2019.06.13
Member Co-ops
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*).
2019.06.11
Member Co-ops
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.
2019.05.28
International
The SDG Global Festival of Action 2019 was held in Bonn, Germany from May 2 to 4, 2019, and ITO Jiro, Operating Officer/Director, Public Relations Division of JCCU participated as a speaker.
2019.05.07
International
JCCU and consumer co-ops nationwide have joined the Hibakusha Appeal, a signature campaign calling for an international treaty to ban and eliminate nuclear weapons. The Hibakusha Appeal has been addressed from April 2016, and the collected signatures are delivered to the UN General Assembly every fall. This effort is expected to continue until 2020.
2019.04.16
International
On March 21, 2019, JCCU launched the "Black Tiger Aquaculture improvement Cooperation Fund" to support the Sulawesi Island Shrimp Farming Improvement Project.
2019.04.11
International
On January 17, 2019 JA Nagano CHUOKAI (Nagano Prefectural Central Union of Agricultural Cooperatives), the Nagano Prefecture Citizens' Council to Protect Food, Green and Water, the Network to Nurture Food, Agriculture and The Environment in which Nagano Consumers' Co-operative Union is a member,
2019.03.28
JCCU
At the "Sustainable Brand International Conference 2019 Tokyo" held from March 6 to 7, 2019, HONDA Eiichi, President of JCCU and FUTAMURA Chikako Operating Officer / Director of Member Relations Division, took part in the workshop as panelists.
2019.03.20
JCCU
JCCU adopted the Co-op Action Plan for SDGs which summarizes efforts to realize Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in June 2018. Ethical consumption is one of the important means for realizing the goals of the SDGs.
2019.03.05
International
From March 13 to 17 2019, 2019 World Para Nordic Skiing World Cup Sapporo is going to be held in Sapporo City, Hokkaido. Japan CO-OP Insurance Consumers' Co-operative Federation (JCIF) is the title sponsor. JCCU is also one of the sponsors.
2019.02.28
International
JCCU and its member Co-ops in cooperation with the Japan Association for the World Food Program (JAWFP) launched the "CO•OP × Red Cup Campaign" from October 1 to November 20, 2018 to raise funds to support the "School Meal Program" in the Kingdom of Cambodia.
2019.02.26
International
On November 24 2018, the 20th Asia Pacific Health Co-operative Organization (APHCO) Board Meeting was held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Four board members from three countries, Malaysia, India, and Japan participated. From Japan were Dr. FUJIWARA Takaaki and Dr. TAKAHASHI Jun, the President and a board member of Japanese Health and Welfare Co-operative Federation (HeW CO-OP JAPAN) respectively.
2019.02.14
International
On January 9 2019, 26 Vietnamese workers and their families took part in "The 1st Exchange Party for Vietnamese workers in U-Coop" at Katakura store of U-Coop.
2019.02.12
International
Expecting Consumer Co-ops with enough potential to change consumption behavior through product development and supply -A dialogue between Ms. TAGUCHI Akiko, Director of ILO Office for Japan and HONDA...
2019.02.07
International
JCCU and its member Co-ops in cooperation with the Japan Committee for UNICEF had launched a UNICEF donation campaign under the theme "CO·OP Core Non Smile School Project" to raise funds to help improve the education environment for the school children in the Republic of Angola since 2010.
2019.01.24
JCCU
We are happy to announce that we have created a feature page “Consumer Co-ops' Social Activities”. JCCU publishes Consumer Co-ops' Social Activities Report every year to share the...
2018.12.25
International
On November 8, 2018, 13 delegates (observation team) from the Co-operative Alliance of Kenya (CAK), consisting of cooperative senior executives, local government officials, and local government councilors, visited the headquarters of JCCU and facilities of Co-op Mirai.
2018.12.20
International
Since 1991, ICA-AP in collaboration with JCCU has been conducting yearly training program for managers of consumer co-ops in Asia to learn about Japanese consumer co-ops businesses and activities.
2018.12.11
International
On November 13, 2018, the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) Japan - EU Follow - up Committee held a High - Level Conference on the Japan - EU Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) in Tokyo.
2018.12.06
International
The exchange between Japanese Health and Welfare co-ops and the Korea Health & Welfare Social co-ops are actively held.
2018.11.22
JCCU
On October 22 2018,"Sustainable Palm Oil Conference 2018" hosted by Japan Sustainable Palm Oil Conference (JaSPOC) Executive Committee was held in Tokyo.
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2019.06.18
JCCU
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Member Co-ops
2019.06.06
JCCU
2019.06.04
Member Co-ops
Co-op Tohoku Sunnet Business Federation launches smartphone payment app "CooPay"
2019.05.30
Member Co-ops
Shouhisha Shinyo Seikyo launches gambling addiction countermeasure service
2019.05.23
JCCU