University Co-op Report 2021
Outline and Operation of NFUCA
National Federation of University Co-operative Associations (NFUCA) has 214 university co-op members and more than 1.55 million individual members (students, graduate students, faculty members and staff). They invest by buying one share per member, use products and services of the co-op.
- Name
- National Federation of University Co-operative Associations (NFUCA)
- Representatives
- President: Prof. Shogo Takegawa
Managing Director & CEO: Ichiro Nakamori
- Member Co-ops
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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: National School Co-operative Federation is incorporated and National
Federation of University Co-operative Associations is established.
August 8, 1959: Registration is completed.
- Organizations
- 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)
- Member Investment
- 967,260,000 yen (as of September 30, 2022)
- Total Turnover of Member Co-ops
- 130,800,000,000 yen (FY 2021)
- 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.
- Related Organizations
- Community for Innovation of Education and learning through Computers and communication networks (CIEC)
Juon Network
University Co-op Scholarship Foundation
- International Affiliations
- International Co-operative Alliance (ICA)
ICA-AP Committee on Co-operatives in Educational Institutions (ICEI)
World Youth Student and Educational Travel Confederation (WYSETC)
National Association of College Stores (NACS)
- Description of Business (as described in Article 3, Articles of Incorporation of NFUCA)
- This federation shall carry out the following business in order to achieve the purposes as stipulated in Article 1.
- Providing direction, carrying out communication and adjustment of members.
- Carrying out communication and negotiation with various co-ops and international organizations, as well as other faculty staff and student organizations.
- Carrying out activities to improve individual members’ life and culture.
- Carrying out activities to improve members and officers and employees’ knowledge on university co-op’s business.
- Carrying out surveys and research and provide general information necessary for member co-ops’ business.
- 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.
- Establishing facilities that can be used by member co-ops, individual members and officers and employees.
- Carrying out travel business for individual members based on Travel Agency Act.
- Carrying out any other business activities incidental thereto.
Operational Turnover by Product Category
University Co-op Facilities
University Co-op Suginami Kaikan
University Co-op Koenji Kaikan
University Co-op Sendai Kaikan
University Co-op Tokai Kaikan
Operations Based on Consumer Co-operatives Act and Articles of Incorporation
Consumer co-operatives in Japan are established and operated based on Consumer Co-operatives Act that was enacted and enforced in 1948. Articles of Incorporation were made in accordance with the actual situation of each co-op with reference to the example of articles of incorporation designed by Ministry of Health Labour and Welfare.
＊ Consumer Co-operatives Act was amended drastically in May 2007 after 59 years, and the revised act was enforced since April 2008.
