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ELECTRONICS

Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech
Nov 1, 2018
World's top consumer drone maker scores U.S. wins despite security concerns as China trade war takes toll
DJI, the world's top seller of drones for consumers, has snagged a pair of wins in its effort to court businesses.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech
Oct 16, 2018
Firms offer a glimpse of future business models at CEATEC, Japan's biggest electronics trade show
Japan's biggest electronics trade show kicked off Tuesday, offering a future peek at how the latest technologies can be integrated into everyday living.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Sep 25, 2018
Maverick Harvard MBA shakes up a century of Panasonic's corporate culture
Panasonic Corp. has carefully cultivated a culture befitting its 100-year history, with many employees starting the day doing calisthenics and singing the corporate anthem. Now, Yasuyuki Higuchi is supposed to shake up those traditions.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Jun 29, 2018
Sharp cancels new share sale, blaming market instability caused by U.S.-China trade tensions
Sharp Corp., the electronics-maker controlled by Foxconn Technology Group, canceled plans to raise as much as ¥200 billion ($1.8 billion) in a public share sale, blaming market instability fueled by U.S.-China trade tensions.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Jun 5, 2018
Sharp to buy Toshiba's PC business for ¥4 billion
The electronics firm announced Tuesday it will acquire an 80.1 percent stake in the personal computer subsidiary in a bid to make a comeback in the PC market.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan / SENTAKU MAGAZINE
May 28, 2018
As smartphone sales sink, Asian suppliers feel the pinch
A decline in global smartphone sales is bad news for Japanese electronics makers.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
May 15, 2018
Toshiba books first net profit in four years
The firm said it improved its balance sheet by recording u00a5783.1 billion in shareholders' equity at the end of March, staving off a risk of being delisted.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Apr 23, 2018
Trump's next $100 billion tariff dilemma: Hit Walmart or Apple?
U.S. consumers may be about to feel directly the effects of the trade fight started by U.S. President Donald Trump with China and other countries this year, when a new list of Chinese imports to be taxed is announced in coming days.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Apr 23, 2018
Toshiba weighs chip-unit options as Chinese regulators look set to delay sale to Bain beyond deadline
Toshiba Corp. is all but guaranteed to miss a May 1 deadline to sell its memory chip business to a Bain Capital-led group, people familiar with the matter said, raising the chances it may consider other options that could yield billions of additional dollars for the unit.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Apr 6, 2018
Japan's Fujifilm to end sales of black-and-white photo film due to falling demand
Fujifilm Imaging Systems Co. announced Friday it will terminate sales of monochrome photographic film, with the last shipment expected to be in October, due to falling demands in the digital age.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Mar 30, 2018
Toshiba set to miss deadline on ¥2 trillion chip sale, pushing back Bain Capital deal by at least a month
After waiting more than a year to learn the fate of its memory chip business, Toshiba Corp. investors are going to have to hold on a little longer.
Two of America’s biggest debt holders are dumping Treasurys
The U.S. Treasury building in Washington. Investors in Japan and China sold a pile of U.S. debt in the last quarter, just before the U.S. presidential election.
Russia launched intercontinental ballistic missile during attack on Ukraine, Kyiv says
A Yars intercontinental ballistic missile is launched during a test from the Plesetsk cosmodrome in Northern Arkhangelsk region of Russia, in this still image captured from video released on Oct. 29.
Ishiba aggravates his own political failures with diplomatic faux pas
Prime Minster Shigeru Ishiba is greeted at the APEC summit in Lima by Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Friday. The Japanese leader was criticized for remaining seated while meeting several world leaders at the event.
Japan's 3.31 million visitors in October set monthly record
Kiyomizu Temple in Kyoto in December 2023. Famous autumn leaf colors contributed to increased tourism demand last month from many markets across Asia, Europe and North America, the Japan National Tourism Organization has said.
Japan ranks last in romance satisfaction for second straight year
In a survey of 31 countries, Japan ranked last in terms of those who felt loved, with just 51% of respondents saying so.
Japan, U.K. and Italy discuss inviting more countries to joint fighter project
A new concept model of a next-generation fighter jet to be jointly developed by Japan, Britain and Italy is on display in Farnborough, Hampshire, in July.
Haruki Murakami's 'The City and Its Uncertain Walls' gives deep deja vu
For “The City and Its Uncertain Walls,” translated into English by Philip Gabriel, Haruki Murakami confronts the ghosts who won't leave him alone.
Japanese expats in Asia find community through rugby
The Taiwan Fivewoods celebrate their victory at the 2023 Asian Japanese Rugby Cup in December of last year.
In Fukushima, a weekend of prose, poetry and translation
Aomori-based writer JJ Carter presented on tabletop gaming as creative inspiration for building characters and narratives.
For Dr. Nakamats, aging is just experience in action
Though he didn't win the recent gubernatorial election in Tokyo, the 96-year-old Dr. Nakamats' run was seen as inspirational in Japan's aging society.

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