JAPAN AUTOMOBILE RECYCLE NETWORK NEWSVol. 85

MARCH 2015

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hosting in 2015 its
AutomotiveTechnologyCompany-Focus
Seminar, which washeld twice last year.
Although thehandlings of hybridvehicles is theplanned theme of
the first holding thisyear of the seminarscheduled forMarch 1, lecture
content will cover awide spectrum in an aim to heighten
participants’ technical skills. As for public
relations, the alliance will continue to run
advertisement in newspapers andmagazines, while carrying out efforts toincrease awareness through its website. It
will also continue to publish an information
leaflet.
In the parts distribution division, thealliance will encourage members to sharethe contents of lectures from its periodical
Automotive Recycled Parts Logistics StudyMeeting.
BEST will also endeavor to continue
holding meetings by representatives ofmember groups, as well as to resolve intergroup issues. It aims to raise its
organizational power as a whole and willcontinue to host the BEST All Women
Gathering (Joshikai), which is designed to
put to use the power of female personnel.
(Daily Automotive News, Feb. 5 issue)

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CO2 Reduction Effect(based on Super-Line System)

The use of Reuse Parts saved

3,148 tons of CO2 emissions
in January 2015
The reference figure represents thedifference of carbon dioxide (CO2)emissions at the vehicle repair using
genuine (new) parts and recycled parts.**: Based on "Green Point System", which was
jointly developed by the Japan Automotive Parts

The BEST Recyclers Alliance,Recyclers Association and Waseda University
consisting of four major groups of recycled
Environmental Research Institute using a life cycle
assessment (LCA) technique.
auto parts businesses, held its New Year
party in Tokyo on Jan. 28. Coordinatedautomotive recycling businesses, the Nikkan
activities by alliance members are well
Jidosha Shimbun Co. held “The 1st Autoafoot and include mutual transactions ofRecycling Summit” in Tokyo on Jan. 29. At
each company’s inventory and joint
the summit, 16 groups explained theireducational seminars and training courses.
challenges and issues, and discussed theAt the party, the alliance, which adopted a
industry’s future direction. The participants
division-based structure last year,
issued a declaration stating their groups will
announced its intent to increase its sales ofjoin forces to help build a “recycling society”
rebuilt parts by 25 percent in the comingin Japan.
fiscal year from April.
The summit was the first time for nearly all
It was also announced that mutualof Japan’s automotive recycling groups to betransactions among BEST groups increased
represented at a joint event. The main topics
8.81 percent from a year earlier to 2.37
centered on responses to external industry
billion yen in fiscal 2014, year-on-year
issues, such as globalization, how to increase
increase for eight consecutive years, goingawareness of the automotive recycling industry
back to the time of the alliance’s
to other industries, as well as on internal
establishment. In the rebuilt parts business,matters, such as how to increase the use of
the alliance intends to achieve its goal byrecycled parts. As Japan’s law on automobile
launching a combined lineup that includes
recycling law marks its 10th anniversary thisnew parts and by building closer ties withyear,Publishedthe industry
is now
at a turning point.
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JAPAN AUTOMOBILE RECYCLE NETWORK NEWS No.85 MARCH 2015 < 2 >Interview with Makoto Kanazawa,
chief of Automobile Recycling Policy
Office, Automobile Division,
Manufacturing Industries Bureau,
Ministry of Economy, Trade andIndustry, METI

related to promoting the 3Rs and improving
quality. In terms of precise dismantling andutilization of the resources, there is room forfurther improvement. Toward the stable andefficient carrying out of the law, we will havediscussions with local government bodies andthe Japan Automobile Recycling Promotion
Center.

playing a key role in terms of securing
recycled parts that are safer and offer greater
piece of mind.

What about measures for hybrids and fuelcell vehicles?
Kanazawa: With regard to next-generation
vehicles, new materials have already beenused in FCVs. To address that issue, we needto conduct thorough discussions at council
meetings on what to do with when. For FCVs,
we need to find a shared understanding withthe industry and even carmakers of that should
be taken in each of two stages of FCV
diffusion—pre-diffusion and ongoing
diffusion period. That move will involve not
only local government bodies, but also otherministries and agencies. The automobile
recycling industry has a system that governs
car recycling technician. Through that system,
raising the quality of training so that soundbusinesses can represent the automobile
recycling industry will make it easier for us tocommunicate.

