What's New
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2026.04.28
JCCU
Japanese Consumer Co-operative Group Sponsors Para Nordic Skiing Japan Team
JCCU and co-ops sponsored Japan's Para Nordic Ski event in Nagano, supporting athletes with donations, cheering activities, and aid to promote awareness and expand support nationwide.
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2026.04.16
JCCU
JCCU develops products that enable members to enjoy convenient and nutritious food, even during busy days, in response to their desire to include healthier options in their daily meals.
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2026.03.27
Member Co-ops
Palsystem Resumes Registration for the 2025 Harvest Rice Subscription System
Palsystem Consumers' Co-operative Union will reopen registration for the 2025 Harvest Rice Subscription System. During the rice shortages and price surges in 2024, this system enabled the co-op to supply rice to approximately 210,000 co-op members without any shortages.
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 303 consumer co-ops and consumer co-op unions join JCCU and the total business turnover of the member co-ops is about 3.8 trillion JPY, with a total of 31 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
543 *
Consumer Co-ops
3.8 Trillion
JPY
31 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.