1. holding an academic conference once each spring to provide investigators the opportunity to present unique studies and to offer lectures for educational purposes.
2. holding international symposia on specific themes, when warranted.
3. regularly publishing gene therapy newsletters to facilitate the exchange of information among members concerning clinical protocols, etc.

[Chapter 2] Membership

1. Regular members: Regular membership requires recommendation by 2 councilors of JSGT (on of them must be either a director or a manager of JSGT) and subsequent authorization by the council. Each regular member is to pay a membership fee of Yen 5,000 annually. Failure to pay the membership fee for 2 consecutive years willautomatically deprive the person of regular membership.
2. Supporting members: Corporations or individuals who donate 200,000 Yen or more at a time to financially support JSGT are registered as supporting members.
   The fact of financial support donated by these members will be acknowledged on the program of the general meeting of JSGT, for the next two years after the donation.

[Chapter 3] Officers

1. Consultants: Several consultants can be nominated by the board of directors. Consultants must retire at age 75. Consultants can attend directors' meetings and give advice concerning the management of this society.
2. Directors: About 30 directors shall be elected on the basis of recommendation of councilors during a directors' meeting and subsequent authorization by the council. The directors' term of office shall be 3 years. Directors must retire at age 70. The term of office can be renewed if approved. Directors shall attend directors' meetings held during the general meetings of JSGT. Each director is to pay a membership fee of 15,000 Yen annually.
3. Chairman of the general meeting: One general meeting chairman shall be elected from among the directors during a directors' meeting and subsequently presented for authorization by the council. The chairman's term of office shall be one year. The chairman is responsible for the management of the annual general meeting of JSGT.
4. Managers: Not more than thirty managers shall be elected by recommendation of the board of directors and subsequent authorization by the council. The manager's term of office shall be 5 years. The term can be renewed if approved. All managers must retire at age 55. Managers shall supervise clerical work and assist the chairman of the general meeting, together with the program commissioners, in devising plans for academic conferences.
5. Auditors: Two auditors shall be nominated by the council. The auditor's term of office shall be one year. Auditors shall inspect the reports made by managers concerning the operation of JSGT, and report the results of the inspection at the annual general meeting of JSGT.
6. Program commissioners: Ten program commissioners shall be nominated at a managers' meeting and subsequently presented for authorization by the council. The program commissioners' term of office shall be 2 years. The term can be renewed if approved. Program commissioners shall attend managers' meetings, devise plans for academic conferences and select papers for presentation at conferences.
7. Councilors: Councilors shall be elected from among regular members, who have remained members for 5 years or more, by recommendation of at least three councilors and subsequent authorization at the general meeting of JSGT. The councilors' term of office shall be 6 years. All councilors must retire at age 65. The term can be renewed if approved. Each councilor is to pay a membership fee of 10,000 Yen annually.
8. Honorary members: Members who have retired from the office of director due to reaching the age limit (75) or who have retired from the office of councilor after 5 years or longer of services due to reaching the age limit (65) can be made honorary members if approved by the general meeting. Honorary members can attend councilors' meetings and give advice concerning the management of JSGT. Honorary members will not need to pay any membership fee.

[Chapter 4] Meetings

1. General meeting: The general meeting shall be held once a year with the chairman of the general meeting serving as the speaker, to authorize personnel matters, revisions/additions to rules, accounting, etc.
2. Council: Councilors' meetings shall be held when necessary (usually preceding a general meeting), with the chairman of the general meeting serving as the speaker, to authorize reports from the board of directors, managers and auditors and to discuss necessary issues.
3. Managers' meeting: The managers' meeting shall be held twice a year at appropriate times, with the serving chairman of the general meeting attending. The manager meeting speaker shall be selected from the managers attending at the given meeting. Clerical matters shall also be discussed at the managers' meeting.
4. Program committee meeting: The program committee shall hold a meeting after each managers' meeting to devise a plan of the academic conference for the year and to select papers for presentation at the academic conference.
5. Directors' meeting: The directors' meeting shall be held during the general meeting. The chairman of the general meeting will serve as the speaker. During this meeting, the chairman of the next general meeting shall be nominated from among the directors, and an appropriate number of managers are to be nominated from among the councilors, for subsequent authorization at the councilors' meeting.

[Chapter 5] Academic conference