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Taiwan: Typhoon Danas Batters Southern Region, Leaving Widespread Damage 3

Typhoon Danas made landfall near Chiayi's Budai Township around 11:40 p.m. on Sunday, July 6, bringing gusty winds and heavy rainfall to the southern region. Typhoon Danas weakened to a tropical storm after its eye departed Taiwan early Monday.

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Sharp to supply "free-form" LCDs to Nintendo

OSAKA, Japan - File photo taken in June 2014 shows Sharp Corp.'s Free-Form Display, a liquid crystal display that can be shaped freely according to user demand. Sharp is close to providing the displays to video game maker Nintendo Co., sources close to the matter said Dec. 16, 2014.

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Sharp's ad panel with Doraemon at Indonesia store

JAKARTA, Indonesia - An advertisement panel for Sharp Co., featuring the popular Japanese anime character Doraemon, is on display at an electronics retail store in Jakarta on Feb. 13, 2014.

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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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Hon Hai CEO in Japan

OSAKA, Japan - Terry Gou, chief executive officer of Taiwan's Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., is surrounded by reporters upon his arrival at JR Shin-Osaka Station in western Japan on Aug. 30, 2012. Hon Hai, better known as Foxconn, and its Japanese business partner Sharp Corp. are in talks over the terms of their capital alliance agreement.

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Hon Hai CEO in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Terry Gou, chief executive officer of Taiwan's Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., answers reporters' questions in Tokyo on Aug. 28, 2012. Japan's Sharp Corp. and its Taiwanese business partner Hon Hai, better known as Foxconn, held talks over the terms of their capital alliance agreement.

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Sharp to partner with Hon Hai in smartphone business in China

TOKYO, Japan - Sharp Corp. President Takashi Okuda speaks during a press conference in Tokyo on June 8, 2012. Sharp will cooperate with its capital alliance partner Hon Hai Precision Industry Co. of Taiwan in the smartphone business in China, aiming to launch products there in the business year starting April 2013 and expand the scope of their capital and business tie-up.

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Sharp to form alliance with Taiwan's Hon Hai group

TOKYO, Japan - Takashi Okuda, executive managing officer of Sharp Corp., who will become the company's president on April 1, speaks at a news conference at a hotel in Tokyo on March 27, 2012. The company said the same day it will form a capital and business alliance with Taiwan's Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., the world's biggest contract supplier of electronics products and known for its Foxconn brand, to rebuild its liquid crystal display panel business.

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Calculators with 'anime,' 'manga' characters

OSAKA, Japan - Photo shows calculators with designs of popular characters from Japanese animation and comic book series ''Neon Genesis Evangelion'' (L), ''Keion!!'' (C) and ''President Shima Kosaku.'' Sharp Corp. and Bandi Co. said on Feb. 17, 2011, they will begin selling the calculators in March 2011.

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Sharp's 3D TVs

OSAKA, Japan - Three-dimensional televisions of Sharp Corp. go on sale at a Yodobashi Camera Co. outlet in Osaka, western Japan, on July 29, 2010. With the launch, Sharp goes into competition with Panasonic Corp. and Sony Corp. in the emerging market of TVs that can project 3D images.

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Electric garbage collection truck devised

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows an ''electric garbage collection truck'' using Mitsubishi Motors Corp.'s battery system for electric vehicles. The truck, developed by special vehicle maker Kyokuto Kaihatsu Kogyo Co., realized a sharp cut in carbon dioxide emissions, Mitsubishi Motors said.

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Kansai Electric, Sharp to build solar power facilities in Osaka

SAKAI, Japan - (From L to R) Sharp Corp. Vice President Toshishige Hamano, Sakai Mayor Keisuke Kihara and Kansai Electric Power Co. Vice President Sakae Kanno join hands in Sakai on June 23 after the two companies announced they will build and operate solar power generation facilities with a combined maximum output capacity of 28 megawatts, one of the world's largest, in Sakai, Osaka Prefecture.

