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International toy show in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan, Aug. 28 Kyodo - Video taken on Aug. 28, 2025, shows the Poketomo pocket-sized AI companions, which enable personalized voice-based conversations tailored to each user, exhibited by Japanese electronics maker Sharp Corp. at the International Tokyo Toy Show at the Tokyo Big Sight convention center. (Kyodo)

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International toy show in Tokyo

Photo taken on Aug. 28, 2025, shows the Poketomo pocket-sized AI companion, which enables personalized voice-based conversations tailored to each user, exhibited by Japanese electronics maker Sharp Corp. at the International Tokyo Toy Show at the Tokyo Big Sight convention center.

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International toy show in Tokyo

Photo taken on Aug. 28, 2025, shows the Poketomo pocket-sized AI companions, which enable personalized voice-based conversations tailored to each user, exhibited by Japanese electronics maker Sharp Corp. at the International Tokyo Toy Show at the Tokyo Big Sight convention center.

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International toy show in Tokyo

Photo taken on Aug. 28, 2025, shows the Poketomo pocket-sized AI companion, which enables personalized voice-based conversations tailored to each user, exhibited by Japanese electronics maker Sharp Corp. at the International Tokyo Toy Show at the Tokyo Big Sight convention center.

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Int'l supply chain expo in China

Photo taken July 16, 2025, shows Japanese electronics maker Panasonic Holdings Corp.'s booth at the China International Supply Chain Expo in Beijing.

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CES tech show in Las Vegas

A model demonstrates technology that projects a chosen makeup image onto the user's face, adjusting it to their facial shape. The technology, developed by Japanese cosmetics maker Kose Corp. and Tokyo Electron Device Ltd., was unveiled at CES, an annual consumer electronics trade show, in Las Vegas on Jan. 8, 2025.

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CORRECTED: China Development Forum

Toshiaki Higashihara (R), executive chairman of Japanese electronics maker Hitachi Ltd., attends China Development Forum in Beijing on March 24, 2024, in Beijing.

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Sharp forecasts bigger losses for FY 08

TOKYO, Japan - Sharp Corp. President Mikio Katayama speaks about his company's current and future business in Tokyo on April 8. He said the Osaka-based Japanese electronics maker anticipates bigger losses for just-ended fiscal 2008, while planning to strengthen its output of large-sized liquid crystal display televisions and panels amid signs that demand is returning.

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Sharp expected to post 200 bil. yen net loss

OSAKA, March 3 Kyodo - The headquarters of Japanese electronics maker Sharp Corp. stands in the city of Osaka, western Japan, on March 3, 2015. The company is expected to incur about 200 billion yen ($1.7 billion) in group net loss for the fiscal year to March 31 as it is considering additional restructuring steps, including the closure of four factories in Hiroshima Prefecture, sources close to the matter said the same day.

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Sharp plant in Egypt

CAIRO, Egypt - Japanese Ambassador to Egypt Toshiro Suzuki (2nd from L front) receives an explanation during an opening ceremony for a refrigerator manufacturing plant of Japanese electronics maker Sharp Corp. in Quesna near Cairo on April 15, 2014.

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Drum performance at Sharp's promotional event in Indonesia

CILEGON, Indonesia - A drum performance is held during Sharp Corp.'s promotional event at the electronics quarter of Cilegon, Indonesia, on Feb. 13, 2014. The event, aimed at selling the Japanese electronics maker's products to local consumers, runs from Feb. 8 to 15.

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Sharp opens new plant in Indonesia

JAKARTA, Indonesia - Sharp Corp. on Feb. 12, 2014, shows a new plant which opened in Karawang on the outskirts of Jakarta, Indonesia. The plant is set to become the Japanese electronics maker's largest production base for major household appliances.

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Sharp president speaks at opening of plant in Indonesia

JAKARTA, Indonesia - Sharp Corp. President Kozo Takahashi gives an address during the opening ceremony of the Japanese electronics maker's new plant in Karawang on the outskirts of Jakarta, Indonesia on Feb. 12, 2014.

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Panasonic's 4K tablet

OSAKA, Japan - File photo shows Panasonic Corp.'s "4K" tablet computer dubbed Toughpad 4K UT-MB5. The Japanese electronics maker said Dec. 11, 2013, it will postpone the launch of the product until mid-February due to glitches found to affect radio waves of other electric appliances.

