# Japan has just passed the Worker Cooperatives Act

**URL:** https://community.coops.tech/t/japan-has-just-passed-the-worker-cooperatives-act/2445
**Category:** General
**Tags:** coops, int-solidarity
**Created:** [4 December 2020 07:54 UTC](https://community.coops.tech/t/japan-has-just-passed-the-worker-cooperatives-act/2445 "2020-12-04T07:54:51Z")
**Posts on this page:** 2
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### Author: ![yasu](https://community.coops.tech/user_avatar/community.coops.tech/yasu/32/1032_2.png) [@yasu](https://community.coops.tech/u/yasu)
#### Post date: [4 December 2020 07:54 UTC](https://community.coops.tech/t/japan-has-just-passed-the-worker-cooperatives-act/2445/1 "2020-12-04T07:54:51Z")

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Forwarding 😄

[https://jwcu.coop/en/2019/01/20/special/](https://jwcu.coop/en/2019/01/20/special/)

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### Author: ![calummackervoy](https://community.coops.tech/user_avatar/community.coops.tech/calummackervoy/32/3631_2.png) [@calummackervoy](https://community.coops.tech/u/calummackervoy)
#### Post date: [7 December 2020 10:36 UTC](https://community.coops.tech/t/japan-has-just-passed-the-worker-cooperatives-act/2445/2 "2020-12-07T10:36:09Z")

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I couldn’t tell what the Act was from the link so I googled it 😅 for anyone else in the same boat:

> our Japanese members submitted the “Workers Cooperative Act” for revision, which if passed, will enable worker cooperatives to be set up with their specific legal form.
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> Historically, Japan has no single cooperative law, but instead every sector has its own. This has posed challenges for starting a new cooperative, and it has been a struggle for worker cooperatives since their inception.

([Japan: Worker Cooperatives Act to be reviewed by House of Representatives - CICOPA](https://www.cicopa.coop/news/japan-worker-cooperatives-act-to-be-reviewed-by-house-of-representatives/))