# Shokudanren (Japan Food & Beverage Association / JFBA)

> 一般社団法人日本飲食団体連合会（食団連 / JFBA）is an industry-wide federation
> that unites Japan's restaurant and food-service organizations into a single
> voice. Founded December 2021. Its mission is policy advocacy for the
> food-service industry, establishing the industry's representation toward
> government, building shared data infrastructure, and protecting Japanese food
> culture for future generations.

## Main pages
- [About](https://shokudanren.jp/about): Mission, vision, and values — why the federation exists.
- [Activities](https://shokudanren.jp/activity): The three core activities — policy advocacy, education, and data initiatives.
- [Profile](https://shokudanren.jp/profile): Organization profile, representatives, and the nationwide branch network.
- [Directors](https://shokudanren.jp/director): Board members, advisors, and branch leaders.
- [Members](https://shokudanren.jp/member): Member organizations, cooperating organizations, and corporate partners.
- [Subcommittees](https://shokudanren.jp/subcommittee): Working groups, including the Digital, Corporate Members, and Independent Restaurant subcommittees.
- [News](https://shokudanren.jp/activities): Press releases, policy reports, statistics, and announcements.
- [Owned media: Food is People](https://shokudanren.jp/media): Stories of the people working in food.

## Data
- [Food Industry Dashboard](https://shokudanren.jp/subcommittee): Original BI data on the food-service industry, including profitability indicators by location, store counts by capital size, and business coefficients.

## Key concepts
- "食産業庁" (Food Industry Agency) concept: a long-term vision to create a government agency that oversees the food-service industry, which spans agriculture, economy, labor, and tourism portfolios.
- "外食業法" (Food-Service Industry Act) concept: a mid-term goal to establish a legal foundation for the food-service industry.

## Organization
- Name: 一般社団法人日本飲食団体連合会 (Japan Food & Beverage Association, JFBA)
- Common name: 食団連 (Shokudanren)
- Founded: 2021-12-22
- Location: Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, Japan
- Contact: info@shokudanren.jp
- Wikipedia: https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/日本飲食団体連合会
- X (Twitter): https://x.com/shokudanren
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/shokudanren
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/shokudanren_official