An Incorporated Administrative Agency ( 独立行政法人 , Dokuritsu gyōsei hōjin , Dokugyo in abbreviation) , or Independent Administrative Institution , is a type of legal corporation formulated by the Government of Japan under the Act on General Rules for Incorporated Administrative Agencies (Act no. 103 of 1999, revised in 2014). The independent agencies are not under the National Government Organization Act that provides for the ministries and agencies of Japan .
5-496: Urban Renaissance Agency ( 独立行政法人都市再生機構 , Dokuritsu gyōsei hōjin Toshi saisei kikō ) , also known as UR ( 都市機構 , UR都市機構 ), is a semipublic Independent Administrative Institution , and is an agency responsible for Japanese housing . It provides housing at rates pegged to the market, but without the fees associated with private renting in Japan ( key money , renewal fee) or the need for
10-614: A guarantor. As of 2014, it managed around 750,000 rental properties across Japan. It was founded in 1955 as the Japan Housing Corporation (Nihon Jūtaku Kōdan) to address the country's housing shortage due to post-war urbanisation. It was combined with other government organisations including the Japan Regional Development Corporation and semi-privatized in 2004 during the administration of Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi (2001–06). The agency gave rise to
15-490: The development of Danchi housing found in urban areas of post-war Japan. This article about a Japanese corporation- or company-related topic is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Independent Administrative Institution Originally proposed by the Administrative Reform Council, the independent agencies are created based on the concept of separating the ministries and agencies of
20-752: The government first designated 59 bodies as the independent agencies, among which were many research institutions and some museums. As part of the administrative reforms of the Ryutaro Hashimoto Cabinet in the latter half of the 1990s, this system was stipulated for the purpose of separating the actual business and service sectors from the central ministries and agencies. Differences from special corporations ( Japanese : 特殊法人 , Hepburn : Tokushu Hōjin ) are that they cannot obtain government guarantees for funding (the same as private companies) and that they are obligated to pay taxes and public dues such as corporate income tax and property tax. According to
25-414: The government into planning functions and operation functions. Planning functions remain within government-based ministries and agencies while operating functions are transferred to the independent agencies. Incorporated Administrative Agencies utilize management methods of private-sector corporations and are given considerable autonomy in their operations and how to use their given budgets. In April 2001,
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