Nintendo adds Sharp as assembler of popular Switch game console
Nintendo is expected to raise its fiscal-year sales target from the current 24 million when it next reports quarterly results.
Vulnerable foreign workers in Mie suffer as firms face downturn
“My daughter and son lost their jobs at the same time, and we are at loss as to what to do next,” said Raquel Garcia, 45, who worked at the Mie factory for nine years.
Japanese firms pitch high-tech face shields to curb virus infections
Sharp Corp. has started producing face shields with limited reflection and fogging using the tech it employs to manufacture LCD panels for TV sets and smartphones.
Sharp says air purification technology can reduce airborne coronavirus
The firm said its technology, which emits positive hydrogen ions and negative oxygen ions, cuts the concentration of the virus in the air by about 90 percent.
Japan Display to sell part of Ishikawa panel plant to Sharp for $390 million
The firm will use funds to be received from Sharp and Apple to pay back a large portion of its outstanding debts.
Sharp eyes 2020 net profit doubled with supply chain recovery
Sharp Corp. said Wednesday it expects a 2.4-fold increase in net profit for the current business year through next March to ¥50 billion ($473 million) as its supply chains disrupted by the coronavirus pandemic return to normal. Sharp, a unit of Apple Inc.'s key supplier ...
Sharp adopts lottery system for face mask sales after massive demand crashes website
After starting to accept online orders for the face masks Tuesday, the household-appliance maker received far more hits than expected and had to suspend operation of its website.
Sharp temporarily halts online face-mask sales after website swamped
Japanese electronics maker Sharp Corp. has temporarily suspended sales of face masks that were just released online this week. The company started selling the masks at 10 a.m. Tuesday on its website, but internet users rushed to buy them, forcing the website to shut down ...
Panasonic Corp. will begin producing face masks at the end of May as supplies run short due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The electronics giant will initially supply them to employees of group firms and hospitals, which fear the internal spread of the novel coronavirus that ...
Sharp unveils Japan makers' first 5G-ready smartphone
Sharp Corp. unveiled its first 5G smartphone model Monday, ahead of the ultrafast network service launch scheduled for March. The Osaka-based electronics firm, reportedly the first Japanese maker to introduce a 5G-ready smartphone, has boasted the top share of the Android-based smartphone market in Japan ...
Some Japanese manufacturers restart operations in China after coronavirus suspensions
Some Japanese manufacturers are resuming operations in China after suspensions caused by the new coronavirus outbreak, while others are putting off restarts due to concerns about supply chain conditions or the lack of available workers. Japanese firms in China halted plants starting around Jan. 24 ...