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Sharp quarterly earnings

TOKYO, Japan - Sharp Corp. President Kozo Takahashi talks about the struggling Japanese electronics maker's quarterly earnings during a press conference in Tokyo on Aug. 1, 2013. Sharp posted a group operating profit of 3.01 billion yen for the April-June quarter, a turnaround from a loss of 94.13 billion yen a year earlier, on increased sales of its mainstay liquid crystal display panels and the positive effects of restructuring efforts.

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Sharp quarterly earnings

TOKYO, Japan - Sharp Corp. President Kozo Takahashi talks about the struggling Japanese electronics maker's quarterly earnings during a press conference in Tokyo on Aug. 1, 2013. Sharp posted a group operating profit of 3.01 billion yen for the April-June quarter, a turnaround from a loss of 94.13 billion yen a year earlier, on increased sales of its mainstay liquid crystal display panels and the positive effects of restructuring efforts.

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Sharp quarterly earnings

TOKYO, Japan - Sharp Corp. President Kozo Takahashi talks about the struggling Japanese electronics maker's quarterly earnings during a press conference in Tokyo on Aug. 1, 2013. Sharp posted a group operating profit of 3.01 billion yen for the April-June quarter, a turnaround from a loss of 94.13 billion yen a year earlier, on increased sales of its mainstay liquid crystal display panels and the positive effects of restructuring efforts.

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Sharp quarterly earnings

TOKYO, Japan - Sharp Corp. President Kozo Takahashi talks about the struggling Japanese electronics maker's quarterly earnings during a press conference in Tokyo on Aug. 1, 2013. Sharp posted a group operating profit of 3.01 billion yen for the April-June quarter, a turnaround from a loss of 94.13 billion yen a year earlier, on increased sales of its mainstay liquid crystal display panels and the positive effects of restructuring efforts.

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Sharp to accept investment from Samsung

OSAKA, Japan - File photo shows the headquarters of Japanese electronics maker Sharp Corp. in Osaka's Abeno Ward. The struggling company said March 6, 2013, it will accept 10.38 billion yen in investment from Samsung Electronics Co. and increase its supply of liquid crystal display panels to the South Korean electronics giant to rebuild its business.

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Sharp to accept investment from Samsung

OSAKA, Japan - File photo shows the headquarters of Samsung Electronics Co. in Seoul. Struggling Japanese electronics maker Sharp Corp. said March 6, 2013, it will accept 10.38 billion yen in investment from Samsung and increase its supply of liquid crystal display panels to the South Korean electronics giant to rebuild its business.

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Sharp in alliance talks with Samsung Electronics

OSAKA, Japan - File photo shows the headquarters of Japanese electronics maker Sharp Corp. in Osaka's Abeno Ward. The struggling company is in talks with Samsung Electronics Co. of South Korea on concluding a capital and business alliance, industry sources said March 5, 2013.

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Anti-Japan protests in China

SUZHOU, China - Photo shows a gatehouse of a factory of Japanese electronics maker Panasonic Corp. in Suzhou, Jiangsu Province, that was attacked by anti-Japan demonstrators on Sept. 15, 2012. Anti-Japan rallies were staged the same day across China in protest at the Japanese government's purchase of three islets of the Senkaku Islands in the East China Sea. China claims sovereignty over the Senkakus and calls them the Diaoyu Islands.

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Anti-Japan protests in China

SUZHOU, China - Photo shows a factory of Japanese electronics maker Panasonic Corp. in Suzhou, Jiangsu Province, that was attacked by anti-Japan demonstrators on Sept. 15, 2012. Anti-Japan rallies were staged the same day across China in protest at the Japanese government's purchase of three islets of the Senkaku Islands in the East China Sea. China claims sovereignty over the Senkakus and calls them the Diaoyu Islands.

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Hitachi aims to quadruple sales in Brazil by FY 2015

SAO PAULO, Brazil - Hiroaki Nakanishi, president of Hitachi Ltd., speaks at a press conference in Sao Paulo on July 24, 2012. Nakanishi said the Japanese electronics maker aims to quadruple its sales in Brazil to 120 billion yen by the end of fiscal 2015 by investing 24 billion yen in the country by fiscal 2015.

