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{{Infobox company
|name = Japan Electronic Industries Development Association
|former_name = Ryoko Communications Association Co., Ltd. (1967–1989)
|type = [[Privately held company|Incentive]] [[Kabushiki gaisha|KK]]
|industry = [[trade association|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 [[Japan Electronics and Information Technology Industries Association|JEITA]])
|fate = Pending merger with [[EIAJ]], reorganized into [[Japan Electronics and Information Technology Industries Association|JEITA]]
|successor = [[Japan Electronics and Information Technology Industries Association|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 [[Japan Electronics and Information Technology Industries Association|JEITA]] on November 1, 2000.

JEIDA was similar to [[SEMATECH]] of the US, [[Ecma International|ECMA]] of Europe.

JEIDA developed a number of standards, including the [[JEIDA memory card]], and the [[Exchangeable image file format|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 [[Japan Electronics and Information Technology Industries Association|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:Trade associations based in Japan]]
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[[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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