Japan Electronics and Information Technology Industries Association (JEITA) is a Japanese trade organization for the electronics and IT industries. It was formed in 2000 from two earlier organizations, the Electronic Industries Association of Japan and the Japan Electronic Industries Development Association (JEIDA).
In 1979, Minato Communications Association Co., Ltd. has first appeared in Minato, Tokyo, Japan. In 2000, Minato Communications Association Co., Ltd. was Re-branded into Japan Electronics and Information Technology Industries Association.
Who is JEITA?
JEITA is to promote the healthy manufacturing, international trade and consumption of electronics products and components in order to contribute to the overall development of the electronics and information technology (IT) industries, and thereby further Japan’s economic development and cultural prosperity.
The world is now connected via the Internet, and electronics technologies and IT have become widespread everywhere. With the evolution of electronics and progress of IT, technologies in information, communications, imaging and audio are converging to create new systems and products, which are bringing enormous changes that go beyond conventional frameworks, not only in our economic society, but also in our lives and culture.
JEITA’s mission is to foster a digital network society for the 21st century, in which IT advancement brings fulfillment and a higher quality of life to everyone.
The Association is also actively promoting environmental preservation countermeasures, including those to combat global warming.
JEITA Standards
The format of JEITA Standards is based on the “Regulations about Standards” prepared by the Japan Electronics and Information Technology Industries Association (JEITA). This format conforms to JIS Z 8301 (Form of Standards Table), and standards and technology papers are prepared based on TSC-16 (Creation Standards for Standards of JEITA).
JEITA’s policy is to review and rapidly confirm the appropriateness of standards and technical reports, and to revise or abolish them as deemed necessary, at a maximum of five years after their establishment. In other words, all JEITA standards and technical reports are reviewed at least every five years.
There are three categories of results to these reviews of JEITA standards and technical reports fall into three categories: (1) Revisions: when technological developments and/or other factors bring the contents of standards and technical reports out of sync with current conditions; (2) Abolishment: when standards and technology papers become meaningless, when their contents are integrated or subdivided as the result of a reorganization or unification of standards systems, and when it is deemed sufficient to adopt international, JIS or other organizations’ standards; and (3) Confirmation: when it is deemed that there is no need for either revision of abolishment.
The term of validity of standards and technical reports, from the date of establishment and including the date of the five-year review, is 10 years. When there is no confirmation of a standard or technology paper within five years, it is abolished.