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Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies / ANALYSIS
Mar 31, 2016
How modularization felled Japan's electronics titans
Toshiba, Sharp, Sony, Hitachi and Panasonic — these companies were the pride of Japan for decades after their electronics took the world by storm.
BUSINESS / Companies / ANALYSIS
Feb 25, 2016
Life with Foxconn: What lies ahead for Sharp?
Sharp's choice of Hon Hai ends months of speculation and offers clear benefits in terms of a cash injection. But question marks hang over what will happen to Sharp's workforce and management as the Taiwanese giant sets about turning around the firm.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Feb 4, 2016
Toshiba loss outlook grows amid accounting scandal fallout
Toshiba Corp. widened its full-year loss forecast as the industrial group cuts jobs and sells businesses to deal with fallout from an accounting scandal.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies / ANALYSIS
Dec 23, 2015
Toshiba faces turnaround that strikes at heart of its identity
Toshiba Corp. is embarking on a revamp that will leave the one-time technology pioneer a shadow of its former self. An accounting scandal has left the conglomerate in tatters, facing record losses, thousands of job cuts and potential spinoffs that may include the consumer electronics unit that made it...
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Dec 18, 2015
Toshiba to use crisis for profit-building overhaul
The biggest crisis in Toshiba Corp.'s 140-year history gives President Masashi Muromachi an opportunity to push through painful reforms from layoffs to business closures, accelerating the industrial conglomerate's move away from consumer electronics.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies / ANALYSIS
Dec 17, 2015
Experts see tough road ahead for Sharp and its LCD division
A struggling Sharp Corp. has reached a crossroads as it will soon need to decide what to do with its signature LCD business.
BUSINESS / Companies
Nov 4, 2015
Sharp bond risk jumps as losses over 4½ years top $10 billion
Sharp Corp.'s default risk jumped to a two-year high as losses in the past 4½ years topped ¥1.2 trillion ($10 billion).
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Oct 30, 2015
Sharp's vision for recovery blurred as it posts further losses
Electronics-maker Sharp Corp.'s recovery seemed on the blink Friday as it posted a ¥25.1 billion operating loss and ¥83.6 billion net loss for the first half of fiscal 2015. The news came days after Sharp sharply reduced its expectations for the period ahead.
BUSINESS / Companies
Oct 26, 2015
Sharp slashes operating profit forecast on slumping demand in China
Sharp Corp. lowered its operating profit forecast on slumping demand for smartphone displays in China and said it will not forecast net income until the results of reforms are clearer.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Oct 8, 2015
Sony's Hirai says turnaround past midway point
Sony Corp.'s struggling electronics businesses have passed the midway point on the way to financial health, President Kazuo Hirai said.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech
Oct 7, 2015
Nation's top IT-electronics fair shifts focus, courts startups
Strolling around the nation's biggest IT-electronics show, visitors might notice the absence of some familiar brands.
BUSINESS / Companies
Oct 7, 2015
Sony spins out semiconductors as Hirai pushes accountability
Sony Corp. will spin out its semiconductor business into a new company as President Kazuo Hirai revamps the devices business to focus on hit products such as image sensors and considers selling underperforming assets.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech
Oct 7, 2015
Sharp melds a robot and mobile phone to create the RoBoHoN
Sharp Corp. has introduced a new mobile phone combined with a humanoid robot.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Sep 18, 2015
Pressure to show a profit led to Toshiba's accounting scandal
Manufacturing giant Toshiba Corp.'s president and seven other directors were forced to resign when an investigation revealed in July that the firm had doctored the books and had padded its profits over the past seven years to the tune of hundreds of billions of yen.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 11, 2015
Garbage imperialism? Nope, all trash is local
The developed world is doing better about handling its electronic waste, but a crisis is looming in developing nations as gadgets become more affordable.
WORLD / Science & Health
Aug 30, 2015
Europe fails to meet recycling goals for electronics
Only a third of Europe's electronic waste is properly recycled, with vast numbers of cellphones, computers and televisions illegally traded or dumped, a study led by the United Nations and Interpol said on Sunday.
BUSINESS / Companies
Jul 30, 2015
Sharp's quarterly smartphone stumble seen paring annual outlook
Sharp Corp.'s expected first-quarter loss may deepen skepticism that demand for smartphone displays will fuel a recovery strong enough to meet its full-year profit target.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Jul 22, 2015
How Toshiba's inability to acknowledge 'embarrassing' figures led to massive misrepresentation
"Get it done like your life depends on it."
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Jul 21, 2015
Heads roll at Toshiba as scandal claims top brass
President Hisao Tanaka resigns over the accounting scandal that saw the firm allegedly pad its profits over the past seven years.
BUSINESS / Companies
Jul 15, 2015
Toshiba CEO to step down in September over accounting scandal
Toshiba Corp. Chief Executive Hisao Tanaka will step down in September along with other board members including Vice Chairman Norio Sasaki to take responsibility for accounting irregularities, sources familiar with the matter said.
A prophesied disaster (likely) won’t strike Japan this weekend
A viral manga prediction of a July 5 disaster has gripped Japan with anxiety and triggered an economic impact, but experts warn that while such dates are unreliable, the threat of a massive earthquake remains real. 
Magnitude 5.5 earthquake jars Tokara Islands amid flurry of seismic activity
A strong quake struck off the Tokara Islands on Thursday afternoon, with the island chain having recorded around 1,000 earthquakes since a burst of seismic activity first began on June 21.
Japan to require flight passengers to keep power banks within sight
The transport ministry has announced new regulations requiring flight passengers to keep power banks within sight to mitigate fire risks while on board planes.
Ghibli’s Isao Takahata exhibit shows how beloved anime is made
“The man who planted Japanese animation” exhibition includes a variety of sketches, drawings and animation cels from Isao Takahata films such as color design for characters by Michiyo Yasuda from "Grave of the Fireflies."
Residents of Tokara Islands begin evacuation as seismic swarm continues
Details about evacuations from Akuseki Island, located in the Tokara island chain in Kagoshima Prefecture, is seen written on a whiteboard in the city of Kagoshima on Thursday.
Ghibli’s Isao Takahata exhibit shows how beloved anime is made
“The man who planted Japanese animation” exhibition includes a variety of sketches, drawings and animation cels from Isao Takahata films such as color design for characters by Michiyo Yasuda from "Grave of the Fireflies."
Flag football facing challenges and opportunities ahead
Japan’s women’s flag football team at the 2025 International Bowl in Los Angeles in June. The sport is enjoying continued growth in the country.
From Hokusai’s Great Wave, shinkansen to One Piece: a cultural treasure box for Lego Japan
Michael Ebbesen, general manager of Lego Japan, says Lego bricks based on Japanese culture have a rich global appeal and are sellable around the world.
With farmed fish, RelationFish swims against the tide in fine dining
Chef Hideaki Matsuo (middle) and the staff of Oseto Suisan Fisheries prepare to check on their sustainably farmed fish.
As Southeast Asia heats up, a Japanese cooling giant sees a major opportunity
An employee of Daikin Cambodia explains the use of different tools during an air conditioner installation training session in Phnom Penh. Daikin is one of Japan’s oldest air conditioning companies, but as Japan’s population falls, the firm is keying in on overseas growth.

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