charitable trust

...A trust for the purpose of religious rites, religion, charity, academia, arts, or other public interests (Article 66 of the Trust Law) is a system in which an individual or corporation entrusts property for the public good and has a trustee (such as a trust bank) carry out public interest activities. There are two types of private public interest businesses: those run by public interest corporations such as foundations and social welfare corporations, and those run by charitable trusts. In the United Kingdom and the United States, charitable trusts (charity) are widely used. In Japan, the system of charitable trusts was established under the Trust Law in 1922, but it has been put on hold for a long time since its practical use. ...

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…祭祀，宗教，慈善，学術，技芸その他公益を目的とする信託(信託法66条)で，個人または法人が社会公共のために財産を信託し，受託者(信託銀行など)に公益活動を行わせる制度である。民間の公益事業には，財団法人や社会福祉法人など公益法人による事業と公益信託による事業とがあるが，英米では公益信託charitable trust(charity)がさかんに利用されている。日本では，1922年に信託法による公益信託の制度が設けられながら久しく実用化が見送られてきた。…

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