Authorizing Public
Corporate Juridical Person and Public Nonprofit Corporation which is applied inplace of Article 12 Clause 1 Item 1 of the Law of General Corporate Juridical
Person, General Nonprofit Corporation.
2. The first Members of Representative after enforcement of this Articles ofIncorporation shall be elected by Members of Representative as prescribed in
Article 6 previously. Term of office of these first Members of Representative shallbe until the end of next election after the enforcement of these Articles ofIncorporation.
3. The first Representative Director shall be Mr. Kiyoshi Aoyagi. The first Directors
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shall be as follows:
Executing Directors Mr. Motohide Ikari as Vice Chairman
Mr. Kazumaro Nakamura as Senior Managing Director
Mr. Takeshi Takahashi as Managing Director
Mr. Hirobumi Yokota as Managing Director
Mr. Fumitoshi Otabe as Managing Director
Directors
Ms. Kazuko Arai
Mr. Miyoshi Ohno
Mr. Masayoshi Ogata
Mr. Toshiaki Echigoya
Ms. Yoshino Shinoda
Mr. Yoshiki Yago
Ms. Chikako Takagi
Mr. Nobuhiko Yamada
Ms. Setsuko Suehiro
Ms. Midori Akahori
Ms. Noriko Kuraki
Mr. Kenji Shiga
Mr. Motohiro Tokuse
Mr. Katuhiro Yonenaga
Controller
Mr. Hirotaka Yamada
Mr. Jiro Kiuchi
4. When the liquidation of Special Civil Law Corporation and establishment ofGeneral Corporate Juridical Person are registered under Article 106 Clause 1 of the
Law of Authorizing Public Corporate Juridical Person and Public Nonprofit
Corporation which is applied in place of Article 12 Clause 1 Item 1 of the Law ofGeneral Corporate Juridical Person and General Nonprofit Corporation, previous
day of registered liquidation shall be considered the end of business year and day ofregistered establishment shall be considered the commencement of the businessyear in spite of the provision prescribed in Article 55.
5. These Articles of Incorporation shall be revised and enforced as from 1st July of2015.
6. These Articles of Incorporation shall be revised and enforced as from 1st April of
2016.
7. These Articles of Incorporation shall be revised and enforced as from 16th February
2018.

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