JARA NEWSfrom
Japan Automotive Recyclers Alliancewww.jara.co.jp

November 2016, No. 105

Published by JARA Corporation
Tokyo Head Office: Shinawa Bldg. 1-2-2-7F,
Nihonbashi, Chuo-ku, Tokyo JAPAN 103-0027
Phone: +81 3 3548 3010 / Fax: +81 3 3231 4690

Government calls for voluntaryrules for house and car sharing

JARA holds a basic workshop for
production manager at Mie Parts Co.

10th straight year award-winner
Hida Tec

JARA holds basic
workshop for production
managers at Mie Parts

conversation between professionals and thenpropose appropriate parts to them.” Thecompany plans to incorporate the BP-related
curriculum in its middle-level workshop, aswell. (Daily Automotive News, Sept. 29issue)

JARA Corporation recently held its Basic
Seminar for Production Managers at Mie
Par ts C o . , L t d . , i n Su z u k a Ci t y, M i e
Prefecture. In addition to usual the themes,such as inventory management and safety
operation, the workshop newly included
basic knowledge of body and paint repair(BP). Roughly 20 trainees learned practicalknowledge on how to produce parts in a waythat meet customers’ needs, including BPand repair work.
Since the Basic Workshop for Front Desk
Staff held this June, JARA has introduced
the additional curriculum of vehicle bodyrepair. In the basic workshop for production
managers, an actual vehicle was used as alearning tool, along with a lecture. Byacquiring basic knowledge of BP, such as
body structure, paint film and insurance,“trainees will be able to produce parts while
focusing on consumers’ needs. They would
not be simply engaged in parts production”,
according to JARA.
This BP-oriented approach taken byJARA is to “enable communication using acommon language between front desk andproduction staff.” The company said that,previously, it had produced parts simply
centering on those with no damage or thosesold well. But it will be important for us tolearn to fully understand customers throughHida Tec wins '10th
Straight Year Special
Award'Hida Tec Co., Ltd., of Joetsu City, Niigata
Prefecture, has received the prize for “10thStraight Year Special Award” from theAutomobile Shredder Residue Recycling
Promotion Team (ART). The company’s
Niigata Auto Recycle Center in Joetsu City,and Niigata Auto Recycle Center Kaetsu in
Niigata City, won the award. Hida Tec’s
long-term efforts toward complete recyclingof end-of-life-vehicles were highlyevaluated.
ART consists of 12 domestic and foreign
carmakers, including ¬Nissan, Suzuki, Fuji
Heavy Industries, Mazda, Mitsubishi Motorsand Isuzu. The team promotes appropriateand efficient recycling that is in line withJapan’s automobile recycling law and has anawarding system for excellent recyclers.
At the award presentation, an ART official
said, “We are thankful for Hida Tec’s
continuing efforts toward complete
recycling. The award started in 2006 and thespecial award is for a company that has won
the award for 10th consecutive years.”(Daily Automotive News, Oct. 12 issue)

The government has decided to ask the
car industry and housing industry toestablish rules on car sharing and housesharing.
A “sharing economy” study committee,
which is a sub-group of the “IT Strategies
Headquarters”, will compile an interim
report. Currently, sharing services, whichc o n n e c t u s e r t o u s e r, l a c k a c l e a r
responsibility, causing concern among many
consumers about share service-relatedaccidents or trouble. As such, thegovernment decided to have the relatedindustries establish rules and regulations.
The basic policy indicates that a shareservice company should take out insurance
for accidents and troubles, as well as have acall center for claims. It also calls for raising
the reliability of after-use evaluation andensuring identity verification. The opinionof local communities should be incorporated
into the rule making. A company would berequired to r clarify that its service does notcontradict existing laws.
While stressing the importance of userprotection using the voluntary rules, thegovernment will also search and makepublic good examples that can enable share
services to be useful for regional
revitalization. In the case that if the extent ofexisting laws is not clear, the government
will encourage use of the “System toEliminate Regulatory Grey Zones” forconforming the scope of such laws inadvance, thereby supporting the sounddevelopment of the share business market.
(Daily Automotive News, Oct. 6 issue)

JARA NEWS No. 105 November 2016 Page 2For smooth recycling of vehicles
damaged by disasters (photos: Vehicles
damaged by the Great East JapanEarthquake)

