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combustion automobiles, Japan is getting used to the idea <br>that its future in manufacturing lies in electrical devices<br>-- for the home, the car, portable entertainment, in your <br>body and medicine in general, manufacturing gizmos, retail,<br>
government utilities, vegetable factories, down on the <br>farm... Just about any place inhabited by modern man.<br><br>The thing about electrical devices is that while they are <br>cheap for the benefits they bring, early in their technological<br>
life cycle they require lots of R&D and advanced materials, <br>and typically cost boatloads of money to create the <br>factories needed to make them in enough volume to make<br>them cheap. Thus electrical devices are more resistant to <br>
the predations of recessions and low-cost manufacturing <br>jurisdictions than are other industries. <br><br>Apart from ongoing basic refinements of components and <br>input/output devices, there appear to be four macro channels<br>
of development needed to move Japan and its electrical <br>devices business up the food chain and further out of reach <br>of China and other players. These are: software, networks, <br>memory, and energy storage. <br><br>
Of these, Japan is highly focused on two -- being memory <br>and energy storage, which we imagine is because both <br>sectors rely heavily on materials science and precision <br>manufacturing to produce product improvements, and both are<br>
areas that Japan excels in. <br><br>In particular we find energy storage a promising business <br>sector, because not only are global consumers demanding <br>more portability and functionality, thus requiring higher <br>energy batteries, but because efficient energy storage is <br>
also a strategic advantage that is worthy of substantial <br>future government funding. That is to say, Japan is <br>extremely reliant on imported energy, and it has every <br>motive to find more efficient means of using, storing, and <br>
serving up electricity that is right now being fueled with <br>imported hydrocarbons. <br><br>High on this strategic energy agenda apart from solar cells<br>and wind turbines are Lithium Ion (Li-ion) batteries and <br>smart power grids. <br>
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-----------------------------------------------------------<br><br>[...Article continues]<br><br>There is not much doubt that Japan leads the world in terms<br>of commercialization of battery-based energy storage. About<br>
80% of the world's US$71bn market in batteries, both <br>primary (one-time use) and secondary (rechargeable) is <br>produced by Japanese companies, either in Japan or in <br>China. Needless to say there is plenty of competition <br>
emerging from both Chinese and Korean firms, but it tends <br>to be for lower end products and right now the <br>competition still doesn't have the R&D muscle, finance, <br>or manufacturing infrastructure to be a threat to the<br>
Japanese. No doubt that will change in the next few years. <br><br>Right now, the biggest producer of batteries by volume and <br>value is Sanyo and by virtue of the Sanyo buy-out last year, <br>Panasonic. <br><br>Panasonic is especially hopeful about its prospects in <br>
Li-ion batteries, and says it is already the largest <br>producer of such batteries in the world. Along with Sanyo, <br>Panasonic is in discussions with ten automakers around the <br>world to supply them with Li-ion batteries for both hybrid <br>
and EVs. Accordingly, the companies plan to invest a <br>massive US$1.4bn through to the end of 2011 on production<br>facilities to double their Li-ion cell output.<br><br>Panasonic-Sanyo billion dollar investment is being mirrored<br>
by other Japanese firms in the energy storage industry, and<br>we estimate that the nation's battery makers are <br>collectively investing more than one billion dollars a year<br>in new factories both here and abroad. This huge investment<br>
coupled with ongoing technological breakthroughs -- such as<br>new electrodes being developed by Nissan to double energy <br>capacity, mean that the Japanese are likely to have this <br>market sewn up for at least another 3-5 years. <br>
<br>The market for batteries is huge, rising 40% from US$50bn in <br>2004 to more than US$70bn today. The Li-ion battery market <br>is also taking off and was worth US$8bn in 2008. According <br>to consulting firm AT Kearney, the Li-ion battery market will<br>
