2023-2024

CIAJ PROFILEC O M M U N I C AT I O N S A N D I N F O R M AT I O N
N E T W O R K A S S O C I AT I O N O F J A PA N

Who we are
The Communica tions and Informa tion Net work
Association of Japan promotes the further use andadvancement of info-communication technologies (ICT),
aiming for the robust growth of all industries that provides
and/or uses info-communication networks by bringing
together diverse industries and sharing insights. Throughsuch initiatives, CIAJ has the mission of contributing tosolving social issues and realizing an enriching society inJapan as well as a sustainable global community.
CIAJ was established in 1948 as a voluntary industry
as sociation composed mainly of telecom terminal
manufacturers and network infrastructure vendors. In
October 2009, CIAJ embarked on a new page in its history
by becoming a general incorporated association.
CIAJ’s diverse regular members include communication
network and equipment vendors, telecommunication
carriers, service providers and user companies.
Acting as a voice for the info-communication industry, CIAJ
is committed to the healthy development of the industry.
We strive to further strengthen our capacity to present
policy proposals as well as advocate industry views on
government policies, establish a suitable environment forthe creation of new businesses by promoting the use of ICT,
encouragebusiness

globalinitiatives

and tackle common
industry issues, suchaseasing

Present Policy
Requesttheindustry’s impact on
the environment.

Create New
Business

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Tackle Various
Industry Issues

CIAJ Management Team (As of July, 2023)
Board of Directors

ChairmanVice Chairman

Hiroyuki Morikawa

Tsukasa Aiura

Professor
Department of ElectricalEngineering andInformation Systems
Graduate School ofEngineering
The University of Tokyo

Director and Senior ExecutiveOfficer, General Manager
ICT Business Division
Iwatsu Electric Co., Ltd.

Vice Chairman

Director

Yasushi Takagi

Hirokazu Hamada

SVP
System Platform Business
Executive Director
Fujitsu Limited

Representative Director,
President, Group CEO
Anritsu Corporation

Director

Director

Toshihiko Matsui

Norihiko Inde

Telecommunications
Carriers Association(Vice President, Regulatory
Division Head, SoftBank Corp.)

General Manager
Account relation
Management Office
Toshiba Corporation

Director

Director

Shuji Nakamura

Yasuyuki Nomizu

Executive Officer
Mitsubishi ResearchInstitute, Inc.

Corporate Officerand CDIO
Ricoh Company, Ltd.

Executive Vice President

Yoshinori Ishii
CIAJSenior Steering Committee Members
NEC CORPORATION

FUJITSU LIMITED

Steering Committee Members
ANRITSU CORPORATIONIWATSU ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
OKI ELTRIC INDUSTRY CO., LTD.

HITACHI KOKUSAI ELECTRIC INC.
MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
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CIAJ contributes to the advancement of ICT as theindustry association representing info-communications.
Presenting policy requests and industry views on government
policies for the vitalization of the ICT industry
CIAJ promotes the robust growth of the industry by making policy requests to thegovernment, representing member “voices” for public comments and exchanging views
with relevant authorities from the perspective of “strengthening alliances with otherindustries,” “promoting global business initiatives” and “tackling industry-wide issues.”

The Chairman submitted a CIAJ policy proposal to ParliamentaryVice-Minister of Internal Affairs and Communications in May 2023.

Opinion-exchange meeting on wireless business between
CIAJ and Japanese government in Feb. 2023.

Creation of new businesses
Promoting global business and the applicationsof ICT in new areas.
On-going activities include multi-dimensional
support of IoT business initiatives andco-sponsoring the annual international
exhibition, CEATEC.

Tackling issues faced by the info-communication industry
Taking the lead in addressing environmental issues, enhancing safety and reliability andother industry-wide challenges. Actual initiatives cover decreasing the industry’s carbon
footprint to ease global warming, promoting the recycling of mobile phones, raisingawareness of network security and establishing communication accessibility for all.

25th World Electronics Forum (WEF) in France where
the global leaders and policymakers gathered.

3CIAJ Organization (As of July, 2023)
General Meeting

Auditors

Board of Directors

Policies Planning Committee

Steering Committee

Strategies Planning Committee
New Businesses Study Expert Group
Budget Management Committee

Working Committees
ICT Promotion Committee for Healthcare,
Medical and Social Welfare Services

Product Safety Committee

Connected Vehicles Utilization& Promotion Committee

Network Systems Committee

Traffic Data Utilization
Committee

Equipment JISSO Committee

5G/Beyond 5G Systems
Committee

Router & Switch TechnologyCommittee

IP Network System Committee

ICT Network Equipment Security
Committee

Optical Networks Committee

Research & Statistics Committee

Radio Communications
Systems Marketing Committee

IoT Promotion Committee

Image Data Communications& Facsimile Committee

Wireless Business Committee

User Network Systems
Committee

Global Study & Policy Committee

Multimedia Communications
Committee

Koike Study Group

Mobile Telecommunications
Committee

Chinese/Asian Info-communications
Issues Study Group

Telecommunications Quality
Committee

QMS Committee

Electromagnetic Interference
Committee

General Affairs Committee

Conformity Assessment Committee
Environmental Committee

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CIAJ Members (As of August, 2023)
Regular Members (89 companies/organizations)
6TH INC.

