What's New
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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.
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2026.03.19
JCCU
ICA-AP Training Program for Managers of Consumer/Retail Co-ops 2025-2026
In February 2026, nine cooperative managers from five Asian countries visited Japan to participate in the ICA-AP Training Program for Managers of Consumer/Retail Co-ops, hosted by JCCU, the Co-opdeli Group and Co-op Mirai, and Miyagi Co-op.
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2026.03.11
JCCU
From January 19-30, 2026, JCCU held its second annual food drive. Staff donated 252 items (63kg) to Food Bank Shibuya, supporting 300 households in need and local welfare organizations.
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.