grow to a massive US$21.8bn by 2015 and US$74.1bn in 2020.<br><br>The interesting thing is that while everyone is so focused <br>on the immediate goal of making an EV travel more than <br>300km on a single charge -- thus making EVs commercially <br>
viable, there will be many other benefits to society as <br>high-capacity, long-life, 5,000 times rechargeable Li-ion <br>batteries start to appear around the nation. <br><br>One of these is the smart grid concept, whereby all parked <br>
EVs and their highly rechargeable batteries are plugged into<br>and networked with a smart power grid, acting as a gigantic<br>virtual storage battery. This approach will one day save <br>the country billions in hydrocarbon fuels as well as <br>
provide off-peak storage of alternative energy sources <br>such as wind and solar. Further, having such a massive <br>reserve power source will allow TEPCO to not have to power <br>up a coal or oil fired power generator whenever there is a <br>
cold snap or an earthquake that takes a nuclear reactor off <br>line for a few hours. <br><br>Panasonic has big plans for smart grids, and will soon <br>switch on an experimental next-generation project in <br>Denmark. It will start similar experimental smart grid <br>
projects in China at the end of this year and the U.S. and<br>Russia next year. In each case, the company is pairing with<br>local bodies and electricity companies -- providing it with<br>invaluable experience in how the real world operates and <br>
allowing it to find out what new product opportunities there <br>will be.<br><br>With this in mind, we were intrigued by a recent <br>announcement by trading house Itochu, which was an early <br>investor in US-based storage battery company EnerDel. <br>
Itochu in conjunction with EnerDel is going to kick off a <br>new business plan dubbed The Green Crossover Project. The <br>project involves networking EVs on to a power grid, rapid <br>charging the vehicles from solar and other alternative <br>
energy, then recycling used Li-ion batteries after they <br>end their service life, into storage battery applications <br>in homes, elevators, vending machines, and other electrical<br>infrastructure. <br><br>Itochu's smartgrid seems to miss out on the consumer supply<br>
power buffering we mentioned earlier, but we assume that <br>since Itochu is working closely with TEPCO that this will <br>be on the menu as well.<br><br>Unlike Panasonic with its collaborative real-world approach,<br>Itochu seems to be going for closed system testing and an<br>
effort to make its system a country (if not global) <br>standard. News reports say that Itochu's system competes <br>with Israel's Better Place (battery swaps rather than quick <br>recharges) and Coulomb Technologies (different charging <br>
technology). The company seems to think that by virtue of <br>being able to roll out The Green Crossover project across <br>its many commercial real estate holdings in Japan (such as <br>the 8,000 Family Mart convenience stores) -- which would <br>
host the proposed quick charge stations, that it will be <br>able to establish a standard for both smart grids and <br>recharging infrastructure in Japan -- then presumably <br>elsewhere in the world.<br><br>One might ask whether Itochu is talking to Panasonic? <br>
Although they are both powerful companies, if we were to put<br>our bets on one of these horses, the company furthest along<br>the smart grid track at present appears to be Panasonic. <br>We think that Itochu would do well to team up with the Osaka<br>
firm, and appeal to METI to make their combined business a <br>Japan-wide standard. This at least would speed along the<br>infrastructure build out needed to give Japan a smart grid <br>as well. Indeed, METI has just called for such a panel to <br>
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- Possible new polar fiber optic connection to London<br>- Shiseido's 10pm curfew for employees<br>- Keio U. electric car consortium<br><br><br><br>-> Battery maker ups production 40%<br><br>The smart money is betting on a lot more electric and <br>
hybrid cars. Apparently a Panasonic-Toyota JV, Panasonic EV<br>Energy is going to increase its nickel-hydrogen battery <br>output by 40% this year, from between 200K to 300K units. <br>Total product from the Miyagi plant will be 1.1m units a <br>
year. This corresponds with Toyota's plans to produce 1m <br>or more Prius hybrids this coming year. (Source: TT <br>commentary from <a href="http://nikkei.co.jp">nikkei.co.jp</a>, Jan 23, 2010)<br><br><a href="http://www.nni.nikkei.co.jp/e/ac/TNKS/Nni20100122D22JFN01.htm">http://www.nni.nikkei.co.jp/e/ac/TNKS/Nni20100122D22JFN01.htm</a><br>
