About the JHPIA

Corporate history, activities, and organization of the JHPIA

  • Organization
  • History
  • Activity
  • Product
  • Members
 
Organization

      Japan Hygiene Products Industry Association(JHPIA) is the industry organization formed by the companies engaged in manufacture and sale of the hygiene products and their materials.

Currently, the product areas our member companies are dealing cover medical/quasi medical products, medical devices and other general hygiene products.
More specifically, they are absorbent cotton, gauze, bandage, sanitary napkin, tampon, disposable diaper for both baby and adult, paper sheet and first-aid dressing.
We are proud that we have contributed to maintaining the national quality level of life including for medicine and care. We are all aware that our responsibilities are greater since the quick reaction to disasters and the provision of services and products needed by the elderly people are included in parts of our mission.

Because of this, we must pay an extra attention not only to quality and stable supply of products but to safety and environmental friendliness.

We are proud that we contribute to the people both nationally and internationally through supplying the hygiene products and are committed ourselves to further growth in the 21st century.

Michitaka Sawada
Chairman of JHPIA
 

 

Japan Hygiene Product Industry Association［As of Jun 18,2024］

 
Location

 
Hamamatsucho TS Bldg 9F, 2-8-14 Hamamatsucho Minato-ku, Tokyo, Japan, 105-0013
Telephone : 81-3-6403-5351 Fax : 81-3-6403-5350
Website : https://www.jhpia.or.jp
E-mail : [email protected]

 
Date of Foundation

 
December 28, 1950

 
Number of Members

 
Full member: 240 companies (including 2 cooperative associations)
Supporting member: 29 companies

 
Board Members

 
Chairman :   Michitaka Sawada (Kao Corporation)

Vice-Chairman :   Akira Yokoi (Yokoisada Co., Ltd.)
Toshiaki Takatsu (Nichiban Co., Ltd.)
Masao Osaki (Osaki Medical Corporation)
Yasumasa Amada（Hakujuji Co.,Ltd.）
Shinji Mori（Unicharm Corporation）

Senior Managing Director
Secretary General :		   Shinya Takahashi

Managing Director :   Yukihiro Nakano

 
Activities

 
Japan Hygiene Products Industry Association and its Committees
Japan Hygiene Products Industry Association conducts its operations with the basic principles of 1) strengthening of compliance, 2) response to environment issues, 3) information exchange and international cooperation in terms of technologies, industry standards and safety, and 4) enhancement of PR activities. Our activities are led by the following committees:

 
Policy Committee :

 
・   Planning and examination of operational plans

・   Constituent members: 13 members including the Chairman, Vice-Chairmen, committee chairmen and the Secretary General

 
General Affairs Committee : Hiromasa Iwatsuki (Iwatsuki Co., Ltd)

 
・   Review JHPIA's organization and explore streamlining of operations

 
Finance Committee :Shunji Hitotsubashi (Hakuzo Medical Corporation)

 
・   Planning of budgets based on the operational plans

 
Public Relations Committee : Shigeru Yamashita (Pigeon Corporation)

 
・   Enhancement of Public Relations by improving JHPIA's website

・   Effective use of opportunities for press announcements and preparation of publicity materials

・   Promotion of better understanding based on voluntary standards and survey data

 
Environment Committee : Shinji Mori (Unicharm Corporation)

 
・   Response to the Containers and Packaging Recycling Law

・   Information collection on total waste disposal

・   Study on a recycle-based society

 
Legal Affairs Committee : Takeshi Kawamoto (Kawamoto Corporation)

 
・   Thorough implementation of GQP (quality control) and GVP (safety management) based on the Pharmaceutical Affairs Law

・   Establishment and thorough familiarization of voluntary standards for household products not covered in the Pharmaceutical Affairs Law

 
Technical Committee : Yasumasa Amada (Hakujuji Co., Ltd.)

 
・   Establishment and thorough implementation of standards such as voluntary antibacterial standards and sterilization standards

・   Promotion and information collection of the GS1-128 barcode

・   Approach to the global standards such as ISO

・   Efforts on safety in cooperation with EDANA and IPA

 
Organization chart

   

 
Japan Hygiene Materials Industry Association

 
Directors

 
Chairman :   Yasumasa Amada (President, Hakujuji Co., Ltd.)

Vice Chairman :   Yasuhiro Kunieda (President, SUZURAN MEDICAL INC.)
Makoto Fukui (President, Kawamoto Corporation)

 
This association conducts its operations in the areas of hygiene textile products (gauze, bandages, absorbent cotton, cotton swabs and cosmetic puffs). The following two divisions and two expert committees are established to conduct activities.

