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Sharp is targeting ?300 billion in new business sales by fiscal 2030
BUSINESS / Companies
Jul 4, 2026
Sharp targets ?300 billion new business sales by fiscal 2030
Sharp also plans to expand its satellite communications equipment business, including compact antennas.
A limited edition model of Casio Computer's calculator decorated with Japanese lacquer
BUSINESS / Companies
Apr 9, 2026
New models show calculators remain popular after 60 years
To mark 60 years since releasing its first calculator in 1965, Casio Computer released 650 limited units decorated with Japanese lacquer hand-painted by Echizen artisans.
Hitachi Vice President Susumu Takimoto answers questions about the 2026 spring wage negotiations on Thursday in Tokyo's Chiyoda Ward.
BUSINESS / Companies
Feb 20, 2026
Wage talks begin in earnest at Japanese electronics-makers
Unions at Hitachi, Mitsubishi Electric and other large companies requested a pay scale increase of ?18,000 per month, bigger than last year¡¯s record-high demand.
Sony has effectively handed control of its TV business to China¡¯s TCL, allowing the Sony brand to live on screens made by others while the company concentrates on higher-value areas.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Feb 2, 2026
Sony switches off the TV and that¡¯s just fine
It is the end of an era as Â鶹´«Ã½ iconic electronics giant, Sony, cedes TV business to TCL.
Sharp aims to focus its business resources on competitive fields by selling its Kameyama LCD plant to Hon Hai Precision Industry.
BUSINESS
May 13, 2025
Â鶹´«Ã½ Sharp to sell Kameyama LCD plant to Hon Hai
Sharp aims to focus its business resources on competitive fields by downsizing the LCD panel business, which has been operating in the red.
An electronic dictionary section at a mass retailer in Tokyo's Shinjuku Ward in 2005
BUSINESS / Companies
Mar 13, 2025
Electronic dictionary market shrinking in Japan
Sales of electric dictionaries are falling in Japan amid declining birthrates and widespread use of smartphone apps.
This is the 12th straight year that labor unions of major electronics firms have demanded pay scale hikes.
BUSINESS
Feb 13, 2025
Japan electronics unions demand wage hike of ?17,000
The focus is on whether employers will agree to raise pay significantly as in recent years to ensure that wages rise faster than prices.
Sharp revealed in June that it had started talks on building an artificial intelligence data center with KDDI and system integrator Datasection. On Monday, Sharp said the project will proceed without Datasection.
BUSINESS / Companies
Dec 10, 2024
KDDI to build AI data center on Sharp¡¯s LCD plant site
Construction of the data center in the city of Sakai, Osaka Prefecture, will commence by March, with KDDI aiming to begin operations in fiscal 2025.
Sharp's plant in Sakai, Osaka Prefecture, that has ceased production of large liquid crystal display panels for television, a symbolic end to the company's signature business.
BUSINESS / Companies
Dec 1, 2024
Sharp marks end of era with halt to large LCD panel production
Now owned by a Taiwanese investor, Sharp has also scaled back production of small and medium-sized LCD panels used in smartphones and personal computers.
The Sharp air purifier's furniture-like design was overseen by architect Kengo Kuma.
BUSINESS / Companies
Sep 27, 2024
Sharp collaborates on wooden air purifier with architect Kengo Kuma
The purifier is aimed at corporate clients and will sell for ?550,000 yen.
Sharp is soliciting applicants for an early retirement program at Sakai Display Products.
BUSINESS / Companies
Jul 13, 2024
Â鶹´«Ã½ Sharp to shed 500 jobs at Osaka plant via early retirement
The plant, run by wholly owned subsidiary Sakai Display Products, is set to discontinue production of large liquid crystal panels for television sets.
Sharp holds an annual general shareholders meeting at its headquarters in Sakai, Osaka Prefecture, on Thursday.
BUSINESS / Companies
Jun 27, 2024
Sharp vows to achieve profitability at annual meeting
Sharp will ¡°engage in selection and concentration, and invest in unique products,¡± the executive vice president said at a shareholder meeting in Sakai, Osaka Prefecture.