It seems that groups and individual
recycling companies are entering overseas
markets.
Kanazawa: We often received numerous
inquiries from certain countries and,sometimes, we gave aids and introduce
recyclers to them. Besides these moves, theindustry in Japan is aggressively extending its
businesses abroad on various levels. Somecompanies invested in China and the Middle
East and even established local standards foroverseas markets. We at METI will also
exchange information related to automobile
recycling with countries in the ASEAN region,
where Japanese vehicles are widespread. In
some ASEAN countries, the establishment of
new rule is making progress. Although it
depends on the country, the experiences ofJapan and other developed countries could
serve as reference. If such a market clearly
develops and Japanese recyclers decided to dobusiness in it, the result would be improved
quality of recycling overall. I think it’s time
for the industry to be more interested in what’s
going on in other countries.

Are the joint meetings for reviewing thelaw making progress?
Kanazawa: Although discussing aconclusion is something that we will do going
forward, both the meeting members and thepersons concerned are clearly aware of issues

How about standards for recycled parts?
Kanazawa: In mid-August of last year, aninterim report was compiled by our study
group. At present, the industry isimplementing self-initiated actions, and weare helping. It’s difficult, because there is noprecedent and the issues faced are different
from those involving ordinary new parts. We
will provide as much support as possible. In
addition to serving as a tool for providing
information to users, I think that the law is

What are the industry-wide issues?
Kanazawa: As we were already moving
forward with this, we will further promote theprovision of information to end-users, notlimited to businesses. I think there is room for
improvement in even how companies engagedin ELV delivery and acceptance provide
information. Also, how to improve the qualityof automobile recycling is to be discussed at
the coming meetings. (Daily Automotive News,Jan. 15 issue)–Continued from Page 1
Automobile Recycling Policy Office,Automobile Division, Manufacturing
Industries Bureau, Ministry of Economy,
Trade and Industry (METI), and Masanori
Shoji, chief of the Office of Recycling
Promotion, Waste Management and Recycling
Department, Ministry of Environment (MOE).
The officials talked about the government’s
efforts and the current status of the automobile
recycling industry.
Looking back on the automobile recycling
businesses up until now, Kanazawa said: “Theautomotive industry has been one of Japan’s
leading industries. But if you consider whether
the automobile recycling industry has reallybeen in the spotlight or not, I’d have to say it
hasn’t.” And he stressed, “Although I
understand that efforts taken by individualcompanies and groups are important, there aremany that need to be tackled by the industry asa united whole.”
Shoji introduced MOE’s efforts, which

focus on three points: promotion of “reuse”
and “reduce,” sophistication of recycling, andshifting from recycling quantity to recycling
quality.
For their part, representatives of theautomobile recycling industry shared theirthoughts under the three-pillar of “Further
promotion of 3Rs inside the industry”,“Expansion of recycled auto parts” and “Theprogression of globalization in automobilerecycling”.
A tough and common hurdle in the industry
is how to get end-of-life-vehicles (ELVs) torecycling sites. “The situation is a clear that wehave to buy ELVs from auto auctions even athigher price”, pointed out NGP Chairman
Toshihiko Hasegawa. Thoese words werereinforced by Big Wave President Atsushi
Hattori, who said: “The shortage of ELVs forparts creation will inevitably get worse”. Other
group representatives also expressed theirconcerns about the shortage of ELVs.
In recent years, ELV acquisition has been aheadache for recyclers. Japan ELV Recyclers
Association Chairman Nishio Kawamura
pointed out: “Many old vehicles 14 years orolder are flowing out of Japan to overseas dueto exporters. I think the brakes need to be
applied to a certain extent for our industry togrow”. A drastic solution has yet to be found.
On the other hand, many recyclers suggest thateach company should accept the situation andmove forward by undertaking self-initiatives.
“Guidelines for handling ELVs were
established under the automobile recycling
law, but they are no more than empty words
today. I am sure that self-help is the only way
to overcome this situation”, said TCR Group
Chairman Takehiko Ohashi. “”Buy expensive
ELVs at auto auctions and sell recycled parts at
higher prices. I think we need that kind of
Samurai-like mental readiness to do so”, said
Japan Parts Association Chairman Ichiji
Hayakawa. It is important for each group totackle the problem squarely, as it is not
avoidable. (Daily Automotive News, Feb. 5 issue)

METI, jointly with the automobile
recycling industry, is working to help
achieve the sound development of therecycled auto parts market. Last year, it
successfully set out a direction forestablishing quality standards for suchparts through a study group. It also
conducted out a survey to determine theactual condition of dismantlers. Daily
Automotive News interviewed the chief of
METI’s Automotive Recycling Policy
Office Makoto Kanazawa, concerning thecurrent status of the recycled partsindustry and the future.
How do you see the industry today?
Kanazawa: Ten years are about to passsince the automobile recycling law went into
effect. Thanks to support from the industry
and all people, the level of our Japanesemodel (of managing automobile recycling)has significantly risen. It has earned a certain
level of praise for its transparent in operations,as well as for its response to calls for to“visualization”. At the same time, werecognize the fact that new issues are arising.

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