Our Businesses
We have a wide range of businesses and keep growing both in number and
field.
The following is a brief overview of our businesses.
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Since the beginning of 21st century, a growing number of social services
have been outsourced to the private and non-government sectors. Taking
this opportunity, JWCU started to set up "Community Welfare Centers"
to provide a new type of social services that involve citizens in management
and activities in a co-operative style.
We envision these Centers to be the community hubs, business strongholds
for community well-being as well as citizens' favorate places to gather.
The Centers throughout Japan provide a wide range of services, including:
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 Services for the aged: home health and personal care, home delivered meals,
day care and senior centers;
Services for children: day care and after-school programs;
Support for people with disabilities: job training and employment assistance;
Suppor for youth: "Youth Independent Camps," employment assistance
and internships;
Operation of public facilities;
Education & training: training and seminars for home helpers (care workers), single mothers
and volunteers; and
Community networking: neighborhood regeneration projects.
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Building maintenance services, which started as a cleaning service and
expanded to the total building management, had long been the main business
for JWCU since its creation.
Our unique "New Cleaning Method" is well received as an effective
system to keep buildings beautiful and hygienic.
Our building maintenance services include:
 Cleaning, waste management, food services, nursing support and shop management
at hospitals and
Total building management at welfare facilities, hotels and office buildings.,
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As our society shifts from mass-production, mass-consumption and mass-waste to recycling and re-using, this area of business is expected to become more and more significant.
Our environmental services include:
Park maintenance: one of the oldestJWCU businesses,
Greening and,
Waste management: waste collection at parks and hospitals.
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We are committed to promote associated work in this area through positive
partnerships with producers who are concerned about the nation's food and
agriculture.
Our businesses in this area include:
Direct sales from producers and
Production and retail of organic foods and disinfecting water.
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Our broad network with other co-ops provides inter-sectoral partnerships
in operation.
Examples include:
Commodity distribution at consumer co-ops and
Food processing at JA (Japan Agricultural Co-operative)
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Although smaller in number, there are many other cooperative enterprises,
including:
Taxi and transportation in care services,
Construction and home renovation,
Information technology,
Publication and
Filming.
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