General Association Robot Artificial Life Society Constitution
Chapter 1 General Provisions(Name)
Article 1 The society shall be referred to as the Robot Artificial Life Society of theGeneral Association.
(the purpose)
Article 2 The society conducts the following business with the objective ofdisseminating the state of art science and technology related to artificial life and robot
to society.
1.Research and research on the state of art science and technology on robots andartificial life
2.A yearly implementation of 'International Conference on Artificial Life and Robotics'and public relations activities on the state of art science and technology
3.Implementation of the state of art science and technology exhibition on artificial lifeand robot
4. Other necessary business to achieve the purpose of the corporation(Location of main office)
Article 3 The society places its principal office in Oita-shi, Oita Prefecture.
(Public Notice Method)
Article 4 The public notice of the society shall be made by the method to be posted inthe Official Gazette.
Chapter 2 Members(Member)
Article 5 Members of the society shall be those who joined the society in favor of thepurpose of the society.
(Entering society)
Article 6 In order to become a member after the establishment of this society, we must
apply for entry to the society by application form prescribed by our society and obtainapproval of the representative director.
(Obligation to pay expenses)
Article 7 Members shall pay the expenses of the amount prescribed by the general
meeting of members.

(List of members)
Article 8 The society shall prepare a list of members stating the name and address ofthe member and prepare it in the principal office of the society.
② Notification or demand to the member of this society shall be made to the addressstated on the member register or to the residence the member n(Withdrawal)
Article 9 Members leave the society due to the following reasons.
1. An offer to leave the member himself / herself. However, an offer to leave the society
shall be made one month in advance, but when there are unavoidable reasons, you canleave the society at any time.
2. death
3. Total member's consent
4. Expulsion② The expulsion of members can be made by resolution of the general meetingof members only when there are just reasons. In this case, it shall be in accordance withArticle 30 of the Act on General Incorporated Corporation and General Foundation
Incorporated (hereinafter referred to as "Corporate Act") and Item 1 of Article 49,Paragraph 2.
Chapter 3 General Meeting of Society Members(Invited)
Article 10 The General Meeting of Regular Members of the Society shall be convened
within two months from the day following the end of each business year, and thetemporary staff general meeting shall be convened as necessary.
② The general meeting of members shall be convened by the representative director
by decision of a majority of the directors, except when there are other provisions in thelaw. When there is an accident or obstacle in the representative director, anotherdirector calls this in a predetermined order.
③ In order to convene a general meeting of members, a notice of convocation shall be
issued to members one week before the date of the meeting. However, the convocation
notice does not need to be written.
(Omission of convocation proceedings)
Article 11 The General Meeting of Members may hold without consultation procedures
when all members agree.
(Chairman)
Article 12 The Chairman of the General Meeting of Members shall be the representative
director. Provided, however, that if there is an accident or hindrance to that person, theother directors shall take the place in accordance with a predetermined order.

(Method of Resolution)
Article 13 Resolution of the General Meeting of Members shall be made with a majorityof voting rights of the attending members, unless otherwise stipulated in laws andregulations or the Articles of Incorporation.
(Omission of Resolution of General Meeting of Members)
Article 14 In the case where a proposal is made by a director or a member regarding
matters to be resolved by the General Meeting of Members, when all of the members
have expressed their intention to consent in writing by the proposal, a member statingthat the proposal is to be passed It shall be deemed that there was a resolution of thegeneral meeting.
(Proxy exercise of voting rights)
Article 15 Members may exercise their voting rights with the member of the society as
an agent. However, in this case, a document evidencing the authority of representation
shall be submitted for each member general meeting.
(Minutes of General Meeting of Members)
Article 16 With regard to the proceedings of the General Meeting of Members, minutesshall be prepared describing matters stipulated by laws and regulations, signed orstamped by the chairperson and attendance director, and shall be provided at theprincipal office of the society for ten years.
Chapter 4 Directors and Representative Directors(Number of Directors)
Article 17 The number of directors of the corporation shall be three or more
(Method of Appointment of Directors)
Article 18 The appointment of the director of this society shall be made by a majority ofthe voting rights of the member who attended by a majority of the voting rights of all
members at the general meeting of members.
(Representative Director)
Article 19 When there are two or more directors in the society, one director shall beselected by mutual election of directors.
(Term of director)
Article 20 The term of office of a director shall be until the conclusion of the regularmeeting of members regarding the last of the business year ending within two years
after the election.
② The term of office of the person appointed as substitute for the director who retired
before the term of office shall be the same as the remaining term of the term of officeof the predecessor.
③ The term of office of the director appointed by the increase shall be the same as theremaining term of the term of office of other office director.
(Remuneration etc.)
Article 21 The profit benefit received from the society as remuneration, bonus, andother duties for the execution of duties shall be determined by a resolution of thegeneral meeting of members.
Chapter 5 Calculation(Business year)
Article 22 The business year of the society shall be from April 1 every year to March 31of the following year.
(Submission of calculation documents etc. to the annual regular member meetingetc)
Article 23 The representative director or the director shall submit to the annual regularmeeting of the regular member the calculation documents (balance sheet and profit andloss statement) and the business report every fiscal year.
② In the case of the preceding paragraph, the calculation documents shall be approvedby the general meeting of member and the director shall report the details of thebusiness report to the regular meeting of regular member.
(Preservation of financial statements etc)
Article 24 The society makes the balance sheet, income statement, business report andsupplementary schedules for each business year to the principal office for five years fromthe day one week prior to the day of the annual regular meeting Shall be provided.
(Non-payment of surplus)
Article 25 The society shall not distribute surplus.
Chapter 6 Dissolution and Liquidation(Grounds for dissolution)
Article 26 The society shall be dissolved due to the following reasons.
1. Resolution of the general meeting of members
2. What members lacked
3. Merger (when the society disappears due to the merger)
4. Determination of commencement of bankruptcy proceedings
5. Court order to dissolve

(Attribution of residual assets)
Article 27 When there is residual asset when the corporation is dissolved, it
belongs to Oita prefecture.
Chapter 7 Supplementary Provisions(Name and address of member at establishment)
Article 28 The name and address of the member at the time of establishment ofthis society are as follows.
Masanori Sugisaka, 3661-8, Oaza Shimohanda, Oita City, Oita Prefecture
Takao Ito, 13-3-1, Kai 5, Ube City, Yamaguchi Prefecture(Director at Incorporation and Representative Director)
Article 29 The director at the time of incorporation of the society and the representative
director at the time of establishment shall be as follows.
Founding Director, Masanori Sugisaka
Founding Director, Takao Ito
Founding Director, Makoto Sakamoto
Establishment representative director, Masanori Sugisaka
3661-8, Oaza Shimohanda, Oita City, Oita Prefecture(First business year)
Article 30 The first business year of the society shall be from the date of establishment of
this society to the end of March 31,(Matters not stipulated in the articles of constitution)
Article 31 All matters not stipulated in these articles of constitution shall be as stipulated
by corporate law and other laws and regulations.
In establishing the Robot Artificial Life Society of the General Association, Masanori
Sugisaka who is a representative of the society at the time of constitution, and founding
director Takao Ito, Justice scrivener Chikanobu Yano, prepares these Constitution, which
is an electromagnetic record, and makes a digital signature.

2017, 10, 11

Members at time establishing of Robot Artificial; Life Society
Masanori Sugisaka
3661-8, Oaza Shimohanda, Oita City, Oita Prefecture
Takao Ito
13-3-1, Kai 5, Ube City, Yamaguchi Prefecture
The incorporation preparation agent of the constitution, Judicial scrivener,
Chikanobu Yano