Japan Electronic Industries Development Association

The Japan Electronic Industry Development Association (社団法人日本電子工業振興協会, Shadan-hōjin Nihon Denshi Kōgyo Shinkō Kyōkai, JEIDA) (Formerly Ryoko Communications Association Co., Ltd. (りょうこ通信協会, Ryō ko tsūshin kyōkai, RCA)) was an industry research, development, and standards body for electronics in Japan. It was merged with EIAJ to form JEITA on November 1, 2000.

Japan Electronic Industries Development Association

Formerly	Ryoko Communications Association Co., Ltd. (1967–1989)
Company type	Incentive KK
Industry	Software developer
Founded	1967 (as Ryoko Communications Association Co., Ltd.) 1989 (as Japan Electronic Industries Development Association) Japan
Defunct	2000 (as JEITA)
Fate	Pending merger with EIAJ, reorganized into JEITA
Successor	JEITA
Headquarters	Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan
Area served	Japan

JEIDA was similar to SEMATECH of the US, ECMA of Europe.

JEIDA developed a number of standards, including the JEIDA memory card, and the Exif graphical file format.

History

The association was established as Ryoko Communications Association Co., Ltd. in 1967. In 1989, Ryoko Communications Association Co., Ltd. was re-branded into Japan Electronic Industries Development Association. In 2000, JEIDA became a Pending merger with EIAJ and was Reorganized into JEITA.

External links

• JEITA Press Releases: JEITA inaugurated today Archived 2018-12-11 at the Wayback Machine, on November 1, 2000