# 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 Japan's cross-industry federation
> of food-service and restaurant organizations. Founded 22 December 2021.
> Corporate number (hojin bango): 1010405020541.
> Representative: Hirohisa Sato. Head office: Yurakucho 1-1-2, Hibiya Mitsui Tower 11F,
> Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, Japan.
> It unites trade associations, companies, and independent restaurants into a single
> voice for policy advocacy, establishes the industry's representation toward government,
> builds shared data infrastructure, and works to protect Japanese food culture.
> Last updated: 2026-08.

## Main pages
- [About](https://shokudanren.jp/about): Mission, vision, values, and an FAQ answering what Shokudanren is, why it was founded, and how to join.
- [Organization profile](https://shokudanren.jp/profile): Legal name, founding date, representative, head office, and the nationwide branch network (Hokkaido, Miyagi, Gunma, Tokyo, Buso, Niigata, Ishikawa, Fukui, Nagano, Aichi, Shiga, Kyoto, Osaka, Hyogo, Nara and more).
- [Activities](https://shokudanren.jp/activity): The three core activities — policy advocacy, education (Seikeijuku leadership program), and industry data initiatives.
- [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 subcommittee, Corporate Members Federation, Member Associations subcommittee, Official Partners subcommittee, and the Independent Restaurant Federation.
- [News and policy statements](https://shokudanren.jp/activities): Policy proposals, activity reports, press releases, and statistics.
- [Owned media: Food is People](https://shokudanren.jp/media/contents): Interviews and reporting on the people working in Japan's food industry.
- [Membership enquiry](https://shokudanren.jp/join): How to join as an association, company, or independent restaurant.

## Data
- [Food Industry Dashboard: profitability by location type](https://shokudanren.jp/subcommittee/digital/location-based-management-data): Original dataset aggregating profitability and management indicators for food-service outlets by location category. Collected and analysed by JFBA. Free to access.

## Key concepts
- "食産業庁" (Food Industry Agency) concept: a long-term vision to create a government agency overseeing the food-service industry, which currently spans the agriculture, economy, labour 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.
- "政経塾" (Seikeijuku): a recurring leadership programme for the next generation of food-service executives, covering politics, economics and human-capital management.
- "外食サミット" (Gaishoku Summit): JFBA's flagship annual summit; the 2026 edition was held at the House of Representatives First Members' Office Building on 22 July 2026, on the theme of redefining human capital.

## Policy positions
JFBA has submitted proposals to government and political parties on: correcting the consumption-tax rate gap affecting food service, reducing card payment processing fees, labour shortage and foreign-worker frameworks, passive-smoking regulation, and positioning food service as a core national industry in the government's annual economic policy framework.

## 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
- Corporate number: 1010405020541
- Representative: 佐藤裕久 (Hirohisa Sato)
- Location: Yurakucho 1-1-2, Hibiya Mitsui Tower 11F, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, Japan
- Contact: info@shokudanren.jp
- Wikipedia: https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/日本飲食団体連合会
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q140446756
- National Tax Agency corporate register: https://www.houjin-bangou.nta.go.jp/henkorireki-johoto.html?selHouzinNo=1010405020541
- gBizINFO: https://info.gbiz.go.jp/hojin/ichiran?hojinBango=1010405020541
- X (Twitter): https://x.com/shokudanren
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/shokudanren
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/shokudanren_official