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Bridgestone, Toyo Tire to form capital alliance

TOKYO, Japan - Bridgestone Corp. President Shoshi Arakawa (L) and Toyo Tire & Rubber Co. President Kenji Nakakura shake hands at a Tokyo hotel on May 16 after the two companies agreed to form a capital alliance to better cope with tougher business conditions, including a sharp rise in raw material prices.

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Sharp develops world's biggest 108-inch flat-panel TV

OSAKA, Japan - Sharp Corp. said Jan. 8 it has developed what it claims is the world's largest flat-panel television fitted with a 108-inch liquid crystal display. The display size is bigger than that of the 103-inch plasma display television, marketed by rival Matsushita Electric Industrial Co.

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Shareholders to launch damages suit against Livedoor in late May

TOKYO, Japn - Three lawyers representing some 1,000 shareholders in Livedoor Co. hold a press conference in Tokyo on April 13. They said their clients will launch a damages suit in late May against the Internet firm and its former executives in a bid to recover their losses from a sharp fall in its stock price following allegations of accounting fraud.

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Vodafone to sell cellphones with face-recognition technology

TOKYO, Japan - A model holds up Vodafone K.K.'s new mobile phone 904SH model by Sharp Corp. during a presentation in Tokyo on Feb. 28. The model equipped with face-recognition technology developed by Oki Electric Industry Co. can verify the phone's owner as soon as the owner looks into the built-in camera.

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Sharp rolls out world's largest LCD TV with 65-inch screen

TOKYO, Japan - Visitors look at Sharp Corp.'s Aguos television, which features the world's largest liquid crystal screen at 65 inches, at Ceatec Japan 2004, a digital home appliances exhibition, at the Makuhari Messe convention center in Chiba on Oct. 5. The screen exceeds in size a 57-inch LCD TV developed by Samsung Electronics Co. of South Korea, currently the biggest LCD TV on the market.

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Aeon to resume business with Sharp

TOKYO, Japan - Aeon Co. executive Kunihiko Hisaki (front) tells reporters in Tokyo on June 11 the company has decided to resume business with Sharp Corp., the day after the major retailer announced it would suspend transactions with the electronics firm in protest at Sharp's filing a lawsuit to seek a ban on sales of Taiwanese liquid crystal display televisions, which the company claims violate Sharp patents. The TVs are sold by Aeon.

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4 makers devise specs for Net-controlled appliances

TOKYO, Japan - Two clerks show off electrical appliances with built-in technical specifications to allow users to control them via the Internet using cell phones at a press conference in Tokyo on Dec. 17. Toshiba Corp., Sharp Corp., Mitsubishi Electric Corp. and Sanyo Electric Co. said they have drawn up the iReady specifications for compatibility among their products when they are connected via the Net.

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Sharp forms CPU on glass substrate

OSAKA, Japan - Sharp Corp. said on Oct. 22 it has succeeded in forming an 8-bit central processing unit (CPU) on a glass substrate (photo), paving the way for the development of futuristic ultra-thin ''sheet computers'' and ''sheet television sets.'' The first technology of its kind in the world was developed jointly by Sharp and Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co. in Atsugi, Kanagawa Prefecture, on the basis of their jointly developed continuous grain (CG) silicon technology. The technology could lead to the development of notebook personal computers and 15-inch TVs as thin as 1 mm and weighing only around 300 grams.

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Sogo to close Yurakucho store at end of Sept.

TOKYO, Japan - Sogo Co., a failed department store operator seeking a new life under court protection, will close its store in Yurakucho (shown in this file photo), in central Tokyo's Chiyoda Ward, at the end of next month, company sources said Aug. 23. The store, opened in May 1957 as Sogo's first in the Tokyo metropolitan area, has recently suffered sharp falls in sales due partly to competition with nearby department stores.

