What's New
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2026.09.04
JCCU
JCCU Announces FY2025 Results and Progress of CO・OP Brand Development and Merchandising for FY2026
JCCU reported FY2025 growth and FY2026 policies, advancing CO・OP brand development, ethical consumption, food loss reduction, affordability and efficient product standardization.
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2026.08.31
JCCU
JCCU Supports Save the Children Japan's "Food Box for Children" Initiative
JCCU supported Save the Children Japan's Food Box initiative for the 9th time, donating food and volunteering to help 5,000 low-income households with children during school holidays.
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2026.08.28
Member Co-ops
Toyama Co-op Holds "The Dementia World Travel Guide" Seminar
Toyama Co-op held "The Dementia World Travel Guide" seminar, where participants deepened their understanding of dementia through dialogue and group activities.
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.