When Panasonic bought Sanyo, part of the deal with the Japanese government was that the Twicell factory had to be sold off, and remain under Japanese-manufacturing control, and that all the patents, technicians and technology that produced the original “eneloop” batteries at the Twicell factory had to remain with Japan. This resulted in some adverse changes to the traditional “eneloop” AA batteries. Panasonic then began manufacturing its own version of “eneloop” batteries that were made in China. In December 2009, Panasonic acquired Sanyo. Panasonic is a multi-national corporation based in Japan, but which does much of its manufacturing in China.
Twicell was owned by Sanyo when they produced the “eneloops” for Sanyo, which in turn packaged them as “Sanyo eneloop” batteries.
The Twicell factory is currently owned by “FDK” Japan. True “eneloop” batteries were - and still are - manufactured by the Twicell factory in Gunma, Takasaki, Japan.
These “Fujitsu” rechargeable AA batteries are the REAL eneloop batteries, and they always have been. Here I quote a review on Amazon on the Fujitsu AA battery: Check out the Fujitsu HR3UTC AA Rechargeable, made in Japan at FDK factory, some say its better than Eneloop, and cheaper too.
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