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Japan
Japan
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LegalJapan House of Representatives to discuss new Worker Cooperatives Act
The act provides a legal form for worker co-operatives
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CommunityBridging divides in health: community-based health promotion in Japan
Co-operatives have been pioneering voluntary preventive health practice since the 1960s
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CommunityCo-ops step in to help Japan recover after typhoons Hagibis and Faxai
Consumer, financial, insurance and forestry co-ops have all responded to the disasters
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EnvironmentThe state of retail: Japanese consumer-run co-op takes the sustainable route
'We have been creating the materials we need for our daily life through collaboration ... and have been solving social problems through collective purchase'
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AgricultureFarm co-op uses solar powered ‘Super Monster Wolf’ to protect crops
The animatronic beast lets out terrifying howls to scare wild boar away from rice and chestnut farms
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AgricultureJapan federation of agri co-ops to set up subsidiary in Hong Kong
The country’s co-op movement has also reorganised under a new cross-sectoral umbrella organisation
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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...