Government to prepare
disaster-damaged vehicle
recycling system

The government is to establish a systemfor processing vehicles damaged in largescale disasters, such as heavy rain andearthquakes. By linking with the broadregion plans of local bodies for disaster
waste processing, the government will createa manual on public-private cooperation,
after surveying detailed cases of response
measures taken in the past, such as related tothe Great East Japan Earthquake. It will also
compile estimates of damaged vehicles by apossible massive Nankai Trough Earthquake.
Amid the frequent occurrence of disasters,
the government aims to prepare for disasters
in normal times.
The Great East Japan Earthquake
damaged more than 300,000 vehicles, ofwhich about 70,000 were recycled. The
Kumamoto Earthquake resulted in 1.95
million tons of disaster waste, for which
local governments were forced to build
temporary storage yards and a processing
system. This April, the Ministry of theEnvironment and the Ministry of Economy,
Trade and Industry informed prefecturaland city governments of the proceduresfor vehicles damaged in disasters. The
procedures state that damaged vehicles
should be collected and stored in centralyards, after which owners will be identified
using the license plates or vehicle inspection
certificates so that processing can takeplace. If an owner cannot be identified, thelocal government, instead, will handle theprocessing and appropriately record such. To
ensure the safety, damaged vehicles should
be stacked, if necessary, to a maximum
height of 4.5 meters.
The government, with an eye towardextremely severe disasters, such as apossible massive Nankai Trough Earthquake
or an earthquake directly below Tokyo,
intends to build a system even in normal
times in preparation for a disaster, so that alarge number of damaged vehicles could besmoothly processed.
The government is currently asking
local governments to create “Guidelines for
Disaster Waste Control” and is providing
subsidies for on map exercises. It is planning
to incorporate automobile recycling intosuch an existing subsidy system. As forprocessing “damaged vehicles with unknownnumbers,” the government plans to arrange afund from the “Special Recycling Deposit”.
Around 500 million yen will be used innormal times, while around 2 billion yen
will be set aside for post-disaster use.

CO2 Reduction Effect(based on Super-Line System)

The use of Reuse Parts saved

3,341 tons of CO2 emissions
in September 2016
The reference figure represents the difference ofcarbon dioxide (CO2) emissions at the vehicle repair
using genuine (new) parts and recycled parts.*

More than 1 million vehicles likely tobe damaged by earthquake directly below
Tokyo or Nankai Trough earthquake*: Based on "Green Point System", which was jointly
developed by the Japan Automotive Parts Recyclers
Association and Waseda University Environmental
Research Institute using a life cycle assessment (LCA)technique.

According to MOE, more than 300,000
vehicles were damaged by the Great East
Japan Earthquake. The figure was a resultof deducting the volume of vehicles foundin temporary storage yards from that of theassumed number of vehicles damaged by
the ensuing tsunami in Iwate, Miyagi andFukushima prefectures. Of the 300,000, only
70,000 units were recycled. It is assumedthat the remaining vehicles were swept out
to sea. Recyclers did their best to process
damaged vehicles immediately after thedisaster hit, and the work ended about 15
months after the disaster.
However, it is estimated that at least 1
million vehicles would be damaged by anearthquake directly below Tokyo or Nankai
Trough Earthquake. To make matters worse,
fore or bad weather could leave many
vehicles without a trace of their. Preparations
in normal times are needed for the smoothprocessing of disaster-damaged vehicles.
Such processing includes identifying theowners, providing temporary storage and therecycling of next-generation vehicles, suchas electric vehicles. (Daily Automotive News,Oct. 6 issue)

However, parts made using new technologies
or new materials, are required to undergo
evaluation by the High Pressure Gas Safety
Institute of Japan, a process that used to taketwo and a half years to produce in standard
examples.
From now, the new parts, without approvalof national standards, will be approved if it
they pass the safety institute’s evaluation.
Moreover, evaluation results are to be disclosed
to the public, thereby assising other businesses’
efforts for obtaining approval. The institutealso will accept group applications frommultiple companies, which were previously notallowed.
The normal pressure used by hydrogen gas
station is 82 mega-pascals (MPa), while thetemperature of stored hydrogen gas reaches
180 degrees Celsius. Because hydrogen has
properties that degrade metals, a certain levelof safety is required. On the other hand, inorder to lower the cost of hydrogen stations,
new technologies and materials are necessary.
The ministry is continuing to review theapproval system while maintaining safety.
(Daily Automotive News, Oct. 5 issue)

METI introduces new approval
rule for high-pressurehydrogen gas stations

New rule forlowering the costof hydrogenstation (photo:Hydrogen gastanks)

In order to speed up the use of new partsfor high-pressure gas facilities such ashydrogen stations, the Ministry of Economy,
Trade and Industry began to use a “fast-trackapproval system”. The new rule is expected
to shorten the amount of time required fromparts evaluation to actual usage by around sixmonths.
Facilities using high temperatures or highpressure are required to use specified materials
and parts with specified performance levels
under the High Pressure Gas Safety Act. The
government also provides standard examples.
Local governments, which examine the safetyof such parts, decide whether to approve apart or not, based on the standard examples.

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