Sharp's LCD production site in Sakai, Osaka Prefecture, in 2009
BUSINESS / Companies
Jun 9, 2024
Sharp¡¯s LCD plant in Osaka set to be transformed into massive AI data center
The new large-scale facility will support SoftBank¡¯s generative AI and other AI-related businesses.
Sharp's plant in Sakai, Osaka Prefecture, is the only remaining production site for LCD TV panels in Japan.
BUSINESS / Companies
May 15, 2024
Sharp to halt LCD plant in Osaka Prefecture by September
The major?electronics maker, which continues to bleed red ink, is hoping to prevent a further deterioration of its earnings.
An attendee tries out the XR Catch game at the Sony Group booth at CEATEC in Chiba on Tuesday.
BUSINESS / Tech
Oct 17, 2023
Major Japan tech show opens with focus on sustainability
The major trade show kicked off on Tuesday, with firms keen to showcase how their latest technologies could contribute to creating a sustainable society.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
May 12, 2023
Foxconn profits plunge due to investment loss from Sharp¡¯s write-down
Foxconn, which assembles around 70% of iPhones, has been diversifying production away from China, whose strict COVID-19 restrictions disrupted its biggest iPhone plant last year.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech
Nov 26, 2020
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.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Society / Regional voices: Chubu
Nov 20, 2020
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.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech
Sep 8, 2020
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 Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Feb 17, 2020
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.
Gut bacteria may be behind many of Â鶹´«Ã½ colorectal cancer cases
A Japanese research team found that a toxin produced by certain E. coli strains, colibactin, caused genetic mutations in nearly half of colorectal cancer cases studied
¡®Total whiplash¡¯: Foreign residents react to Â鶹´«Ã½ changing permanent residency rules
The entrance to the Tokyo Immigration Bureau in Minato Ward, Tokyo, in March. For some foreign residents of Japan, tightening measures for permanent residency have become one factor in a broader calculation over whether remaining in the country makes financial sense over the long term.
She is Russia¡¯s richest woman. Her business empire is going up in flames.
Tatyana Kim, the head and co-founder of Wildberries, speaks about Ukrainian drone attacks on the company's warehouses in the course of the Russia-Ukraine conflict, at an unidentified location, in this still image from a handout video released on July 31.
Severe tropical storm Chan-hom makes landfall near Tokyo
Severe Tropical Storm Chan-hom made landfall around Ibaraki Prefecture, near Tokyo, on Tuesday night.
What Â鶹´«Ã½ language rules for permanent residency should look like
Potential health care workers hoping to find work in Japan take Japanese language instruction in Jakarta. Not all applicants for permanent residency should be expected to reach this level of proficiency.
Where do foreign residents in Japan want to die?
The Yokohama Foreign General Cemetery is one of the few cemeteries in Japan that allows burials, albeit with conditions for the deceased, including foreign nationality and permanent residency in Kanagawa Prefecture.
¡®Total whiplash¡¯: Foreign residents react to Â鶹´«Ã½ changing permanent residency rules
The entrance to the Tokyo Immigration Bureau in Minato Ward, Tokyo, in March. For some foreign residents of Japan, tightening measures for permanent residency have become one factor in a broader calculation over whether remaining in the country makes financial sense over the long term.
As Â鶹´«Ã½ concrete jungles sizzle, urban forestry offers an all-natural fix
People and birds find relief from the sun in Tokyo's Nakano Ward earlier this month. While experts agree that urban greening is crucial to mitigating the impact of climate change, trees are becoming even more scarce in Japanese cities.
Â鶹´«Ã½ brewers experiment with a secret ingredient: music
At Smoke Craft, a craft beer brewery in Tokorozawa, Saitama Prefecture, music isn't just a background to the brewing process ¡ª it's an ingredient.
As countries ban social media for children, Japan mulls a different approach
Data from NTT Docomo¡¯s Mobile Society Research Institute released in June found that 55% of respondents across all age groups said they fiddled with their phones when they had nothing to do, even when another person was in front of them.

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