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Objective of the Battery Association of Japan (BAJ)

The BAJ promotes research and development of batteries and battery applied products, environmental preservation, recycling, quality and performance improvement, and product safety.
The BAJ intends to promote the sound development of the battery and battery-operated products industries as well as other related industries, thus assisting the progress of industry in general while ensuring safety in and contributing to the improvement in the quality of people's lives.

Operations

The BAJ engages in the following activities to achieve its objective:

1.	Research on batteries and battery applied products
2.	Promotion of activities in environmental preservation, recycling, quality and performance, and product safety relating to battery and battery applied products
3.	Development of applications and educational activities for batteries and battery applied products
4.	Human resource development relating to batteries and battery applied products
5.	Association and cooperation with external organizations involved with batteries and battery applied products
6.	A range of additional activitess required to achieve the Association's objective other than those stated above.

Main Products of the Regular Member Companies

Primary batteries:

Zinc carbon batteries, alkaline zinc manganese batteries, nickel dry batteries, zinc silver oxide batteries, lithium batteries, zinc air batteries, etc.

Rechargeable batteries:

Automotive lead-acid batteries, industrial-use lead-acid batteries, EV-use batteries, nickel cadmium batteries, nickel metal hydride batteries, lithium ion batteries, etc.

Battery apparatus:

Various portable lights, battery applied products, etc.

Others:

Various power supply systems

Outline

Address: Kikai Shinkokaikan Building, 3-5-8, Shiba-koen, Minato-ku, Tokyo 105-0011, Japan

Tel: +81-3-3434-0261
Fax: +81-3-3434-2691

Establishment: May 1948

Budget: 406 million yen (fiscal 2009)

Membership: 15 regular member companies, 62associate member companies

Executives:
Chairman: Mitsuru Homma
Vice Chairman: Hideo Oouchi
Vice Chairman: Naoto Noguchi
Vice Chairman: Katsuhiko Utsumi
Senior Director: Kensuke Nakatani
Executive Director: Yoshito Tsunoda
Auditors: Takahisa Awazitani, Susumu Kamada

16 executives and 2 auditors

Secretariat: One full-time executive and 21 staff members

Location Map

Access to BAJ

Subway:
7 minutes walk from Kamiyacho Station (Hibiya Subway Line)
7 minutes walk from Onarimon Station (Mita Subway Line)
10 minutes walk from Daimon Station (Asakusa Subway Line, O-edo Subway Line)
8 minutes walk from Akabanebashi Station (O-edo Subway Line)

JR:
17 minutes walk from Hamamatsucho Station (JR Line, Tokyo Monorail)

Bus:
Tokyo Tower Bus Stop (City bus running between Hamamatsucho Station and Tokyo Tower Line, running between Hamamatsucho Station and Akabanebashi Station)

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