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Renesas Electronics to expand tie-up with Taiwan firm

TOKYO, Japan - Shinichi Iwamoto (R), senior vice president of Japanese semiconductor maker Renesas Electronics Corp., and Lin Cheng-Ming, a senior official of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., shake hands during a press conference in Tokyo on May 28, 2012. Renesas Electronics said it will expand its business tie-up with the Taiwan firm by outsourcing production of its mainstay microcontrollers as the struggling Japanese company tries to improve its financial standing.

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Car navigation displays info on windshield

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese electronics maker Pioneer Corp. on May 8, 2012, in Tokyo unveils a new car navigation system that allows the driver to see information in front of the windshield.

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Sharp names director Okuda as president

OSAKA, Japan - Takashi Okuda (R), executive managing officer of Sharp Corp., and Mikio Katayama, president of the company, shake hands after holding a press conference at a hotel in Osaka on March 14, 2012. The Japanese electronics maker said the same day that Okuda will replace Katayama, on April 1. Katayama will step aside to become chairman.

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Sharp names director Okuda as president

OSAKA, Japan - Takashi Okuda (R), executive managing officer of Sharp Corp., answers a reporter's question during a press conference at a hotel in Osaka on March 14, 2012. The Japanese electronics maker said the same day that Okuda will replace its current president, Mikio Katayama (L), on April 1. Katayama will step aside to become chairman.

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Sharp names director Okuda as president

OSAKA, Japan - Takashi Okuda (R), executive managing officer of Sharp Corp., answers a reporter's question during a press conference at a hotel in Osaka on March 14, 2012. The Japanese electronics maker said the same day that Okuda will replace its current president, Mikio Katayama (L), on April 1. Katayama will step aside to become chairman.

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Sharp names director Okuda as president

OSAKA, Japan - Takashi Okuda, executive managing officer of Sharp Corp., holds a press conference at a hotel in Osaka on March 14, 2012. The Japanese electronics maker said the same day that Okuda will replace its current president, Mikio Katayama, on April 1.

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Trade minister Edano visits Thailand

BANGKOK, Thailand - Japanese Economy, Trade and Industry Minister Yukio Edano (R) visits a flood-hit factory of Rohm Co., a Japanese electronics parts maker, in Pathum Thani Province, north of Bangkok, on Jan. 11, 2012.

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Sanyo to take down Piccadilly ad

LONDON, Britain - Photo taken on Feb. 14, 2011, shows Japanese electronics maker Sanyo Electronics Co.'s neon-light advertisement display at Piccadilly Circus in central London. Company officials said the same day they will take it down by the end of this year.

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World's 1st laptop made by Toshiba

KAWASAKI, Japan - A model shows a computer that Toshiba Corp. released in 1985 as the world's first mass market laptop at Toshiba Science Museum in Kawasaki on Dec. 18, 2010. The Japanese electronics maker began a special exhibition the same day marking the 25th anniversary of the laptop, which weighed about 4 kilograms and cost some 520,000 yen at the time of its release.

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LG Electronics to reenter Japanese TV market in Nov.

TOKYO, Japan - Two presenters demonstrate a liquid crystal display television in Tokyo on Sept. 27, 2010, which the world's second-largest flat-screen TV maker LG Electronics Inc. of South Korea will start selling in Japan in November. The company will reenter the Japanese market that it withdrew from in 2008 due to stagnant sales.

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NEC to release 3-D desktop PC

TOKYO, Japan - An NEC Corp. promoter wearing special glasses demonstrates a prototype desktop personal computer from the Japanese electronics maker that enables users to watch 3-D video programs in Tokyo on April 19, 2010. NEC plans to release a commercial model by the end of September.

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Sharp to launch 3-D TVs in summer

TOKYO, Japan - Masafumi Matsumoto, executive vice president of Sharp Corp., announces a plan to launch three-dimensional liquid crystal display televisions at a press conference at a hotel in Tokyo on April 12, 2010. Matsumoto said the Japanese electronics maker will start to sell the products in the summer.

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Sharp to launch 3-D TVs in summer

TOKYO, Japan - Sales promoters of Sharp Corp. promote a three-dimensional television that the Japanese electronics maker unveiled at a hotel in Tokyo on April 12, 2010. Sharp said it will launch the products in the summer.

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Panasonic begins selling 3-D TVs in U.S.

NEW YORK, United States - Customers view a display model of Panasonic Corp.'s VIERA VT20 50-inch, 3-D plasma television at a New York outlet of U.S. retailer Best Buy Co. on March 10, 2010. The Japanese home appliance maker began selling its first 3-D televisions in the United States a day after South Korean rival Samsung Electronics Co. announced its line of 3-D TVs.

