①In order to secure the proper operations of the Real Estate Brokerage and promote the sound development of the Real Estate Brokerage, a general incorporated association using "real estate brokerage association" in its name (excluding that which is as prescribed in the following paragraph) must aim to engage in processes relating to the provision of guidance to and communications with members and have set forth articles of association to the effect that business are to be carried out within zones of a given prefecture and to the effect that its members are to consist of Real Estate Brokers.

③The provisions of the articles of association as prescribed in the preceding two paragraphs may not be revised.

④Upon its formation, a Real Estate Brokerage Association or a general incorporated association as prescribed in paragraph (2) (hereinafter referred to as "Federation of Real Estate Brokerage Associations") must, within two weeks of the date of its formation, provide a notification of the fact thereof to which a certificate of registered matters and copy of its articles of association are attached to a prefectural governor if it constitutes a Real Estate Brokerage Association or the Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism if it constitutes a Federation of Real Estate Brokerage Associations.

⑤In order to secure the proper operations of the Real Estate Brokerage or promote the sound development of the Real Estate Brokerage, the Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism may issue a request to have a report on necessary matters submitted or provide necessary guidance, advice, or recommendations to a Federation of Real Estate Brokerage Associations and a prefectural governor may issue a request to have a report concerning necessary matters submitted or provide necessary guidance, advice, or recommendations to a Real Estate Brokerage Association.