<br>-> Housewives’ hesokuri savings drop 20%<br><br>You know things are bad when even the money housewives hide<br>from their husbands starts to drop. According to insurance <br>company Sompo Japan, a recent customer survey shows that <br>
housewives’ hesokuri ("secret account") holdings -- <br>typically stashed away to help in family emergencies, kids<br>education, and divorce -- fell about 20% last year due to <br>the poor economy. The typical housewife has about JPY3.7m <br>
stashed away, compared to JPY4.6m in 2008. ***Ed: <br>Interestingly, as belts tighten, housewives are serving up <br>sprouts, tofu, and other low-cost traditional foods for <br>dinner -- meaning that this recession may actually improve <br>
the health of the general population.** (Source: TT <br>commentary from <a href="http://bloomberg.com">bloomberg.com</a>, Jan 20, 2010)<br><br><a href="http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601080&sid=a75BrqvZcJsU">http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601080&sid=a75BrqvZcJsU</a><br>
<br>-> Possible new polar fiber optic connection to London<br><br>Telecoms company Kodiak-Kenai is trying to raise funding <br>to install a new fiber optic cable between Tokyo and <br>London, to considerably increase data capacity between the <br>
two financial centers. While this is run-of-the-mill news, <br>what's interesting is that global warming has meant that <br>the firm is seriously considering laying the cable on the <br>ocean floor of the Northwest Passage, above mainland Canada,<br>
a seaway that for most years in the last 100 has has been <br>frozen with pack ice. Apparently if they can get the cable-laying <br>rights, and if the ice melt continues at its current rate, the firm <br>will be able to install a cable for about US1.2bn, substantially<br>
less than if it had to use a U.S. overland route, or go <br>through the Suez Canal. (Source: TT commentary from <br><a href="http://google.com">google.com</a>, Jan 22, 2010)<br><br><a href="http://tinyurl.com/ybywmrw">http://tinyurl.com/ybywmrw</a><br>
<br>-> Shiseido's 10pm curfew for employees<br><br>Interesting HR activity going on at Shiseido. Apparently <br>the company has set a curfew of 10pm for overtime, and will<br>escort anyone working longer than that out of the office. <br>
Not only that, transgressors are supposed to write a <br>"gomenasai" letter to their superior if they break the <br>curfew. ***Ed: The company reckons it's trying to get <br>employees to return home to their families -- but the fact <br>
is that unlimited overtime is really expensive.** (Source: <br>TT commentary from <a href="http://telegraph.co.uk">telegraph.co.uk</a>, Jan 22, 2010)<br><br><a href="http://tinyurl.com/yct2ebp">http://tinyurl.com/yct2ebp</a><br>
<br>-> Keio U. electric car consortium<br><br>In a sign that VC money is hard to find, Keio University <br>spin-off company SIM-Drive has had to come up with an <br>innovative funding method for its revolutionary 4-motor <br>
(one for the end of each axle) car. The company has said <br>that it has formed a consortium of 34 companies who will <br>help develop and use the breakthroughs created by the <br>company and passed to the consortium. Each of the members <br>
is putting in a paltry JPY20m to provide the capital <br>needed. SIM-Drive reckons it will have a <br>300km-on-a-single-charge prototype ready by this summer. <br>***Ed: Where are all the U.S. companies? This is a bargain <br>
basement deal for access to world-leading technology.** <br>(Source: TT commentary from <a href="http://nikkei.co.jp">nikkei.co.jp</a>, Jan 23, 2010)<br><br><a href="http://www.nni.nikkei.co.jp/e/ac/tnks/Nni20100122D22JFA02.htm">http://www.nni.nikkei.co.jp/e/ac/tnks/Nni20100122D22JFA02.htm</a><br>
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Business News in the London bureau.<br><br>Please sign up early while seats are available.<br><br>Date/Time: Tuesday, February 2nd<br>- Doors open at 6:30pm, Seminar starts at 7:00pm<br>Location: The Foreign Correspondents' Club of Japan<br>
Language: English<br>Website: <a href="http://www.ea-tokyo.com">http://www.ea-tokyo.com</a><br>-----------------------------------------------------------<br><br>---------------- ICA Event - February 18 ------------------<br>
<br>Speaker: Terry Warren, President-Advantage24 K.K.<br>Topic: Cloud Computing: Fact or Fiction?<br><br>Details: Complete event details at <a href="http://www.icajapan.jp/">http://www.icajapan.jp/</a><br>(RSVP Required)<br>
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