NFUCA Fact Sheet

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■Name National Federation of University Co-operative Associations (abbreviation: NFUCA)
■Representatives President: Prof. Shogo Takegawa
Managing Director and CEO: Ichiro Nakamori
■Member Co-ops 215 member co-ops (as of December 2022), comprising 206 university co-ops, 2 business associations, 6 intercollege co-ops and
1 federation (Japan CO-OP Insurance (Kyosai) Consumers' Co-operative Federation)
■Establishment May 25, 1947  National School Co-operative Federation is established.
August 19, 1958   The National School Co-operative Federation is incorporated and the National Federation of University Co-operative Associations is established.
August 8, 1959   Registration is completed.
■Organization Supreme decision-making body: General Assembly
Board of Directors (41 members as of FY 2023)
■Individual Members 1,538,258 (as of September 30, 2022)
■Total Funding from Member Co-ops 967,260,000 yen (as of September 30, 2022)
■Total Business Turnover of Member Co-ops 130,800,000,000 yen (FY 2021)

■Business Turnover According to Product Category

 178.1 billion yen

■Summary of Activities
(According to NFUCA By-laws)

This federation shall carry out the following business in order to achieve the purposes as stipulated in Article 1.

1.
Providing direction, carrying out communication and adjustment of members.
2.
Carrying out communication and negotiation with various co-ops and international organizations, as well as other faculty staff and student organizations.
3.
Carrying out activities to improve individual members’ life and culture.
4.
Carrying out activities to improve members and officers and employees’ knowledge on university co-op’s business.
5.
Carrying out surveys and research and provide general information necessary for member co-ops’ business.
6.
Providing goods that are necessary for members’ business by purchasing goods and then process or not process them, or by producing goods for member co-ops.
7.
Establishing facilities that can be used by member co-ops, individual members and officers and employees.
8.
Carrying out travel business for individual members based on Travel Agency Act.
9.
Carrying out any other business activities incidental thereto.
■Financial Year October 1 to September 30 of the following year
■Regional Blocks (Branches)
Hokkaido Block :
14 members
Tohoku Block :
16 members
Tokyo Block :
71 members
Tokai Block :
20 members
Kansai Hokuriku Block :
47 members
Chugoku-Shikoku Block :
20 members ＋ 1 business associations
Kyushu Block :
24 members
■Affiliated Companies University Co-op Business Center Co., Ltd.
UCOM Inc.
■Affiliated Organizations Community for Innovation of Education and learning through Computers and communication networks (CIEC)
JUON NETWORK
National Federation of University Co-operative Associations Scholarship Foundation
■International Affiliations NFUCA is a member of:
ICA (International Co-operative Alliance)
ICA-AP Committee on Co-operatives in Educational Institutions (ICEI)
WYSETC (World Youth Student and Educational Travel Confederation)
NACS (National Association of College Stores)

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