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FLASH MEMORY

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 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 / Companies
Jul 19, 2017
Toshiba resumes blocking Western Digital access to joint venture databases
Toshiba Corp. said Wednesday it has resumed blocking Western Digital Corp.'s access to the databases of their joint chip venture after a U.S. appellate court allowed the action in a temporary order.
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 / ANALYSIS
Jul 9, 2017
Toshiba under pressure to draw up plan B as chip sale falters: sources
As plans to sell Toshiba Corp.'s memory chip unit falter, some bankers and potential investors press the board to seriously consider alternatives, including picking a new buyer.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Jul 4, 2017
SK Hynix demands voting rights of up to 33.4% in Toshiba's chip unit
South Korean chipmaker SK Hynix Inc. is asking for up to 33.4 percent of voting rights in Toshiba Corp.'s semiconductor unit as they continue talks on the sale of the business, according to sources.
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.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Jun 14, 2017
Hynix, Bain may join government-led bid for Toshiba's chip unit
The government is considering bringing South Korean chip maker SK Hynix Inc. and U.S. investment fund Bain Capital into a consortium seeking to buy Toshiba Corp.'s chip unit, sources close to the matter said Wednesday.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies / ANALYSIS
Jun 8, 2017
Fate of Toshiba hangs in the balance as TSE delisting threat looms
Toshiba's survival hangs on the ability to make its earnings deadlines, eliminate its negative net worth and show improvement in management.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Jun 7, 2017
Western Digital to build new chip plant in central Japan, CEO says
The top executive of Western Digital said Tuesday that the U.S. company will build a flash memory production plant in central Japan.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
May 17, 2017
Japan urges Toshiba and Western Digital to get along as chip spat flares
The government said Tuesday it wanted Toshiba and partner Western Digital to cooperate, expressing concern about an escalating dispute between the two that threatens to upend the sale of Toshiba's chip unit.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
May 15, 2017
Toshiba's U.S. partner Western Digital seeks right to block sale of flash memory business
Western Digital Corp. announces it is seeking international arbitration over Toshiba Corp.'s plan to sell its flash memory business.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Jan 27, 2017
Facing massive write-downs over U.S. investment, Toshiba to spin off its cash-cow chip business
As it faces massive write-downs in its nuclear power plant business, Toshiba Corp. said Friday that it will spin off its cash-cow chip business at the end of March.
BUSINESS / Companies
Jan 25, 2017
Bank-related funds may invest in ailing Toshiba's flash memory unit
Investment funds established by Toshiba Corp.'s main creditor banks may invest in the company's flash memory unit as the conglomerate prepares to spin off the operation, sources have said.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Jan 19, 2017
Toshiba could incur ¥700 billion loss, asks state-owned bank for aid
Toshiba Corp. has sought financial aid from the state-owned Development Bank of Japan as it expects losses from its U.S. nuclear business.
BUSINESS / Companies
Jan 18, 2017
Toshiba eyes spinning off flash-memory business
Toshiba Corp. is considering spinning off its key flash-memory business as part of efforts to make up for expected losses in its U.S. nuclear unit, a source familiar with the plan said Tuesday.
BUSINESS / Companies
Mar 17, 2016
Toshiba sinks ¥360 billion into next-gen NAND memory
Toshiba Corp. said Thursday it will spend around ¥360 billion ($3.2 billion) over the next three years through fiscal 2018 building and outfitting a facility to produce next-generation NAND-type flash memory.
BUSINESS / Companies
Dec 18, 2015
Ailing Toshiba weighs spinoff of mainstay memory chip business in bid to raise funds
Toshiba Corp. is considering spinning off its mainstay flash memory chip business as a separate company to allow it to raise funds on its own, sources have said.
BUSINESS / Companies
Jul 21, 2014
SK Hynix says Toshiba wants ¥109 billion in flash memory lawsuit
South Korea's SK Hynix Inc said Monday that rival Toshiba Corp is seeking ¥109.15 billion in damages in a lawsuit filed over the suspected leak of NAND flash memory chip technology.
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.
Number of vacant homes in Japan hits record high of 9 million
A vacant house in Tokyo is seen demolished in January 2020.
'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.
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.
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.
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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