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Rise in digital payments driving force for e-commerce growth in Cambodia: CEO

STORY: Rise in digital payments driving force for e-commerce growth in Cambodia: CEO DATELINE: July 12, 2022 LENGTH: 00:02:26 LOCATION: Phnom Penh CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. SOUNDBITE (English): JACK LEE, Chief executive officer and Co-founder of online market Smile Shop 2. various of Smile Shop in Phnom Penh 3. various of the National Bank of Cambodia in Phnom Penh 4. various of stores in Phnom Penh STORYLINE: The sharp rise in digital payments is a driving force for the development of e-commerce in Cambodia, Jack Lee, chief executive officer and co-founder of the online market Smile Shop in Cambodia, said on Monday. Cambodia recorded a total of 13.6 million mobile payment users in 2021, up 42 percent from 9.56 million in 2020, the National Bank of Cambodia (NBC) said, adding that there are 69 financial institutions providing mobile payment services in the kingdom. The Southeast Asian nation reported that the market value of e-commerce increased to 970 million U.S. dollars last year, up 19 percent f

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Sharp's logo

Sharp, SHARP, Hon Hai Precision Industry, Hon Hai, Hon Hai, Xia Pu Electric Appliances Co., electronics manufacturer, home appliance manufacturer, electronic components, electronics, company, signboard, logo, logo mark = June 11, 2019, Sharp Tokyo Building, Minato Ward, Tokyo, Credit: Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun/ Kyodo News Images

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Sharp's logo

Sharp, SHARP, Hon Hai Precision Industry, Hon Hai, Hon Hai, Xia Pu Electric Appliances Co., electronics manufacturer, home appliance manufacturer, electronic components, electronics, company, signboard, logo, logo mark = June 11, 2019, Sharp Tokyo Building, Minato Ward, Tokyo, Credit: Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun/ Kyodo News Images

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Sharp's logo

Sharp, SHARP, Hon Hai Precision Industry, Hon Hai, Hon Hai, Xia Pu Electric Appliances Co., electronics manufacturer, home appliance manufacturer, electronic components, electronics, company, signboard, logo, logo mark = June 11, 2019, Sharp Tokyo Building, Minato Ward, Tokyo, Credit: Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun/ Kyodo News Images

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Sharp's logo

Sharp, SHARP, Hon Hai Precision Industry, Hon Hai, Hon Hai, Xia Pu Electric Appliances Co., electronics manufacturer, home appliance manufacturer, electronic components, electronics, company, signboard, logo, logo mark = June 11, 2019, Sharp Tokyo Building, Minato Ward, Tokyo, Credit: Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun/ Kyodo News Images

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Sharp's logo

Sharp, SHARP, Hon Hai Precision Industry, Hon Hai, Hon Hai, Xia Pu Electric Appliances Co., electronics manufacturer, home appliance manufacturer, electronic components, electronics, company, signboard, logo, logo mark = June 11, 2019, Sharp Tokyo Building, Minato Ward, Tokyo, Credit: Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun/ Kyodo News Images

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Sharp's logo

Sharp, SHARP, Hon Hai Precision Industry, Hon Hai, Hon Hai, Xia Pu Electric Appliances Co., electronics manufacturer, home appliance manufacturer, electronic components, electronics, company, signboard, logo, logo mark = June 11, 2019, Sharp Tokyo Building, Minato Ward, Tokyo, Credit: Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun/ Kyodo News Images

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Sharp rolls out world's largest LCD TV with 65-inch screen

TOKYO, Japan - Visitors look at Sharp Corp.'s Aguos television, which features the world's largest liquid crystal screen at 65 inches, at Ceatec Japan 2004, a digital home appliances exhibition, at the Makuhari Messe convention center in Chiba on Oct. 5. The screen exceeds in size a 57-inch LCD TV developed by Samsung Electronics Co. of South Korea, currently the biggest LCD TV on the market. (Kyodo)

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Shareholders to launch damages suit against Livedoor in late May

TOKYO, Japn - Three lawyers representing some 1,000 shareholders in Livedoor Co. hold a press conference in Tokyo on April 13. They said their clients will launch a damages suit in late May against the Internet firm and its former executives in a bid to recover their losses from a sharp fall in its stock price following allegations of accounting fraud. (Kyodo)

