{"id":118815,"date":"2014-05-12T18:59:11","date_gmt":"2014-05-12T09:59:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.consortium.or.jp\/about-the-university-consortium-kyoto\/governing-body"},"modified":"2026-04-14T11:08:22","modified_gmt":"2026-04-14T02:08:22","slug":"organization","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.consortium.or.jp\/en\/info\/organization","title":{"rendered":"Governing Body"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul class=\"linkArrowDown partitionWrap\">\n<li><a href=\"#pageLink01\">organizational structure<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#pageLink02\">List of Officers and Directors<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 id=\"pageLink01\">organizational structure<\/h2>\n<p class=\"taCenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1738\" src=\"https:\/\/www.consortium.or.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/ae46b1f460ee46f789c27b264a6cb4214.jpg\" alt=\"Operating organization\/organizational structure\" width=\"630\"><\/p>\n<h2 id=\"pageLink02\">List of Officers and Other Personnel (as of 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