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Sharp expects FY 08 operating loss of 30 bil. yen, 1st since 1953

OSAKA, Japan - Sharp Corp. Vice President Toshishige Hamano (L) announced in Osaka on Feb. 6 that the Japanese electronics maker expects to incur a group operating loss of 30 billion yen for the current business year through March, the first full-year loss since it began releasing earnings results on an operating level in 1953.

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Panasonic group to see 1st red ink in 6 yrs in FY 2008

OSAKA, Japan - File photo taken Oct. 1, 2008, shows the headquarters of Panasonic Corp. in Kadoma, Osaka Prefecture. The Japanese top electronics maker is likely to report a consolidated net loss for the 2008 business year through March, falling into the red for the first time since the 2002 business year.

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(2)Toshiba, Microsoft reach comprehensive cross-licensing pact

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows the headquarters in Washington of U.S. software giant Microsoft Corp. which has signed a comprehensive cross-licensing agreement on mutual use of patents with Japanese electronics maker Toshiba Corp. Informed sources said that the deal will allow the two companies to save time and costs for developing digital consumer electronics, without negotiating and concluding a license contract for each patent.

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(1)Toshiba, Microsoft reach comprehensive cross-licensing pact

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows the headquarters in Tokyo of Japanese electronics maker Toshiba Corp. which has signed a comprehensive cross-licensing agreement on mutual use of patents with U.S. software giant Microsoft Corp. Informed sources said May 13 that the deal will allow the two companies to save time and costs for developing digital consumer electronics, without negotiating and concluding a license contract for each patent.

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China's Haier to sell small washing machine in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - An official from Haier Group Co., China's largest consumer electronics maker, demonstrates in Tokyo on Oct. 30 how to use a small-sized washing machine it will put on the Japanese market on Nov. 1. The automatic washing machine can take laundry of up to 2.3 kilograms and targets such consumers as single-person households. It will likely be sold for an open price of around 19,800 yen.

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Aquino attends Sanyo shareholders meeting

Former Philippine President Corazon Aquino addresses a general shareholders meeting of Sanyo Electric Co., held in Moriguchi, Osaka Prefecture, on June 29, in which her appointment as a board member is formalized. The Japanese consumer electronics maker invited Aquino as an outside director to receive advice on operations in Asia. Sanyo has maintained ties with Aquino since its establishment of a semiconductor plant in the Philippines in 1995.

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Sharp headquarters

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on Aug. 9, 2022, shows the headquarters of Japanese electronics maker Sharp Corp. in Sakai in Osaka.

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Sharp headquarters

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on Aug. 9, 2022, shows the headquarters of Japanese electronics maker Sharp Corp. in Sakai in Osaka.

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(2)Toshiba, Microsoft reach comprehensive cross-licensing pact

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows the headquarters in Washington of U.S. software giant Microsoft Corp. which has signed a comprehensive cross-licensing agreement on mutual use of patents with Japanese electronics maker Toshiba Corp. Informed sources said that the deal will allow the two companies to save time and costs for developing digital consumer electronics, without negotiating and concluding a license contract for each patent. (Kyodo)

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(1)Toshiba, Microsoft reach comprehensive cross-licensing pact

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows the headquarters in Tokyo of Japanese electronics maker Toshiba Corp. which has signed a comprehensive cross-licensing agreement on mutual use of patents with U.S. software giant Microsoft Corp. Informed sources said May 13 that the deal will allow the two companies to save time and costs for developing digital consumer electronics, without negotiating and concluding a license contract for each patent. (Kyodo)

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Hitachi to appoint Vice President Furukawa as new president

TOKYO, Japan - Hitachi Ltd. said Dec. 15 its Executive Vice President Kazuo Furukawa (in file photo) will become the new president of the leading Japanese electronics maker on April 1, 2006. Current President and Chief Executive Officer Etsuhiko Shoyama will become chairman, the company said. (Kyodo)

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Panasonic group to see 1st red ink in 6 yrs in FY 2008

OSAKA, Japan - File photo taken Oct. 1, 2008, shows the headquarters of Panasonic Corp. in Kadoma, Osaka Prefecture. The Japanese top electronics maker is likely to report a consolidated net loss for the 2008 business year through March, falling into the red for the first time since the 2002 business year. (Kyodo)