Sharp to boost workforce at key plant in July

Photo taken on March 22, 2017, shows Sharp Corp.'s Kameyema factory in Mie Prefecture, Japan. Sharp, restructuring under the wing of Taiwan's Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., is set to raise the number of employees at the plant to around 4,000 in July 2017 from the current 2,300 to reinforce the production of profitable camera parts for smartphones, a senior company official said on April 6. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo