Co-op Kobe
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Co-op Kobe officially known as Consumer Co-operative Kobe, is a Kobe
, Japan
-based consumers' cooperative
. Founded in 1921, it is the largest retail cooperative in Japan and, with over 1.2 million members, is one of the largest cooperatives in the world.
Kobe
, pronounced , is the fifth-largest city in Japan and is the capital city of Hyōgo Prefecture on the southern side of the main island of Honshū, approximately west of Osaka...
, Japan
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
-based consumers' cooperative
Consumers' cooperative
Consumer cooperatives are enterprises owned by consumers and managed democratically which aim at fulfilling the needs and aspirations of their members. They operate within the market system, independently of the state, as a form of mutual aid, oriented toward service rather than pecuniary profit...
. Founded in 1921, it is the largest retail cooperative in Japan and, with over 1.2 million members, is one of the largest cooperatives in the world.