What's New
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2026.10.20
Member Co-ops
Report on CO-OP Ehime's FY2026 Harvest Festival for Specially Cultivated Rice from Kihoku
CO-OP Ehime's Uwajima Branch jointly held a harvest festival with JA Ehime Minami. Sixteen CO-OP Ehime member families participated, gaining hands-on experience harvesting specially cultivated Koshihikari rice from Kihoku that they had planted in April.
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2026.10.19
JCCU
JCCU Continues Breast Cancer Awareness Efforts Through the Pink Ribbon Campaign
JCCU promotes breast cancer awareness through its Pink Ribbon Campaign and year-round donations from cosmetics and bra sales to support screening and education.
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2026.10.13
JCCU
2026 Peace Action in Nagasaki Held
JCCU and Nagasaki coops held Peace Action, featuring survivor testimonies, youth programs, digital archives, and activities promoting dialogue toward a world without nuclear weapons.
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.