Panasonic Corp. on Monday unveiled a slew of new products including wireless headphones, gaming speakers and an OLED TV at a press preview ahead of the annual Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. One of the new wireless headphones, presented under the Japanese consumer electronics' ...
Panasonic Corp. said Tuesday it will invest around ¥4.6 billion ($42 million) to build a new plant in southern India to produce switchgears and other wiring devices as the emerging economy has experienced a construction boom for condominiums and office buildings. The new factory in ...
Telephone manufacturers unveil the perfect Christmas gift to combat bank transfer scams
Furikome sagi (bank transfer scams) have become such an entrenched part of life in Japan that you can't even make a bank transfer via an ATM these days without first acknowledging a notice reminding you to refrain from sending money to people you don't ...
Panasonic to sell loss-making chip business to Taiwanese firm: source
Japanese chip manufacturers — once global leaders — have struggled in recent years in the face of fierce competition from South Korean and Taiwanese rivals.
Panasonic CEO outlines cutting costs and money-losing divisions
Panasonic Corp. Chief Executive Officer Kazuhiro Tsuga says he is getting serious about profits. Businesses that chronically lose money and operations that have little prospect of healthy profits will have to go, Tsuga said at a briefing in Tokyo on Friday, declining to name specific ...
Panasonic to end LCD panel production amid tough competition
Panasonic Corp. said Thursday it will withdraw from all production of liquid crystal display panels by 2021 amid fierce competition from Chinese, South Korean and other foreign rivals. Panasonic stopped manufacturing LCD panels for televisions in 2016. It has since focused on LCD panels for ...
Panasonic Corp. will start a business developing housing for the elderly next spring in China, featuring houses equipped with health care-related home appliances and nursing care devices, company sources said Wednesday. Panasonic will make the new housing business a pillar of its new operations in ...
Six major Japanese electronics makers see net profits plummet amid U.S.-China trade war
Six of seven major Japanese electronics makers suffered year-on-year drops in group net profits in April-September, according to earnings reports released Friday. Net profit slid 1.9 percent to ¥189.2 billion at Hitachi Ltd., 14.9 percent to ¥340 billion at Sony Corp., 11.2 percent to ¥100.9 ...
Panasonic sees 11% drop in April-September profit due to China-U.S. trade war
Panasonic Corp.'s group net profit in the fiscal first half declined 11.2 percent from a year earlier, as sluggish sales in China — amid its prolonged trade war with the United States — overshadowed a boost in domestic housing-related businesses. The electronics maker said Thursday ...
Japanese electronics firms eye expansion into self-driving and EV technologies
Electronics companies are trying to take advantage of their experience and knowledge to manufacture motors, inverters and sensors that will become indispensable to assemble autonomous and electric cars.
Former Google vice president Yoky Matsuoka joins Panasonic executive team
Panasonic Corp. said Thursday it had appointed Yoky Matsuoka, Google LLC's former vice president and an expert on software and robotics, as a fellow with the electronics maker's executive team, tasking her to drive innovation. Matsuoka, 48, "brings world-leading technical expertise and consumer product development ...
Panasonic's April-June operating profit sags 43 percent on lower China sales
Panasonic Corp. said Wednesday its group operating profit fell 43.6 percent from a year earlier in the April to June quarter to ¥56.39 billion ($519 million), hit by weak sales of industrial components in China. Net profit fell 13.2 percent to ¥49.78 billion in the ...
