Association for the Promotion of Electric Vehicles

Our mission

To leave the beautiful Earth for our children in the future̶this is the strong desire that has driven us toestablish the former Association for the Promotion of Electric Vehicles on June 29, 2010, to promote EV.
Now is the time for us to fulﬁll our responsibility towards posterity and to take ongoing action in order thatthe future generations, including our children and grandchildren, can continue living a healthy life in a richnatural environment.

Our Activities

Networking across various fields for the promotion of EV
Small&Medium
EV Firms

The shift to EV has been accelerated in the world. Various countries have stated that they will ban sales ofgasoline and diesel vehicles by 2040-50 to reduce CO2 emissions. In the Japanese automobile industry, theera of next-generation environmentally friendly vehicles, such as Toyota Prius PHV and Nissan LEAF, has
moved on to the second generation. Toyota MIRAI FCV has also spread widely and EV development is about
to be launched by new collaborations, too.

Parts

manufacturers
Localgovernments

For the maintenance of global environment and the realization of sustainable society, it is our intention toacquire broad cooperation from people in various positions throughout industries, governments andacademics to exert their inﬂuences in all directions. This will realize a world where many consumers consider
electric vehicles, among other candidates for personal transportation, and actually choose one. We would
sincerely ask for your support.

Distribution
Universities,
Research
institutes
Energy,Communication,IoT

Events organized by APEV

Honorary Chairperson

Chairperson

President

Honorary Adviser, Benesse Holdings, Inc.
Representative, Benesse Art Site Naoshima
President, Naoshima Fukutake Art Museum Foundation
General Producer, Setouchi Triennale

Director and Chairman, MJS M&A Partners CO., LTD.
Director, Miroku Jyoho Service Co., Ltd.
Director, NAGANO KEIKI CO., LTD.
Director, United Semiconductor Japan Co., Ltd.
Chairman, International Aircraft Development Fund
Minamisoma City Reconstruction Advisor

Chairman / CEO of Tajima Motor Corporation
Chairman / CEO of Idemitsu Tajima EV Corporation

Soichiro Fukutake

Masanori Suzuki

Nobuhiro Tajima

Kazunobu Sato : Chairman, Ehime EV Promoters Association, Ehime Industrial Promotion Foundation
Visiting Professor, The University of EhimeAdvisor, FTC Co., Ltd.
Hitoshi Arima : President, Arima Management Design, Ltd.,
Project Leader, Skills Management Association
Chairman, Yokohama Smart CommunityDirector, Systems Engineering Research Association
Visiting Professor, Nagasaki Institute of Advanced Science and Technology
Visiting Professor, Information Engineering, Kyushu Institute of Technology
Takahiro Suzuki : Research Professor, New Industry Creation Hatchery Center, Tohoku University
Visiting Professor, Interfaculty Initiative in Information Studies, University of Tokyo
Visiting Professor, International Research Center, Reitaku University
Visiting Professor, Research Institute for new Technology Creation, Nagasaki Institute of Applied Science
Toshio Yamashita : CEO, INTERROBANG DESIGN INC.
Director, Car Design Academy
Kohei Kusaka : Part-time Lecturer, School of Engineering, The University of TokyoManaging Director of Technical Dept., TOKA SEIKI Co., Ltd.
Hiroshi Fujiwara : Chairman, President and CEO, BroadBand Tower, Inc.
President and CEO, Internet Research Institute, Inc.
Mamoru Shiiki : Visiting Professor, Ritsumeikan University
Assistant General Manager, Association for the Promotion of Electric Vehicles
Eriko Araki : Benesse Holdings,Inc.
Benesse Corporation,Inc.
Yoshihiko Kamiaraiso : Assistant General Manager, Association for the Promotion of Elecrtic Vehicles
Tajima Motor Corporations[Honorary Counselor]
Hiroshi Yokokawa : President, Japan Association of Athletics Federations[Counselor] Hisato Hoshi : Corporate Adviser, Benesse Holdings, Inc.
[Directors]

Major
Automobile
Manufacturers

News media

Committee meetings

Regional e-mobility promotion committee, Technical Committee, etc.
(each meeting 3-4 times a year)

Participation in EV related
exhibitions

Several times a year

Lectures and symposiums

Participation in exhibitions andsymposiums abroad
Sending lecturers
Host events

Tokyo Island Motor Show organized by the Tokyo Metropolitan Government as a cooperator
Seminars organized by our members as a cooperator
Tokyo Motor Show symposium
G7 Transport Ministersʼ Meeting Pre-Evet as a co-organizer (Karuizawa, Nagano), etc.
automechanika SHANHAI2021「AMS Live 2021」
SWITZERLAND GLOBAL ENTERPRISE Green Mobility Symposium,TAIPEI AMPA & AutoTronics Taipei, etc.
Embassy events in India, Israel and other countries
College of Business Administration at Ritsumeikan University
Lectures about EV/FCV in Miyako-jima island, etc.
EV Mobility Design Contest for International Students
TEAM APEV Pikes Peak EV Challenge, etc.

List of Members (as of September 2022)

Regular membership: total of 85 Corporations/Groups (Alphabetical order)
Asahi Kasei Corporation, ASKUL Corporation, ANA MOTOR SERVICE CO.,LTD, BenesseHoldings, Inc., BMW Japan Corp., Continental Automotive Corporation, DASSAULTSYSTEMES, Dana Japan, LTD., DENTSU INC., EXEDY Corporation, HINOMARU
LIMOUSINE CORPORATION, Hino Motors,Ltd., HKS CO., LTD., Japan Tobacco Inc.,KAJIMA CORPRATION, KOWA SEIKI CO.,LTD., Marubeni Corporation, MEIDENSHACORPORATION, MONET Technologies Inc., NICHICON CORPORATION, Nissan MotorCo., Ltd., PIONEER CORPORATION , RICOH JAPAN Corp., PHIARO CORPORATION,Sumitomo Mitsui Auto Service Company, Limited, SUZUKI MOTOR CORPORATION,Tesla Motors, Inc., Toyota Motor Corporation,, YAMAHA MOTOR CO.,LTD., YanoResearch Institute Ltd.
Special membership: total of 160

Supporting membership: total of 56

Advisory administration

Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry,
Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism
We regularly update our oﬃcial website. (https://www.apev.jp/news/en/member.html)