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BUSINESS / Companies
Aug 15, 2014
Chip makers skip summer break to meet smartphone demand
While much of Japan relaxes during the Bon summer holiday period, its top semiconductor makers are keeping their factories running to meet fierce demand from China for the technology that runs smartphones.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Aug 1, 2014
Sharp sales edge up 1.9% in first quarter
Sharp Corp. said Friday that sales and operating profit in the first quarter rose from the same period a year ago, thanks to continued streamlining and steady sales of LCD-related products that contributed toward its recovery.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Jul 31, 2014
Sony group net profit up over eightfold to ¥26.81 billion in April-June
Sony Corp. said Thursday its group net profit in the April-June quarter rose more than eightfold to ¥26.81 billion, thanks to strong sales of game consoles and the yen's depreciation.
BUSINESS / Companies
Jul 30, 2014
Sony, Panasonic, Japan Display to form new company to develop OLED
Sony Corp., Panasonic Corp. and Japan Display Inc. plan to set up a new company later this year to develop small and medium-sized organic light-emitting diode displays for use in tablet devices, sources said on Wednesday.
Japan Times
LIFE / Digital / ON: TECH
Jul 18, 2014
DIY electronics and all the gadgets you need to keep you happy in summer
Get into DIY home electronics
WORLD
Jul 7, 2014
U.S. tightens security on electronics at overseas airports
The U.S. Transportation Security Administration will not allow cellphones or other electronic devices on U.S.-bound planes at some overseas airports if the devices are not charged up, the agency said Sunday.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Jul 2, 2014
Sony completes sale of PC business, splits TV operation
Sony Corp. has completed the sale of its Vaio personal computer business to a Tokyo-based investment fund and split its television operation as it restructures to turn around its flagging electronics business.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
May 22, 2014
Hirai refuses to pull plug on Sony TV business
Sony CEO Kazuo Hirai said Thursday the company still expects to turn around its loss-making home electronics business, which includes TV sets, this fiscal year after completing restructuring.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
May 19, 2014
Sony breakup 'long overdue,' analysts say
One year and about $2 billion in lost market value later, it may be time for Sony Corp. to take Daniel Loeb's advice about breaking up.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
May 15, 2014
Panasonic, Sharp pull up as Sony lags
Vigorous streamlining efforts paid off for Panasonic Corp. and Sharp Corp., two of Japan's three major electronics firms, in fiscal 2013, but Sony Corp. struggled to rebuild as its mainstay businesses continued to lose money.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
May 14, 2014
Sony posts massive annual net loss
Sony Corp. continues to struggle to rebuild its electronics businesses, reporting on Wednesday a ¥128.4 billion net loss for the business year that ended March 31.
BUSINESS / Companies
May 12, 2014
Sharp logs ¥11.5 billion net profit after a harrowing two-year slump
Sharp Corp. posted its first net profit in three years in fiscal 2013, earning ¥11.5 billion after losing a staggering ¥545.3 billion in fiscal 2012, the electronics maker said Monday.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Apr 2, 2014
Renesas eyes selling panel maker to Apple
Struggling chipmaker Renesas Electronics Corp. is currently pondering the sale of its subsidiary business, developing liquid crystal display panels, to Apple Inc., sources said Wednesday.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Mar 12, 2014
Key firms agree to hike pay scales
Many major firms notified their labor unions Wednesday that they will raise pay scales to conclude this year's spring wage negotiations, responding to strong calls from the administration of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to help end long-standing deflation.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Feb 7, 2014
Sony revision spurs credibility crisis for Hirai
Kazuo Hirai, who took the helm at Sony Corp. two years ago to revive the Japanese icon, is losing credibility with investors who think he's not up to the job.
BUSINESS / Companies
Feb 1, 2014
Renesas to exit LCD chip market
Struggling chip-maker Renesas Electronics Corp. will withdraw from the market for small liquid crystal displays as part of efforts to turn around its business, an industry source said Saturday.
COMMENTARY / World / SENTAKU MAGAZINE
Dec 29, 2013
South Korea's house of cards
Except for Samsung Electronics, South Korea's manufacturing industry appears to be on the verge of a big stall. How long Samsung will be able to maintain its market dominance is an open question.
WORLD / Science & Health
Dec 22, 2013
Ghana's electronic graveyard gives, takes
The orange flesh of a papaya is like an oval gash in the landscape at Agbogbloshie, Ghana's vast dumping site for electronic waste, where everything is smeared and stained with mucky hues of brown and sooty black.
BUSINESS
Sep 17, 2013
Communication apps put employees' personal devices to work
A handful of tech companies are betting that smartphones will eventually serve a different role in the workplace than they do outside.
BUSINESS / Companies
Jul 27, 2013
Renesas to close major chip plant in Tohoku region
Struggling chip-maker Renesas Electronics Corp. is looking to close or shrink its major production base for system LSI chips in Tohoku after failing to sell it to a Taiwanese firm, company sources said Saturday.

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