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Bridgestone, Toyo Tire to form capital alliance

TOKYO, Japan - Bridgestone Corp. President Shoshi Arakawa (L) and Toyo Tire & Rubber Co. President Kenji Nakakura shake hands at a Tokyo hotel on May 16 after the two companies agreed to form a capital alliance to better cope with tougher business conditions, including a sharp rise in raw material prices. (Kyodo)

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Kansai Electric, Sharp to build solar power facilities in Osaka

SAKAI, Japan - (From L to R) Sharp Corp. Vice President Toshishige Hamano, Sakai Mayor Keisuke Kihara and Kansai Electric Power Co. Vice President Sakae Kanno join hands in Sakai on June 23 after the two companies announced they will build and operate solar power generation facilities with a combined maximum output capacity of 28 megawatts, one of the world's largest, in Sakai, Osaka Prefecture. (Kyodo)

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Sharp forms CPU on glass substrate

OSAKA, Japan - Sharp Corp. said on Oct. 22 it has succeeded in forming an 8-bit central processing unit (CPU) on a glass substrate (photo), paving the way for the development of futuristic ultra-thin ''sheet computers'' and ''sheet television sets.'' The first technology of its kind in the world was developed jointly by Sharp and Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co. in Atsugi, Kanagawa Prefecture, on the basis of their jointly developed continuous grain (CG) silicon technology. The technology could lead to the development of notebook personal computers and 15-inch TVs as thin as 1 mm and weighing only around 300 grams. (Kyodo)

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Fringe (2008)

Blair Brown Characters: Nina Sharp Television: Fringe (TV-Serie) Usa/Can 2008?2013, 09 September 2008 FRINGE: Nina Jack (Blair Brown) is entangled in a disturbing pattern that blurs the line between the possible and the impossible on FRINGE premiering Tuesday, Sept. 9 (8:00-9:30 PM ET/PT) this fall on FOX. ©2008 Fox Broadcasting Co. Cr: George Holz/FOX Date: 09 September 2008

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Fringe (2008)

John Noble, Joshua Jackson, Anna Torv, Lance Reddick, Blair Brown, Mark Valley, Jasika Nicole & Kirk Acevedo Characters: Dr. Walter Bishop, Peter Bishop, Agent Olivia Dunham, Agent Phillip Broyles, Nina Sharp, John Scott, Astrid Farnsworth, Agent Charlie Francis Television: Fringe (TV-Serie) Usa/Can 2008?2013, 09 September 2008 FRINGE: An unlikely trio uncovers a deadly mystery involving a series of unbelievable events and realizes they may be part of a larger, more disturbing pattern that blurs the line between the possible and the impossible on FRINGE premiering Tuesday, Sept. 9 (8:00-9:30 PM ET/PT) this fall on FOX. Pictured L-R: John Noble, Joshua Jackson, Anna Torv, Lance Reddick, Blair Brown, Mark Valley, Jasika Nicole and Kirk Acevedo. ©2008 Fox Broadcasting Co. Cr: George Holz/FOX Date: 09 September 2008

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Fringe (2008)

Blair Brown Characters: Nina Sharp Television: Fringe (TV-Serie) Usa/Can 2008?2013, 09 September 2008 FRINGE: Nina Jack (Blair Brown) is entangled in a disturbing pattern that blurs the line between the possible and the impossible on FRINGE premiering Tuesday, Sept. 9 (8:00-9:30 PM ET/PT) this fall on FOX. ©2008 Fox Broadcasting Co. Cr: George Holz/FOX Date: 09 September 2008

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Smash-hit "Pokemon Go" launched in Japan amid global frenzy

The smash-hit "Pokemon Go" mobile game is finally released on July 22, 2016 in Japan, the franchise's home country. The game has sparked a frenzy since its release in the United States, Australia, and New Zealand in early July, raising expectations of sharp business growth at Nintendo Co., one of the three co-developers. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Smash-hit "Pokemon Go" launched in Japan amid global frenzy