 
Divisions

 
1)   Cotton Swabs Division

  ・   Grasp of the current marketing situations, including those in related industries

2)   Cosmetic Puffs Division

  ・   Grasp of the current marketing situations, including those in related industries

 
Committees

 
1)   Business Practice Improvement Committee

  ・   Surveys on market trends and a grasp of the current marketing situations

2)   Technology Development Committee

  ・   Improvement of quality technologies and pursuit of product safety, along with product development using new materials developed by technological innovation

3)   PR Committees

  ・   Enhancement of Public Relations by improving JHPIA's website

  ・   Preparation of publicity materials

 
Japan Hygiene Paper Industry Association

 
Directors

 
Chairman :   Shinji Mori（Unicharm Corporation）

Vice Chairman :   Yasumasa Amada (President, Hakujuji Co., Ltd.)
Risako Saito（Exective Officer General Manager,Sales Management Headquarters Marketing Headquarters,Oji Nepia Co., Ltd.)
Yuko Iijima (Director R&D Division, Nippon Paper Crecia Co., Ltd.)

 
This association conducts its operations in the areas of hygiene paper products (disposable diapers, sanitary napkins, sanitary tampons, hygiene paper and paper bed sheets) with 2 divisions and 2 expert committees.

 
Divisions

 
1)   Disposable Diapers and Liner Manufacturers Division

  ・   Improvement of quality technologies and pursuit of safety

  ・   Measures for environmental issues and information exchange on the environment

2)   Sanitary Products Division

  ・   Napkin Subcommittee

  ・   Response to the issues on the labeling of sanitary napkins as well as disposal of used products

  ・   Establishment of material standards in regard to applications for approval, and collection of other information on the Pharmaceutical Affairs Law

  ・   Tampon Subcommittee

  ・   Promotion of menstrual tampons

  ・   Provision of information on the safety of tampons with regard to the Pharmaceutical Affairs Law and the quality standards

 
Committees

 
1)   Public Relations Committee

  ・   Promotion of products, including disposable diapers, sanitary products, tampons, liners and pantiliners, and better dissemination of information on the disposal of used products

2)   Steering Committee

  ・   Solution of issues common to the two divisions and committee as well as the invigoration of industry activities, in order to contribute to the development of the industry

 
Japan First Aid Bandage Industry Association

 
Directors

 
Chairman :   Toshiaki Takatsu (President, Nichiban Co., Ltd. )

Vice Chairman :   Yasuhiro Kuki (President, ASO Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.)

 
This association has two expert committees ー the Marketing Committee and the Management Committee ー to conduct activities, including market trend surveys on first aid bandages, and information exchange with concerned administrative authorities and organizations.

 
Committees

 
1)   Marketing Committee

  ・   Consideration of the marketing of first aid bandages from various aspects, such as environmental and recycling issues, with a focus on surveys on market trends, including statistical surveys, and an understanding of current marketing situations

2)   Operations Committee

  ・   Establishment of voluntary industry standards for first aid bandages, coordination with other industry organizations, and liaison with concerned administrative authorities

 
Japan Cleansing Wipes Industry Association

 
Directors

 
Chairman :   Masao Osaki (President, Osaki Medical Corporation)

Vice Chairman :   Koji Kato (President, Daiei Corporation)
Yuko Iijima (Director R&D Division, Nippon Paper Crecia Co., Ltd.)
Rikiya Ishikawa (President, Daikoku Industry Co., Ltd.)

 
This association is formed by member companies which manufacture and sell (or import) products or constituent materials of cleansing cotton, such as wet tissues, baby wet wipes, wet non-woven towelettes and wet paper towelettes. The following three divisions and three expert committees are established to conduct activities.

 
Divisions

 
1)   Cleansing Cotton Division :

  ・   Provision of information on quasi-medical cleansing cotton to consumers, mutual information exchange among member companies, and promotion of product penetration

2)   Wet Tissues Division :

  ・   Promotion of safe products by such means as quality improvement and proper labeling based on voluntary standards

3)   Wet Towelettes Division :

  ・   Main activities include ensuring safety and quality improvement of wet non-woven towelettes and wet paper towelettes, as well as information exchange among member companies with the purpose of a healthy development of the market

 
Committees

 
1)   Operations Committee

  ・   Formed by the Chairmen and the Vice-Chairmen of the above three divisions as well as the two committee chairmen, for the purpose of properly responding to issues surrounding the Japan Cleansing Wipes Industry Association, in order to invigorate the activities and contribute to the development of the association

2)   Technical Committee

  ・   Technology development, examination of test methods for the purpose of quality improvement of cleansing cotton products, and studies on safety

3)   Research and Public Relations Committee

  ・   Through the website, provision of information to member companies in order to promote communication among them, while striving to improve consumer trust

 
Japan Face Mask Industry Association

 
Directors

 
Chairman :   Akira Yokoi (President, Yokoisada Co., Ltd.)

Vice Chairman :   Masayuki Tamagawa (Chairman, Tamagawa Eizai Co., Ltd.)
Yuji Uragami (Director, Department Manager, R&D Department, sales, Headquarters, Hakugen Earth Co., LTD.)
Hiroyuki Takahashi (Executive Officer, Senior Manager, Self Care Product Development Management Dept.Research & Development Division, Kowa Company,Ltd)

 
Established on March 24, 2005, this association aims to promote the proper labeling of masks and educate users, with the following two expert committees:

 
Committees

 
1)   Public Relations Committee

  ・   Promotion of the widespread use and proper labeling of masks in accordance with voluntary labeling standards

2)   Technical Committee

  ・   Studies on issues such as the standardization of test methods for filtering performance