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At that time, this Motomachi S. S. Kai was simply a voluntary association. But in December of 1950 (25 Showa,) it was first registered as Motomachi Shopping Street Cooperative in accordance with the Laws of Small Business Cooperative, and later this registered name was changed to Cooperative Motomachi S. S. Kai in January of 1952 (27 Showa.). 　Incidentally, the prosperity which was upheld by the demands of theseerican servicemen and their families did not last too long, because the Korean War broke out in 1952 (27 Showa) which rendered the American military base to be de-requisitioned.

At that time the majority of the regular customers of the Shopping Street were these servicemen and their families, so when most of these men were to be transferred out of the country, the Shopping Street was faced with yet another crossroads. Eventually, Motomachi Shopping Street had to embark on designing a brand new town tailored to fit the needs of the Japanese younger generations while preserving the tradition of Motomachi at the same time.

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