Okay, hadn't seen that (I'm not really that far into battery geekdom). That's kind of depressing, I thought it was a fun fact (or assumption, perhaps) about their batteries that made me a bit more happy to buy them. :)

No way to tell country of origin from their web, and obviously I don't visit their stores all that often right now.

I guess I will have to include some the next time we order stuff for safe pick-up and have a look at the packaging. :)

Ikea used to sell two different versions of the Ladda battery.

The brown versions with lower capacity / higher cycle life did switch from Japan to China, but they've discontinued those(or at least no longer stock them @ my local store) for some years now.

The white Eneloop Pro comparable ones were and still are made in Japan.

I didn't know about IKEA batteries. I'll add this to my to-do list. I list stuff and link out whether there's an affiliate program or not. As I say on the Advertising page of my Easy Vegas site:

"I'm going to steer you to a lesser-quality site in an effort to make more money. For example, I'd get paid if I steered you to Travelocity for airfare booking, because Travelocity would pay me, but instead for I steer you to Skiplagged, even though they wouldn't pay me a thin dime. I link to Skiplagged because they're the best site for finding airfare, and at Easy Vegas the reader always comes first."