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Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Oct 31, 2014
Sharp logs half-year net profit, first in four years
Sharp Corp. on Friday reported a group net profit of ¥4.74 billion in the April-September half, returning to the black on a half-year basis for the first time in four years as gains on securities sales helped offset the costs of restructuring its unprofitable European operations.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Sep 12, 2014
NASA Mars rover Curiosity reaches base of target mountain
NASA's Mars rover Curiosity has arrived at the base of a mountain of layered rock that scientists suspect holds clues about whether the planet most like Earth in the solar system had the ingredients to support and preserve signs of microbial life.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Aug 5, 2014
Sharp pushes system to better manage electricity usage in U.S.
Sharp Corp., which stopped making solar panels in the U.S. and the U.K., is betting power users in the United States will benefit from a device to store energy and control demand when it's needed the most.
BUSINESS / Companies
Jul 25, 2014
Sharp to pull out of last overseas solar panel venture
In a further reorganization of its solar business, Sharp Corp. is pulling out of its Italian solar venture, its last overseas panel manufacturing plant.
BUSINESS / Companies
Jun 25, 2014
Sharp apologizes for skipping dividend payment for second straight year
The president of struggling electronics maker Sharp Corp. said Wednesday he was sorry for skipping dividend payments for the second straight year.
BUSINESS / Companies
Jun 18, 2014
Sharp plans elliptical smartphone screens
Sharp Corp. is developing flat-panel displays in different shapes as it wins orders from Chinese smartphone makers.
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.
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
Apr 1, 2014
New hires welcomed on first day
Some 860,000 new recruits at companies across the country marked their first day of work Tuesday, the first day of fiscal 2014.
BUSINESS / Companies
Jan 23, 2014
Sharp to end U.S. solar panel output
Sharp Corp. is set to terminate solar panel production in the United States at the end of March because global competition is making the business unprofitable, company sources said Thursday.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Nov 22, 2013
Sharp seeks exit from Foxconn cellphone venture
Sharp Corp. is considering ending a contract with Foxconn Technology Group under which the Taiwanese manufacturer makes Sharp-branded phones for sale in China, according to a source.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Nov 20, 2013
Sharp eyes tie-up deal with HP on copiers
Sharp Corp. is planning to join hands with Hewlett-Packard Co. over the copier business, providing some of its digital copiers to the U.S. computer giant for sale under its name, sources said Wednesday.
BUSINESS / Companies
Aug 29, 2013
Sharp cuts off talks with Samsung over copier business tie-up
Electronics maker Sharp Corp. halts talks with Samsung Electronics Co. of South Korea over expanding their business collaboration to the copier business.
BUSINESS / Companies
Aug 22, 2013
Sharp holds off on share sale to mull its outlook
Sharp Corp. may delay a plan to raise about ¥100 billion through public and private share sales amid concern about its growth outlook, two sources said.
BUSINESS / Companies
Jul 19, 2013
Denso mulls tie-up with Sharp; Makita also eyes investment
Top car parts maker Denso Corp. is considering a business and capital tie-up with ailing electronics maker Sharp Corp. to reduce development and investment costs, a Denso executive said Friday.
BUSINESS / Companies
Jun 27, 2013
Sharp in deal with Chinese LCD maker
Struggling Sharp Corp. will set up a joint venture in China with Nanjing China Electronics Panda Group Corp., a major maker of liquid crystal display panels, to produce LCDs starting in 2015 at the earliest, sources said Wednesday.
BUSINESS / Companies
Jun 26, 2013
Sharp chief promises a return to profitability
The president of struggling electronics maker Sharp Corp. vowed at a shareholders meeting Tuesday to do everything possible to turn its fortunes around in the current business year, while facing criticism for incurring massive net losses for the second straight year.
BUSINESS / Companies
Jun 25, 2013
Qualcomm completes ¥10.89 billion investment in Sharp
Sharp Corp. on Monday received the second half of Qualcomm Inc.'s ¥10.89 billion investment and completed procedures for forming a capital alliance on developing new display panels, the struggling electronics maker said.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
May 15, 2013
Weak yen no respite for ailing electronics trio
A weaker yen, credited to Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's economic policies, may be helping exporters in general but struggling electronics makers are not yet out of the woods.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
May 15, 2013
Sharp sniffs profit via LCDs for Samsung
Sharp Corp. forecast its first annual profit in three years as Japan's largest maker of liquid-crystal displays expects orders to recover after signing a deal with Samsung Electronics Co.
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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