KYOCERA DOCUMENT SOLUTIONS INC.

OI ELECTRIC CO., LTD.

ALAXALA NETWORKS CORPORATIONMARUBUN CORPORATIONOKI ELECTRIC INDUSTRY CO., LTD.

ALPS ALPINE CO., LTD.

MIRAIT ONE CORPORATIONPSC INC.

AMAZON JAPAN G. K.

MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATIONRICOH CO., LTD.

ANRITSU CORPORATIONMITSUBISHI RESEARCH INSTITUTE, INC.

APRESIA SYSTEMS, LTD.

MIYAKAWA ELECTRIC WORKS, LTD.

SANKYU ELECTRONICSCORPORATIONASSOCIATION OF RADIO
INDUSTRIES AND BUSINESSMURATA MACHINERY, LTD.

SANWA TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.

NAKAYO, INC.

SATO HOLDINGS CORPORATION

BROTHER INDUSTRIES, LTD.

NCXX INC.

SAXA, INC.

BUFFALO INC.

NEC CORPORATIONSEED PLANNING, INC.

CANON INC.

NEC MAGNUS COMMUNICATIONS, LTD.

SEIKO EPSON CORPORATIONCANON MARKETING JAPAN INC.

NEC PLATFORMS, LTD.

SEIKO SOLUTIONS INC.

CIENA COMMUNICATIONS JAPAN CO., LTD.

NEXTSCAPE, INC.

SHIKINO HIGH-TECH CO., LTD.

ERICSSON JAPAN K. K.

NIHON DENGYO KOSAKU CO., LTD.

SONY CORPORATIONEXEO GROUP, INC.

NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND
TELEPHONE CORPORATIONSUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.

NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND
TELEPHONE WEST CORPORATIONTHE FURUKAWA BATTERY CO., LTD.

NIPPON TELEGRAPH ANDTELEPHONE EAST CORPORATIONTHE TELECOMMUNICATIONTECHNOLOGY COMMITTEEHITACHI KOKUSAI ELECTRIC INC.

NITTO KOGYO CORPORATION

TJ JAPAN CO., LTD.

IFORCOM CO., LTD.

TOMEI TSUSHIN KOGYO CO., LTD.

INFOCOM RESEARCH, INC.

NTT ADVANCED TECHNOLOGYCORPORATIONIWATSU ELECTRIC CO., LTD.

NTT ANODE ENERGY CORPORATIONTOSHIBA TEC CORPORATIONIZUMI COMMUNICATION SERVICE CO., LTD.

NTT COM ENGINEERINGCORPORATIONTRENDWORKS CO., LTD.

NTT COMMUNICATIONSCORPORATIONYAMAHA CORPORATION

FUJIFILM BUSINESS INNOVATION CORP.
FUJITSU LIMITEDHITACHI INFORMATION &TELECOMMUNICATIONENGINEERING, LTD.

JAPAN AVIATION ELECTRONICS
INDUSTRY, LTD.

5TAMURA CORPORATION

THE FURUKAWA ELECTRIC CO., LTD.

TOSHIBA CORPORATIONTSUZUKI DENKI CO., LTD.

JAPAN INTERPHONE
INDUSTRY ASSOCIATIONNTT COMWARE CORPORATIONYAMAKO ELECTRIC
MANUFACTURE CO., LTD.

JAPAN RADIO CO., LTD.

NTT DATA GROUP CORPORATIONYOKOGAWA ELECTRIC CORPORATIONJAPAN TELECOMMUNICATIONSEQUIMENT AND MATERIALSMANUFACTURERS COOPERATIVEASSOCIATION

NTT DOCOMO, INC.

YRP R&D PROMOTION DEPARTMENTKDDI CORPORATIONNTT LOGISCO INC.

KINKI DENKI CO., LTD.

NTT TECHNOCROSS CORPORATIONKONICA MINOLTA, INC.

NTT URBAN SOLUTIONS, INC.

