Nature of the Study Group

The Mitsubishi Computer and Communication ( C & C ) Research Association was formed in May 1983 by 43 Mitsubishi-related companies as its regular corporate members. The so-called Mitsubishi group is Japan's largest industrial group, comprising a wide range of manufacturing and non-manufacturing companies in Japan's key industries and businesses.

As an industrial group-wide professional research and study organization, the Mitsubishi C & C Research Association is dedicated to strengthening collaborative relationships among those Mitsubishi member companies for the purpose of jointly studying C & C related technologies, as well as legal, technical, and marketing environments surrounding these state-of-the-art developments.

To achieve this objective, the Research Association holds regularly scheduled meetings, monthly study sessions, lecture meetings, and year-round workshops. Both senior-ranking government officials and leading scholars are invited as speakers and discussion leaders. The Research Association also provides member companies with various opportunities for exchanging information and opinions among themselves concerning their common areas of interest and topical issues.

Structure of the Research Association

The structure of the Mitsubishi C & C Research Association is shown in the following chart. The current fiscal year's main officers of the Research Association are also shown in the following pages. The operational management of all the regular activities of the Research Association is undertaken by its full-time secretariat, established within the Mitsubishi Research Institute's executive offices.

The nuclei of the structure of the Research Association are autonomous working groups, with their members annually renewed from among the member companies. For fiscal 2009, there are eight such working groups, each assigned with a specific study theme for year-round activity, as described below. Each member company is expected to participate in any one of these active self-managed working parties for deepening their professional interest in the selected topic.

1. Study of use to mobile technology and business
2. Study of Software Engineering
3. Study of IT organization and IT talent of user enterprise
4. Study of IT engineer's diversity and work style
5. Study of Green IT
6. Study of Cloud Computing(XaaS)
7. Study of Cloud Computing(SaaS)
8. Study of ideal way of information system for ERM achievement

Organization Chart of the Research Association

Main Officers of the Mitsubishi C & C Research Association (For 2009)

MEMBER COMPANY LIST

1. IT Frontier Corporation
2. Asahi Glass Co., Ltd.
3. MRC Information Systems Co., Ltd.
4. Kirin Business System Co., Ltd.
5. GS Yuasa Business Support Ltd.
6. Tokio Marine & Nichido Fire Insurance Co., Ltd.
7. Tokio Marine & Nichido Systems Co., Ltd.
8. Nippon Cargo Airlines Co., Ltd.
9. Nippon Yusen K.K.
10. Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation
11. Mitsubishi Gas Chemical Co, Inc.
12. Mitsubishi Estate Company, Limited
13. Mitsubishi Motors Corporation
14. Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.
15. Mitsubishi Corporation
16. Mitsubishi Space Software Co., Ltd.
17. Mitsubishi Research Institute DCS Co., Ltd.
18. Mitsubishi Logistics Co., Ltd.
19. Mitsubishi Research Institute, Inc.
20. Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
21. Mitsubishi Electric Information Systems Corporation
22. Mitsubishi Electric Information Technology Corporation
23. Mitsubishi Electric Information Network Corporation
24. Mitsubishi Electric Business System Co., Ltd.
25. Mitsubishi Electric Building Techno-Service Co., Ltd.
26. Mitsubishi Electric Logistics Co., Ltd
27. The Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ, Ltd.
28. Mitsubishi Materials Corporation
29. Mitsubishi UFJ Information Technology, Ltd.
30. Mitsubishi UFJ Securities Co., Ltd.
31. Mitsubishi UFJ Trust and Banking Corporation
32. Mitsubishi UFJ Trust Systems Co., Ltd.
33. Meiji Yasuda Life Insurance Company
34. Ryoka Systems Inc.
35. LAWSON,Inc.