sentences:  They drew inspiration from cooperative successes in other sectors, such as retail and agricultural marketing (see history of the cooperative movement).Similar institutions were independently developed somewhat earlier in Japan, in the early 19th century, by agrarian reformer and economist Ninomiya Sontoku.In this village unions, known as each person of the village union could borrow fund interest free for 100 days, while the entire membership shared the cost in case of default.