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HON HAI

Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Feb 26, 2016
Sharp meets Hon Hai after last-minute delay in bailout deal
Sharp Corp. sent officials for talks with Hon Hai Precision Industry Co. on Friday, sources said, a day after the Taiwanese firm said it would delay signing a deal to acquire Sharp.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Feb 25, 2016
In a surprise, Sharp accepts rescue deal but Hon Hai does not
The suspense over Sharp's rescue takes a new twist as Taiwan's Hon Hai slams the brakes on the deal over a late disclosure from its target.
Japan Times
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 11, 2016
INCJ sticks by rescue plan for Sharp as Foxconn talks continue
Japan's Innovation Network Corp. is confident Sharp Corp. will see its rescue plan as superior to a competing bid even as the struggling electronics maker enters talks with Taiwan's Foxconn Technology Group.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Feb 9, 2016
INCJ said to argue its ¥1 trillion bid for Sharp tops Foxconn's
Innovation Network Corp. of Japan is making the case to Sharp Corp. that its rescue proposal for the electronics maker is worth more than an offer from Taiwan's Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., a sign the government fund is determined to keep fighting for victory in the takeover battle.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Feb 5, 2016
Sharp deal '90% done': Hon Hai's Gou
Hon Hai Precision Industry Co. has won a hotly contested agreement to become the preferred negotiating partner in its bailout.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Jan 30, 2016
Hon Hai chairman makes direct offer to revive struggling Sharp
The chairman of Taiwan's Hon Hai Precision Industry Co. made a direct offer Saturday to the top management of Sharp Corp. to help revive the struggling Japanese electronics maker, as the Taiwanese company seeks to tip the scales in its favor in the face of a rival offer.
BUSINESS / Companies
Jan 28, 2016
Government approaches Hon Hai about Sharp tie-up, not outright rescue
The government and a state-backed fund have approached Taiwan's Hon Hai Precision Industry Co. proposing a tie-up with Sharp Corp., sources said Wednesday.
BUSINESS
Jan 28, 2016
Japan state fund approaches Hon Hai about tie-up with revived Sharp
The government and a state-backed fund have made a proposal to
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Jan 21, 2016
Sharp gets ¥600 billion offer from Foxconn
Foxconn Technology Group has offered about ¥600 billion to buy struggling electronics maker Sharp Corp., according to a person familiar with the talks, in what could mark the largest acquisition since 2009 for the assembler of Apple Inc.'s iPhones.
BUSINESS / Companies
Dec 25, 2015
Hon Hai proposes purchase of Sharp, provided top brass step down
Hon Hai Precision Industry Co. proposes buying Sharp Corp. for around u00a5300 billion, provided the top management is replaced.
Reader Mail
Aug 3, 2008
Katakana stigmatizes conditions
In his July 22 article, "Katakana makes Japanese trendy and accessible," Roger Pulvers notes that "Sometimes a foreign katakana word or phrase enters Japanese to replace a perfectly good native equivalent. This makes something appear more attractive and trendy than it normally would."
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.
Biden calls ally Japan ‘xenophobic’ along with rivals China and Russia
U.S. President Joe Biden speaks in Syracuse, New York, on April 25.
Number of vacant homes in Japan hits record high of 9 million
A vacant house in Tokyo is seen demolished in January 2020.
Saudi Arabia steps up Gaza-related arrests as Israel ties edge closer
The arrests for Gaza-related posts indicate Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman’s regime will take a hard line against citizens not toeing the line when it comes to normalizing ties with Israel.
'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.
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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