![The 4th National Forum on Cooperation in Disasters held](/eng/news/uploads/the-4th-national-forum-on-cooperation-in-disasters01.jpg)
The 4th "National Forum on Cooperation in Disasters" was held in Tokyo by the Japan Voluntary Organizations Active in Disaster (JVOAD) in which JCCU participated, from May 21-22, 2019.
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![Consumer co-ops rank second in the evaluation of brands that consider environment by Brand Japan](/eng/news/uploads/eye-catch-coop-union-logo.png)
Consumer co-ops ranked second behind Toyota Motors in the "CSR evaluation" ranking of "Brand Japan 2019". Among co-operatives in Japan, consumer co-ops were the only that fell into the top 20 of Brand Japan.
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We are happy to announce that we updated our feature page "Ethical by CO・OP".
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![new release: Retort pouch food for infants](/eng/news/uploads/jccu-kirakira-step-pouched.JPG)
On June 1, 2019, three types of retort pouch food for infants were released as CO・OP Brand Product's sub-brand "Kirakira Step" for infants. It is the first CO・OP retort pouch food for infants.
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![Okayama Co-op presents 1 Million JPY to AMDA-MINDS](/eng/news/uploads/okayama-co-op-presents-1-million-yen-to-AMDA-MINDS02.jpg)
On May 16 2019, Okayama Co-op presented one million JPY as activity support grant for 2019 fiscal year to the Honduras Maternal and Child Health and Reproductive Health Project being run by AMDA Multisectoral & Integrated Development Services ( AMDA-MINDS*).
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![The Shizuoka Promotion Committee for the Hibakusha Appeal held the 1st anniversary general meeting](/eng/news/uploads/shizuoka-hibakusha-appeal-1st-anniversary.jpg)
The Shizuoka Promotion Committee for the Hibakusha Appeal held the 1st anniversary general meeting and commemorative lecture on May 11, 2019, and 92 people participated.
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![new release: Unlabeled plastic bottled water](/eng/news/uploads/jccu-unlabeled-water03.jpg)
JCCU is working to reduce the amount of plastic packaging used in CO · OP Brand Products. As part of this initiative, on June 1, 2019, JCCU released unlabeled plastic bottled water, "CO・OP Azumino water".
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![Co-op Tohoku Sunnet Business Federation launches smartphone payment app](/eng/news/uploads/co-op-tohoku-sunnet-coopay.JPG)
The Co-op Tohoku Sunnet Business Federation has announced the distribution of smartphone payment app "CooPay" that can be used at the stores of its member co-ops from July 2019. This is the first smartphone payment service by a supermarket chain in Japan.
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