Japan
Japan
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EnvironmentCo-ops’ head offices are among the most beautiful buildings in the world
From the Co-op Group’s innovative Manchester HQ to Desjardins in Canada with its living wall, the movement is setting new architectural standards
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HealthHealth co-ops “create a peaceful and lively society”
In a Q&A with the International Health Co-operative Organisation, Dr. Toshinori Ozeki, vice-president of the IHCO and the Japanese Health and Welfare Co-operative Federation (HeW Coop), talks about what the world can learn from Japan’s...
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AgricultureJapanese co-operatives support Fukushima children
Japanese consumer co-operatives are at the forefront of a summer vacation programme for children and parents from the Fukushima region. In March 2011 an earthquake and subsequent tsunami led to an energy accident at the...
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AgricultureJapanese agricultural co-operative union to undergo reform under new leadership
The president of Japan’s Central Union of Agricultural Co-operatives (JA-Zenchu) has announced he will be stepping down. JA-Zenchu will hold an extraordinary general meeting in August to elect a successor. Mr Akira Banzai, who has...
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EducationJapan’s growing student co-operatives have one million members
“We have more than one million students who are members of co-operatives”, said Dr Kokichi Shoji, the President of the National Federation of University Co-operative Associations.
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EnvironmentJapan: 17 new cooperatives created in the disaster-hit areas
It is almost two and a half years, and little is heard about reconstruction work in Tohoku, even in Japan, despite the fact that reconstruction is far from complete. However, 17 new worker cooperatives have...
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Banking and Insurance
Japanese Members organise a special IYC2012 commemorative project
Award Winners announced at the “It’s Nice to be Connected” competition During its 64th General Assembly on December 18, 2009, the United Nations declared that 2012 would be the International Year of Cooperatives (IYC). The...
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ILO highlights co-ops’ important role in Japan’s recovery from natural disasters
The International Labour Organisation’s (ILO) Executive Director for Employment attended various conferences held in Japan last week, to mark the end of the UN’s International Year of Co-operatives.
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Business
Taking Inspiration from the Past for Post-Disaster Restoration
We often take inspiration from the founders of the co-operative movement. The story of the Rochdale Pioneers is well-known, and deservedly so. Recently, at the Co-operatives United close of the International Year of Co-operatives in...