The development status of Japan's LED lighting industry
Japan has higher electricity bills and more incandescent lamps, resulting in high energy consumption and a large amount of carbon emissions. Therefore, the Japanese have long realized the importance of energy saving and the environment. After the "Kyoto Protocol" in 1997, Japan actively promoted LED lighting and forced reduction of carbon dioxide emissions; through amendments to the law to strengthen the reduction of carbon dioxide emissions, another major culprit of environmental damage is greenhouse gases, revised by the Japanese government in 2008 The Energy Conservation Act, the revised content includes the introduction of traditional enterprise energy management (workshops, business premises, etc.). After the revision, some small businesses such as offices and convenience stores must also be prepared to implement independent control standards and record measurements. At the 2010 discussion meeting on global warming, the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry made a decision to replace household incandescent lamps with fluorescent lamps by 2012. Therefore, some manufacturers announced that they will stop the production of incandescent lamps and increase the output of LED lamps.
Based on Japan's electronics industry alliances such as Toshiba, Sharp and Panasonic Group LED lighting companies have started large-scale TV advertising and marketing activities to provide consumers with opportunities to learn about LED lighting. In fact, the current revitalization of the LED lighting industry in Japan stems from the price reduction strategy of Japanese companies. In 2009, the price of LED lights began to fall. In March 2009, after a Toshiba LED light priced at 10,000 yen entered the market, in June of the same year, Sharp also launched a household type priced at 4,000 yen. The price of LED lamps has been greatly reduced by about 7,000 to 8,000 yen, which has a great impact on the LED industry. In the last 10 days of the same month, Toshiba also implemented a halving price cut for their new products with more functions, at the level of 5,000 yen. In October, Panasonic finally launched a new product priced at 4,000 yen.
Such an unprecedented price reduction policy has caused fierce competition among suppliers, leading to a plummeting price of LED lamps to around 2,000 yen in October 2010. At the end of 2009, full-scale competition among large enterprise groups caused the consumer price of products originally priced between 70,000 and 80,000 to plummet to 4,000 to 5,000 yen. In addition, the fierce price competition in 2010 further pushed the price down to the level of 2500 yen, and the price gap with traditional lamps has narrowed a lot.
Check the Japanese price comparison website, which ranks first and has the lowest price. The LED lamps that consumers like are the brand EVERLEDS independently developed by Panasonic, and the lowest price on the market is 1,000 yen. Secondly, Toshiba's 6.4W energy consumption E-CORE product is priced at 1,000 yen, which is close to Panasonic's product. From high-end products to the other 7 grades of products, they are mainly branded by large companies such as Sharp, Panasonic and Toshiba, and the price does not exceed 2,000 yen; consumers can now easily buy LED products, supermarkets such as Seiyu Department stores, Japan's Aeon Group, and discount electronics industry retailers such as Germany's Lebanon, Yodobashi Camera, and French BAK Camera have all used LED-equipped accessories.
Replacing traditional lamps with LED lights will save more than 90% of electricity bills. A 60W incandescent lamp will cost about 222 yen for a month, while a 6.3W LED lighting will cost about 23 yen for a month, saving every month. 90% of the electricity bill. Japanese LED manufacturers are rushing to introduce simulation system products that can display annual electricity bills, emphasizing the economic advantages of LED lighting for consumers.