Designs of Rural Cooperatives System under the Competition of Corporate Systems

日本农业合作社制度是作为总部民主化政策之一引入的。但《农业合作社法》在很长一段时间内没有得到根本性的修改，社会经济环境发生了变化。该法的目的应由“农民合作社”改为“农村合作社”，并放宽或取消对农民的成员资格限制。对合作社组织和内部规则的皇权控制应由自治通过合作社的公司章程来取代。

Japanese agri-cooperatives system was introduced as one of the democratization policies of GHQ. But Agricultural Cooperatives Act was not amended fundamentally for long time, while socio-economic environment was changed. Purpose of the act should be changed from "Farmers' Coop" to "Rural Coop" and limitation of membership to farmers should be relaxed or eliminated. And regal control to cooperatives' organization and internal rules should be replaced by self government through their companies' articles.