The smash-hit "Pokemon Go" mobile game is finally released on July 22, 2016 in Japan, the franchise's home country. The game has sparked a frenzy since its release in the United States, Australia, and New Zealand in early July, raising expectations of sharp business growth at Nintendo Co., one of the three co-developers. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Sharp holds general shareholders' meeting

Sharp Corp. shareholders arrive at the venue of their general meeting in Osaka on June 23, 2016. They are expected to approve a proposal that the century-old Japanese company become a subsidiary of Taiwan's Hon Hai Precision Industry Co. At the outset of the meeting, Sharp President Kozo Takahashi apologized for the downturn in business. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Sharp holds general shareholders' meeting

A screen shows the general shareholders' meeting of Sharp Corp. in Osaka on June 23, 2016, which will approve a proposal that the century-old Japanese company become a subsidiary of Taiwan's Hon Hai Precision Industry Co. At the outset of the meeting, Sharp President Kozo Takahashi apologized for the downturn in business. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Sharp holds general shareholders' meeting

A screen shows Sharp Corp. President Kozo Takahashi addressing the general shareholders' meeting in Osaka on June 23, 2016. While Takahashi apologized for the downturn in business, the shareholders will approve a proposal that the century-old Japanese company become a subsidiary of Taiwan's Hon Hai Precision Industry Co. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Hon Hai Chairman Terry Gou at press conference

Taiwan's Hon Hai Precision Industry Co. Chairman Terry Gou attends a press conference in New Taipei on June 22, 2016. On the management of Sharp Corp., which is now under the umbrella of Hon Hai, Gou stressed the need to integrate Sharp's good traditions with Hon Hai's innovation. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Sharp holds general shareholders' meeting

Sharp Corp. shareholders arrive at the venue of their general meeting in Osaka on June 23, 2016. They are expected to approve a proposal that the century-old Japanese company become a subsidiary of Taiwan's Hon Hai Precision Industry Co. At the outset of the meeting, Sharp President Kozo Takahashi apologized for the downturn in business. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Sharp to lay off 7,000 people globally

Tai Jeng-wu, the new head of Sharp Corp., tells reporters in New Taipei on June 22, 2016, that the Japanese electronics maker is planning to lay off 7,000 employees worldwide following a takeover deal signed in April between Sharp and Taiwan's Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., better known by the trade name Foxconn. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Hon Hai Vice Chairman Tai to become Sharp pres. after takeover deal

Kozo Takahashi, president of Sharp Corp., announces the company's earnings report for the business year ended March 2016 in Tokyo on May 12. Sharp, restructuring under Taiwan's Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., said the same day Hon Hai Vice Chairman Tai Jeng-wu, a close aide of Hon Hai chief Terry Gou, will replace Takahashi, becoming the first chief from outside the Osaka-based company. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Hon Hai Vice Chairman Tai to become Sharp pres. after takeover deal

Kozo Takahashi, president of Sharp Corp., announces the company's earnings report for the business year ended March 2016 in Tokyo on May 12. Sharp, restructuring under Taiwan's Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., said the same day Hon Hai Vice Chairman Tai Jeng-wu, a close aide of Hon Hai chief Terry Gou, will replace Takahashi, becoming the first chief from outside the Osaka-based company. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Hon Hai Vice Chairman Tai to become Sharp pres. after takeover deal

Kozo Takahashi, president of Sharp Corp., gets ready to announce the company's earnings report for the business year ended March 2016 in Tokyo on May 12. Sharp, restructuring under Taiwan's Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., said the same day Hon Hai Vice Chairman Tai Jeng-wu, a close aide of Hon Hai chief Terry Gou, will replace Takahashi, becoming the first chief from outside the Osaka-based company. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Sharp looks to appoint Hon Hai vice chairman as new chief

Photo taken April 2, 2016, in the western Japan city of Sakai shows Tai Jeng-wu, vice chairman of Taiwan's Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., also known by its trade name Foxconn. It was reported on May 12, 2016, that Japanese electronics maker Sharp Corp., restructuring under Hon Hai, is looking to appoint Tai as its new president. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo