News - Member Co-ops

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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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.

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FY2025 JCCU sales rose due to higher unit prices despite fewer purchases. While delivery users fell, store visits grew. JCCU is now focusing on DX and store upgrades to counter rising costs.

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The Co-opdeli Consumers' Co-operative Union and its member co-ops have donated 2,148,456 yen raised through the Sado Crested Ibis Supporting Rice Project, an activity promoted by Sado City in Niigata Prefecture to promote environmentally friendly agriculture (biodiversity farming) and to support the return of the crested ibis to the wild.

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JCCU, together with member co-ops and partner organizations, has launched the inaugural "Everyone's Read-Aloud Picture Book Award." Preschools across Japan, along with picture-book enthusiasts nationwide, voted to select the titles they most want to read aloud.

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From August 7th to 8th, 2025, the Nagasaki Prefecture Consumers' Cooperative Union and JCCU jointly held the "2025 Peace Action in Nagasaki".

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From August 4th to 5th, 2025, the Hiroshima Consumers' Co-operative Union and JCCU jointly held the "2025 Peace Action in Hiroshima".

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Hiroshima Prefecture Consumers' Co-op Union-The 11th monument featuring atomic bomb drawings by hibakusha has been completed.

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Consumer co-ops in Japan raised funds after the Noto Peninsula Earthquake in January 2024 and continued after the Oku-Noto Heavy Rain Disaster in September. On May 15th, relief funds were donated to Ishikawa Prefecture.

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Pal Line Corporation has introduced an employment training program for needy persons at its logistics centers. The program provides job opportunities with thoughtful accommodations tailored to each individual's specific challenges.

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The Co-opdeli Consumers' Cooperative Union (hereinafter Co-opdeli) has switched from using polystyrene cold storage containers (body and lid) to containers made with 50% recycled materials for its home delivery services, effective April 21, 2025.

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JCCU has compiled the latest figures on the "Community Watch-over Agreement" being promoted between consumer co-ops nationwide and local governments. This initiative, which began in 2007, has steadily expanded across the country as the aging population increases.

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On March 11, 2025, the Seikatsu Club Consumers' Co-operative Union (hereinafter referred to as "Seikatsu Club") was awarded the Economic Category Prize in the Newsweek Japan SDGs Award 2024.

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Since November 2010, JCCU has supported UNICEF's Child-Friendly Schools initiative in Angola through the CO・OP Core-non-Smile School Project. In this project, for each purchase of a specific CO・OP toilet paper, 1 yen is donated to UNICEF. In its 14th phase, the project raised over 17 million Japanese yen. On December 20, 2024, a Donation Presentation Ceremony took place at UNICEF House in Shinagawa with representatives from seven supporting companies.

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On July 21, 2024, the Kure Peace Gathering: "Passing Down the Sorrow of 1945 - Never to be Forgotten" was held at the Hiro Community Development Center in Kure City. Organized by the Co-op Kure Peace Committee, composed of Co-op members from Co-op Hiroshima, the event attracted 76 participants, including members of a local choral group.

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Toyama Co-op held environmental activities with its members to cultivate awareness of environmental protection. Participants entered and learned about a Japanese landscape at the boundary between human settlements and the natural environment, "Satoyama," with knowledgeable staff experts in nature.

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Consumer Co-operative Co-op Sapporo (hereinafter Co-op Sapporo) is constructing up to approximately 200 off-site solar power plants within the Hokkaido prefecture and supplying the renewable energy generated at these plants to its stores.

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From August 7th to 8th, 2024, the Nagasaki Prefecture Consumers' Cooperative Union and JCCU jointly held the "2024 Peace Action in Nagasaki," with approximately 1,400 participants, including online attendees from across Japan.

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From August 4th to 5th, 2024, the Hiroshima Consumers' Co-operative Union and JCCU jointly held the "2024 Peace Action in Hiroshima," with approximately 2,000 participants, including online attendees from across Japan.

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