| Budget Amount *help |
¥1,900,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,900,000)
Fiscal Year 2006: ¥1,000,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,000,000)
Fiscal Year 2005: ¥900,000 (Direct Cost: ¥900,000)
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| Research Abstract |
In recent years, consumer organizations that protect consumers have been consulted more than ever before in Japan.
However, more advanced conditions exist in several Western countries, therefore, while keeping the current conditions in Japan in mind, it was decided that a comparison study involving consumer organizations in other countries should be carried out.
The investigation for the actual conditions about well-known consumer organizations in Japan and Western countries and their policy subsidies, disclosed that European consumer policy is more progressive than Japanese policy.
In Europe, receiving money from the government is not perceived to be a problem. In Japan, there is no system in place to receive funds from the government. And it appears that groups believe if they received money from the government, it would lead to a loss of independence. However, this perception is gradually diminishing.
Moreover, there is a consumer group that has received money/funds from a private corporate enterprise in the United States, and this group has been omitted from international consumer activism by their peers. In Japan, there are some consumer groups that want to advance cooperation with business, but in Europe, many consumer groups are wary of doing so because if a consumer group receives money from business, it is excluded from other consumer groups.
Groups are caught in a difficult situation-how to receive founding whilst maintaining their independence.
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