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ELECTRONICS 3

BUSINESS / Companies
Sep 25, 2017
NEC supplies 15,000 km trans-Pacific cable amid growing bandwidth demand in Southeast Asia
NEC Corp. has supplied a trans-Pacific submarine cable system to a U.S.-led consortium for commercial service to meet growing demand for bandwidth between Southeast Asia and North America in line with economic growth in the fast-developing Asia-Pacific region.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech
Sep 21, 2017
VR attractions to take center stage at Tokyo Game Show
With the debut of high-end virtual reality gaming systems for home use, 2016 was heralded as the dawn of the VR era. But while the technology basked in the spotlight, some questioned whether there was substance behind the hype.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Sep 21, 2017
Western Digital takes fresh legal action against Toshiba after latest chip unit bid rebuffed
Western Digital Corp. said Wednesday it has taken legal steps against Toshiba Corp.'s investment in a new production site at their joint-venture chip plant, just hours after the Japanese firm rejected the California-based company's bid to acquire its semiconductor unit.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Aug 30, 2017
Apple joins Bain consortium's last-minute bid for Toshiba chip unit
A Japan-U.S.-South Korean consortium has made a last-minute bid for Toshiba Corp.'s chip unit, offering around ¥2 trillion ($18 billion) in cooperation with Apple Inc., sources close to the matter said Wednesday.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Aug 30, 2017
Western Digital not to seek veto power in Toshiba chip unit deal
Western Digital Corp. will not seek veto power in Toshiba Corp.'s chip unit — which it aims to jointly buy with other investors — in order to avoid lengthy antitrust scrutiny, sources said Tuesday.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Aug 29, 2017
Toshiba, Western Digital reach broad agreement on chip unit sale
Toshiba Corp. and Western Digital Corp. reached a broad accord on the sale of the Japanese conglomerate's chip unit as the U.S. company has agreed to drop its legal actions, sources close to the matter said Monday.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Aug 24, 2017
Toshiba gives chip bid dibs to Western Digital after INCJ gets cold feet
Toshiba taps a consortium led by Western Digital as the favored bidder for the embattled giant's memory chip business.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Aug 22, 2017
Fujitsu looks to sell struggling mobile phone business
The firm, which could start taking bids as early as next month, has struggled to win back consumers from smartphone competitors like Apple and Samsung.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Aug 9, 2017
Toshiba to gain qualified auditor approval for fiscal 2016 earnings, sources say
Toshiba Corp. is set to gain partial approval from its auditor for its fiscal 2016 financial results and submit the report by the Thursday deadline, sources close to the matter said.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Aug 8, 2017
To pare losses, Japan Display eyes cutting 4,000 jobs
Japan Display Inc. is considering slashing around 4,000 jobs, about 30 percent of its total workforce, by streamlining manufacturing lines, mostly overseas, to turn around its struggling business, sources close to the matter said Tuesday.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Aug 4, 2017
Fujitsu to boost IT service manpower in Philippines, India
Fujitsu Ltd. is poised to boost its manpower in the Philippines and India to enhance information technology services abroad, aiming to meet demand from the United States and Europe while reducing costs.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Aug 4, 2017
Toshiba looks to build new Yokkaichi chip plant without partner Western Digital, further fueling feud
Toshiba Corp. is moving forward with plans to build a new memory chip plant without partner Western Digital Corp., another escalation of the fight over the future of their joint venture.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech
Aug 3, 2017
Sony develops magnetic tape that can store 20 times more data
Sony Corp. has developed a new type of magnetic tape that can record 20 times more data than was previously thought possible — a technology that could be useful as the spread of cloud computing and artificial intelligence demand higher data storage capacities and a dependable way to preserve data.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Jul 31, 2017
Panasonic's logs 67.1% jump in net profit for April-June quarter
Panasonic Corp. said Monday its group net profit jumped 67.1 percent in the April-June quarter to ¥48.76 billion ($440 million), thanks to brisk sales of electronic parts for automobiles.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Jul 28, 2017
Sharp returns to net profit in first quarter as TV sales recover
Sharp Corp. reported Friday a group net profit of ¥14.48 billion in the April to June period, a reversal from a ¥27.45 billion loss a year earlier as sales in TVs and liquid crystal displays used in mobile devices recovered.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech
Jul 24, 2017
Sharp makes a return to U.S. market with new LCD TV lineup
Sharp Corp. said Monday it is returning to the U.S. market with a new high-end LCD television brand, as the firm is unable to use its Aquos label in the region after selling the distribution rights.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech
Jul 20, 2017
With Switch, Nintendo seen enticing players to use just one device
For more than two decades, Nintendo Co.'s twin product lines were the envy of its rivals: a home console and a handheld gaming device. But signs are emerging that its new hybrid Switch may upend all of that.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jul 12, 2017
Toshiba ordered by U.S. court to allow Western Digital's access to joint venture database
The order comes as the firms are engaged in an ongoing dispute over the Japanese conglomerate's plan to sell its memory unit
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Jul 5, 2017
Tetsuro Funai, founder of Funai Electric, dies aged 90
Tetsuro Funai, the founder of audiovisual electronics maker Funai Electric Co., known for his business strategy of mass producing items at low cost, died of pneumonia at an Osaka hospital on Tuesday, the company said. He was 90.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Jun 28, 2017
Toshiba sues Western Digital for ¥120 billion as standoff imperils plans for chip unit sale
Toshiba Corp. filed a lawsuit against Western Digital Corp. on Wednesday seeking a court injunction to end the U.S. firms's efforts to block the sale of its chip unit.
'So hot you can't breathe': Extreme heat hits the Philippines
A pedestrian cools himself with a folding hand fan as he waits for a ride along a road in Manila on Wednesday, as extreme heat hit the Philippines.
Did Japan intervene to prop up the yen? Analysts think it did.
A man walks past an electronic board displaying the exchange rate for the yen against the U.S. dollar (right) in Tokyo on Tuesday.
Town to block view of Mount Fuji in response to overtourism
The town government of Fujikawaguchiko, Yamanashi Prefecture, decided to set up a 2.5-meter-high screen to prevent tourists from taking pictures of Mount Fuji looming behind a convenience store.
Number of vacant homes in Japan hits record high of 9 million
A vacant house in Tokyo is seen demolished in January 2020.
Weak yen fattens tourist wallets in Japan
People visit the Ameya Yokocho market in Tokyo's Ueno district during the Golden Week holiday on Tuesday.
Kishida sets sights on energy and climate in South America trip
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida will use a policy speech in Sao Paulo to set out his vision for ties between Japan and South America, almost 10 years after former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe advocated for stronger ties between the two in the same city.
Yellow sand allergy: A health issue made worse by climate change
A screenshot of the Meteorological Agency's satellite image of clouds and yellow sand (in pink) on Sunday.
Climate change, chalky grains and the risks for Japan’s rice farmers
A farmer plants seedlings in Satsumasendai, Kagoshima Prefecture. Japan’s self sufficiency rate for rice is nearly 100%, compared with 38% for food overall, on a calorie basis.
Japan wants you to spend more with ‘luxury tourism’
Performers play a traditional drum unique to Wajima, Ishikawa Prefecture, in the prefectural capital of Kanazawa on March 16 to mark the extension of the Hokuriku Shinkansen line to Tsuruga Station in Fukui Prefecture.
Theaster Gates’ ambitious ‘Afro-Mingei’ brings Black Chicago to Tokyo
Theaster Gates' “A Heavenly Chord” lines up church pews before seven speakers and a Hammond B3 organ, a type of electric organ prevalent in Black American churches.

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