KYOCERA CORPORATION

NTT-ME CORPORATIONNTT INFRANETNTT INNOVATIVE DEVICES CORPORATIONSupporting Members (52 companies/organizations)
ACCTON TECHNOLOGYCORPORATIONJAPAN EMBEDDED SYSTEMSTECHNOLOGY ASSOCIATIONSENJU METAL INDUSTRY CO., LTD.

ALPHA SYSTEMS INC.

SOFTWARE ASSOCIATION OF JAPANDOCOMO DATACOM, INC.

JAPAN SOCIETY FOR THE
PROMOTION OF MACINE INDUSTRYDOCOMO TECHNOLOGY, INC.

JAPAN TELEWORK ASSOCIATIONEXEO TECH CORPORATIONJVC KENWOOD CORPORETIONFREISTAAT BAYERN-JAPAN OFFICEMOBILE COMPUTINGPROMOTION CONSORTIUM

FUJIKURA LTD.

SKY PERFECT JSAT CORPORATIONSPIRENT COMMUNICATIONS JAPAN K. K.
SUPPORT CENTER FOR ADVANCEDTELECOMMUNITIONS TECHNOLOGYRESEARCHTAIEI MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.

FUJITSU NETWORK SERVICEENGINEERING LIMITEDNAGAMURA MFG. CO., LTD.

TELECOM ENGINEERING CENTER

NEC COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS, LTD.

GENESYS CORPORATIONHITACHI, LTD.

NEC NETWORK & SYSTEMINTEGRATION CORPORATIONTELECOMMUNICATIONS CARRIERSASSOCIATIONHONDA TSUSHIN KOGYO CO., LTD.

NIPPON CAR SOLUTIONS CO., LTD.

ICT CONNECT21NIPPON INFORMATION ANDCOMMUNICATION CORPORATIONINFORMATION & TELECOMMUNICATIONEQUIPMENT CONSTRUCTOR'S ASSOCIATIONJAPAN APPROVALS INSTITUTE FORTELECOMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENTJAPAN CABLE &TELECOMMUNICATIONS ASSOCIATIONJAPAN DATA COMMUNICATIONASSOCIATIONJAPAN ELECTRONICS AND INFORMATIONTECHNOLOGY INDUSTRIES ASSOCIATIONNOKIA SOLUTIONS & NETWORKS CORP.
NS SOLUTIONS CORPORATIONNTT WORLD ENGINEERINGMARINE CORPORATIONRELIABILITY CENTER FOR ELECTRONICCOMPONENTS OF JAPANTERADA CO., LTD.
THE FOUNDATION FORMULTIMEDIA COMMUNICATIONSTHE INSTITUTE OF ADMINISTRATIVEINFORMATION SYSTEMTHE NEXT GENERATION IC CARDSYSTEM STUDY GROUP (NICSS)THE TELECOMMUNICATIONASSOCIATIONTOKURIKI SEIKO CO., LTD.

RICOH JAPAN CORPORATIONTPS, INCORPORATEDROHM CO., LTD.
SANKOSHA CORPORATIONWIRELESS LAN BUSINESSPROMOTION ASSOCIATIONSANSHEN CORPORATIONYOU GO LABInternational Cooperation Partners (19 organizations)
AUSTRALIAN INDUSTRY GROUP (AI)MOBILE MANUFACTURERS FORUM (MMF)

CANADIAN ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY ALLIANCE (CATA)TAIWAN ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONIC MANUFACTURERS' ASSOCIATION (TEEMA)COMMUNICATIONS ASSOCIATION OF HONG KONG (CAHK)TAIWAN TRADE CENTER (TTC)

DIGITALEUROPE

TELECOM EQUIPMENT MANUFACTURERS' ASSOCIATION OF INDIA (TEMA)FEDERATION DES INDUSTRIS ELECTRIQUES,ELECTRONIQUES ET DE COMMUNICATION (FIEEC)TELECOMMUNICATIONS INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION (TIA)

KOREA ASSOCIATION FOR ICT PROMOTION (KAIT)TEMA EXPORT PROMOTION FORUM (TEPF)

KOREA INDUSTRY TECHNOLOGY FOUNDATION (KOTEF)

THE TECHNOLOGY INDUSTRIES OF FINLAND (TIF)

KOREA RADIO PROMOTION ASSOCIATION (RAPA)VIETNAM ELECTRONIC INDUSTRIES ASSOCIATION (VEIA)

KOREA TRADE-INVESTMENT PROMOTION AGENCY (KOTRA)ZENTRALVERBAND ELEKTROTECHNIK UND ELEKTRONIKINDUSTRIE E.V. (ZVEI)TELECOMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY ASSOCIATION (TTA)

6Communications and Information
Network Association of Japan
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