What's New
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2025.11.07
JCCU
Special Study Session with WHO Headquarters on International Risk Assessment of Food Allergies
JCCU hosted a special webinar on Sept. 16 with Dr. HASEGAWA Akio from WHO HQ to discuss international food allergy risk assessment. The session was highly praised for its clarity and depth.
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2025.10.20
JCCU
JCCU Hosts 2025 "Children's Visiting Day" at its Laboratory
On July 25, 2025, JCCU held a "Children's Visiting Day" at its Laboratory.
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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".
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
547 *
Consumer Co-ops
3.7 Trillion
JPY
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.