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2025 Peace Action in Nagasaki held

2025.10.16

JCCU

2025 Peace Action in Nagasaki held

From August 7th to 8th, 2025, the Nagasaki Prefecture Consumers' Cooperative Union and JCCU jointly held the "2025 Peace Action in Nagasaki".

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2025 Peace Action in Hiroshima held

2025.10.16

JCCU

2025 Peace Action in Hiroshima held

From August 4th to 5th, 2025, the Hiroshima Consumers' Co-operative Union and JCCU jointly held the "2025 Peace Action in Hiroshima".

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JCCU Hosts 2025

2025.09.30

JCCU

JCCU Hosts 2025 "Children's Visiting Day"

On August 21, 2025, JCCU held its annual Children's Visiting Day at its Head Office.

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What is JCCU?

Japanese Consumers' Co-operative Union (JCCU) was established in March 1951 as a national federation of consumer co-ops in Japan. Today, about 302 consumer co-ops and consumer co-op unions join JCCU and the total business turnover of the member co-ops is about 3.7 trillion JPY, with a total of 30 million members. JCCU is the largest consumers' organization in Japan.

What is Consumer Co-op?

A consumer co-op is an autonomous association of consumers united voluntarily to meet their common needs and aspirations.

Consumer Co-op Societies in Japan

  • Member of Consumer Co-ops
    547 *
    Consumer Co-ops
  • Total Business Turnover
    3.7 Trillion
    JPY
  • Membership
    30 Million
    members

These are approximate figures.

*The number of co-ops which answered JCCU’s survey, including not only member co-ops of JCCU but also those of NFUCA or HeW CO-OP JAPAN.

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