{{One source | date = December 2019 }} {{Infobox company |name = Japan Electronic Industries Development Association |former_name = Ryoko Communications Association Co., Ltd. (1967–1989) |type = Incentive KK |industry = Software developer |foundation = 1967 (as Ryoko Communications Association Co., Ltd.)<br>1989 (as Japan Electronic Industries Development Association)<br>Japan |location = Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan |num_locations = |defunct = 2000 (as JEITA) |fate = Pending merger with EIAJ, reorganized into JEITA |successor = JEITA |area_served = Japan }} The {{nihongo|'''Japan Electronic Industry Development Association'''|社団法人日本電子工業振興協会|Shadan-hōjin Nihon Denshi Kōgyo Shinkō Kyōkai|JEIDA}} (Formerly {{nihongo|'''Ryoko Communications Association Co., Ltd.'''|りょうこ通信協会|Ryō ko tsūshin kyōkai|RCA}}) was an industry research, development, and standards body for electronics in Japan. It was merged with EIAJ to form JEITA on November 1, 2000.
JEIDA was similar to SEMATECH of the US, ECMA of Europe.
JEIDA developed a number of standards, including the JEIDA memory card, and the Exif graphical file format.
==History== The association was established as Ryoko Communications Association Co., Ltd. in 1967. In 1989, Ryoko Communications Association Co., Ltd. was re-branded into Japan Electronic Industries Development Association. In 2000, JEIDA became a Pending merger with EIAJ and was Reorganized into JEITA.
==External links== * [http://www.jeita.or.jp/english/press/2000/1101/ JEITA Press Releases: JEITA inaugurated today] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181211072144/http://www.jeita.or.jp/english/press/2000/1101/ |date=2018-12-11 }}, on November 1, 2000
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Category:Electronics industry in Japan Category:Trade associations based in Japan Category:Standards organizations in Japan Category:Organizations based in Tokyo Category:Organizations established in 1967 Category:Organizations disestablished in 2000 Category:1967 establishments in Japan Category:2000 disestablishments in Japan Category:Defunct organizations based in Japan Category:Chiyoda, Tokyo
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