Nihon Shohisha Renmei (Consumers Union of Japan CUJ)

Consumers Union of Japan (CUJ) is a politically and financially independent non-governmental organization (NGO). CUJ is funded by membership fees, sales of its publications and donations. CUJ was founded in April 1969 as Japan's first nationwide grassroots consumer organization. CUJ was officially certified as a non-profit organization in 2006 by the Japanese Non Profit Organization legislation.