Chairman, Vice Chairmen, Presidents and Executive Vice President

Chairman:	Etsuhiko Shoyama President and Director, Hitachi, Ltd. (All operations and Policy and Strategy; Environment and Product Safety)
Head Vice Chairman:	Naoyuki Akikusa, President and CEO, Fujitsu Limited (Information Systems; Legal and Intellectual Property Rights)
Vice Chairmen:	Yoichi Morishita, Chairman of the Board, Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. (Legal and Intellectual Property Rights)
	Ichiro Taniguchi, President and CEO, Mitsubishi Electric Corporation (Electronic Devices)
	Koji Nishigaki, President, NEC Corporation (Personal Informatization)
	Nobuyuki Idei, Chairman and CEO, Sony Corporation (Digital Home Appliances)
	Tadashi Okamura, President and CEO, Toshiba Corporation (Industrial Equipment and Social Systems; Technical Standards; Electronic and Information Technology)
	Katsuhiko Machida, President, Sharp Corporation (International Issues)
	Isao Uchida, President, Yokogawa Electric Corporation (Industrial Equipment and Social Systems)
	Masataka Kataoka, President, Alps Electric Co., Ltd. (Electronic Components)
Presidents:	Tatsuo Tanaka
	Hiroshi Tsukamoto
Executive Vice President:	Seishun Sato

Five Features of JEITA

1. Introduction of Vice Chairmen with Specific Leadership Roles

The system of having vice chairman of JEITA aggressively participate in industry-level activities will enhance the activities of JEITA itself will be strengthened, and its presence enhanced.
2. Establishment of the Policy and Strategy Board

This board, in which director-class representatives of member companies will participate, was established with an eye on reinforcing the industry's strategic stance and ability to propose new ideas toward the realization of a digital network society.
3. Organization of Six Boards

Each of the six boards has a theme directly related to a major sector in the Japanese electronics and information technology industry. These boards can deal effectively, precisely and autonomously with the issues facing the industry in their fields.
4. Five Issue-Specific Committees

The mission of these committees is to study and propose comprehensive responses to legal, environmental and other issues of common interest throughout the industry, including intellectual property rights and the framework of the network society.
5. 20% Reduction in Expenses

Compared with 1998, JEIDA and EIAJ have cut their expenses by approximately 10% each, mainly through the elimination of general account budgets owing to reductions in membership fees. However, the forecast for JEITA's budget in fiscal 2001 features an approximately 20% drop in expenses from the full expenses of EIAJ and JEIDA.

Membership

422 full members and 158 associate members (total: 580 companies and organizations)

Staffing

145

Note:

At the start of JEITA's operations, the offices have been divided between existing offices of the two merging associations, including the Tokyo Chamber of Commerce & Industry Bldg. and Shimbashi Kaiji Bldg. (EIAJ), and the Kikai Shinko Bldg. and Sanada Bldg. (JEIDA).

Areas Covered by JEITA

Audio equipment Visual equipment Radio communications systems Radio application equipment Broadcasting equipment Medical electronic equipment Computers and related equipment Electric power supplies Other electronic application equipment Electric measuring instruments Industrial measuring and control instruments

Electronic tubes Discrete semiconductors Integrated circuits Display devices Passive components Functional components Connecting components Transducers Assemblies Other electronic components Software and solution services