Japan Auto Body Industries Association Inc (JABIA)
Nihon Jidosha Shatai Kogyokai SH
Nihon Jidosha Kaikan 15F
1-1-30 Shiba Daimon
Minatoku Tokyo 105-0012
Tel 03 35781681
Fax 03 35781684
Website: www.jabia.or.jp

Association Activity : Our former body, the then Auto-Body Industries Union, was ordered to dissolve by the Organization Restriction Regulations in 1948 after the WWII. Then, we were reborn as an Auto-Body Industries Association.

After going through a number of changes, we were renamed to JapanAuto-Body Industries Association (JABIA) in 1953, and in 1958 its registration system was changed from a regional association registration to an individual registration. In 1970, it was reorganized as an incorporated association under an approval of Trade and Industry Department.

Meanwhile, nine branches were established nationwide starting with the Kanto Branch in 1991 aiming to further revitalize our activities.
Activities of our branches are aimed to deal with issues unique to their respective regions and are performed in a mutually complementary relationship with the Head Office as if they were wheels of a vehicle.

In February 1954, we held a competition for a design of our Membership mark.

We entrusted Mr. Takeo Terada, a member of Association of Artists, or Nikakai, witha judgment and out of twenty three entries he selected the design shown left, a tire with a feather arranged, for our membership badge.

Being comprised of president, executive directors and member staff, our Head Office is in charge of overall administration of whole JABIA.

Among chief responsibilities of the head office are to promote activity plans in accordance with the decisions made at an ordinary meeting and also to deal with relevant governmental bodies such as Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry and Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport. It also provides support for small- and medium-size companies, tackles with technical and environmental problems, and serves as an executive office for eight divisions such as Bus Division and Truck Division.

Our Activities

• Support for stable company management
• Request for relaxing regulations
• Study on safety issues
• Study on environmental issues
• Activities to eliminate illegal modification vehicles
• Facilitation of servicing, maintenance and repair
• Establishment of JABIA standards
• Participation in ISO standards establishment
• Establishment of self-regulations
• Examination of rear bumper, fire-resistant interior materials, etc.
• Providing support in official approval application for the business of transporting before-registration vehicles
• Exhibition at Tokyo Motor Show
• Visit to overseas automobile facilities
• Collection and announcement of production statistical data
• Issue of Auto-Body News