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22 May '12

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Global NewsRiccardo Petrella on the role of cooperatives

We recently had the pleasure of speaking with economist, political scientist, and alter-globalist Riccardo Petrella, who will be one of the featured speakers at the 2012 Summit. While in Montreal, he sat down for an interview and shared his expertise and passion about alternative solutions to major world issues. What do you think about the contribution of cooperatives to sustainable development initiatives? Historically, cooperatives have always tried to influence the human and social ...

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Takao Goto from the Japan Cooperative Insurance Association addresses delegates at the ICMIF insurance conference

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JapanCo-operative insurers respond to the Japan earthquake

The earthquake and tsunami which hit Japan last March were the worst natural disaster Japanese cooperative insurers had had to deal with in.

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Toru Takanarita interviews the president of a seafood processing plant in Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, that was damaged in the disaster. Photo: Takeshi Yamawaki

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Global NewsSpirit of co-operation is needed for a better society

For three years, I lived and worked as a reporter in Ishinomaki in Miyagi Prefecture, which suffered massive damage in the Great East Japan Earthquake and tsunami. As I visited ...

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Streets of Rikuzentakala City (Iwate Prefecture) erased without a trace by the tsunami; JA Ofunato Takata Branch visible in background (March 21)

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JapanBy power of co-operation we can recover from Japan's disaster

It has been one year since the March 11 Great East Japan Earthquake & Tsunami, a disaster of unprecedented proportions that claimed many precious lives and at the same time ...

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The then JA-Zenchu Chairman Mamoru Moteki and JA Group representatives presenting a letter of protest to TEPCO President Masataka Shimizu (left)

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JapanDealing with the Japan nuclear power plant accident

The enormous impact of the accident at the Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO)'s Fukushima Dai-Ichi Nuclear Power Plant prolonged evacuation of farmers and other residents, ...

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The then JA-Zenchu President Moteki (left) presents a list of requested earthquake recovery measures to Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Minister Michihiko Kana (March 24, Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, Kasumigaseki, Tokyo)

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Global NewsSeeking immediate support from the government in the disaster aftermath

The JA Group set up a Central Headquarters for Emergency Disaster Countermeasures shortly after the disaster struck to provide physical and material support and donations, to ...

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JA Miyazaki Prefectural Union Chairperson Toshiyuki Morinaga (far right) and other JA chairpersons from Miyazaki Prefecture engaged in restoration efforts to return the favor for assistance provided during Miyazaki's foot-and-mouth epidemic (July 7)

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Global NewsWorking together helps rebuild lives and farms

Following the Great East Japan Earthquake & Tsunami, JA Group summoned up its full organizational capabilities to help people in the afflicted areas rebuild their ...

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United StatesGender equality can reduce world's hunger by 150 million people

Closing the gender gap in agriculture would result in significant gains in the fight against hunger.

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Global NewsEcclesiastical launches Campaign against Metal Theft in British Churches

ICMIF member, Ecclesiastical, has launched a national campaign to try to save thousands of churches across Britain from damage by criminals stealing lead from their roofs. The campaign ‘Hands Off Our Church Roofs’ aims to see sophisticated electronic alarm systems installed on the roofs of Anglican churches across the country. Ecclesiastical is a leading church and heritage insurer and the organisation is investing £500,000 of its own money to install roof alarms free of charge on some of ...

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AustraliaThe emotional connection

I’m just back from an exhilarating, if short, trip to Australia. The main purpose of the trip was to run a strategy day for the board and senior management of Unimutual. They wanted to learn about mutual strategies adopted by other ICMIF members with a view to further improving their unique business. Unimutual provides commercial insurance cover for 23 Australian universities. The risks covered are vast, varied and complicated and whilst there are only 23 members, the challenge to embed ...

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