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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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Sharp unveils EV concept model

Sharp Corp. unveils its electric vehicle concept model, LDK+, to the media at the company's technology exhibition event in Tokyo on Sept. 17, 2024, marking the electronics firm's entry in the EV market. LDK+ views the vehicle's interior as an extended living room, Sharp said of the concept model, developed jointly with Taiwan's Hon Hai Technology Group and Kyoto-based Folofly Corp.

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Sharp unveils EV concept model

Sharp Corp. unveils its electric vehicle concept model, LDK+, to the media at the company's technology exhibition event in Tokyo on Sept. 17, 2024, marking the electronics firm's entry in the EV market. LDK+ views the vehicle's interior as an extended living room, Sharp said of the concept model, developed jointly with Taiwan's Hon Hai Technology Group and Kyoto-based Folofly Corp.

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Sharp unveils EV concept model

Sharp Corp. unveils its electric vehicle concept model, LDK+, to the media at the company's technology exhibition event in Tokyo on Sept. 17, 2024, marking the electronics firm's entry in the EV market. LDK+ views the vehicle's interior as an extended living room, Sharp said of the concept model, developed jointly with Taiwan's Hon Hai Technology Group and Kyoto-based Folofly Corp.

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Sharp President Okitsu

Sharp Corp. President Masahiro Okitsu gives an interview in Sakai, Osaka Prefecture, western Japan, on July 16, 2024.

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Sharp President Okitsu

Sharp Corp. President Masahiro Okitsu gives an interview in Sakai, Osaka Prefecture, western Japan, on July 16, 2024.

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Sharp's headquarters in Osaka

Photo taken on April 28, 2024, shows Sharp Corp.'s headquarters (R, back) and its subsidiary Sakai Display Products Corp. (front) in Sakai, Osaka Prefecture.

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Sharp's headquarters in Osaka

Photo taken on April 28, 2024, shows Sharp Corp.'s headquarters (front) and its subsidiary Sakai Display Products Corp. in Sakai, Osaka Prefecture.

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Japan probe lands on Moon

Photo taken at a Sharp Corp. plant in Yamatokoriyama in Nara Prefecture, western Japan, on Jan. 19, 2024, shows a solar battery, weighing about five times less than a conventional solar panel, mounted on the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency's SLIM lunar lander. The spacecraft successfully landed on the Moon in the small hours of Jan. 20, marking Japan's first lunar landing.

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Sharp's automated storage system

Photo shows Sharp Corp.'s automated storage system for use in warehouses, displayed on the first day of the three-day Sharp Tech-Day exhibition at Tokyo Big Sight on Nov. 10, 2023.

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Sharp headquarters

File photo taken in May 2017 shows the headquarters of electronics maker Sharp Corp. in Sakai, Osaka Prefecture, western Japan.

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Sharp unveils LCD TV with new backlight system

OSAKA, Japan - Sharp Corp. takes the wraps off a prototype liquid crystal display TV that uses a newly developed backlight system capable of showing clearer red and green colors in Osaka, western Japan, on Dec. 8, 2014. The Japanese electronics giant plans to launch commercial production of the TV in time for trial 8K ultra high-definition broadcasting due to start in 2016.

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Sharp 60-inch LCD

OSAKA, Japan - Sharp Corp. unveils its new 60-inch liquid crystal display which allows users to write directly on it like a whiteboard in Osaka on Aug. 18, 2010. The product will hit store shelves on Aug. 31 at the price of around 1 million yen.

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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 posts 1st profit in 3 years

TOKYO, Japan - Kozo Takahashi, president of Sharp Corp., answers a reporter's question after releasing the company's earnings results for the nine months to Dec. 31, 2013, at a press conference in Tokyo on Feb. 4, 2014. Sharp reported a group net profit of 17.72 billion yen for the period, a turnaround from a year-earlier loss of 424.35 billion yen and its first black ink in three years.

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Sharp posts 1st profit in 3 years

TOKYO, Japan - Kozo Takahashi, president of Sharp Corp., answers a reporter's question after releasing the company's earnings results for the nine months to Dec. 31, 2013, at a press conference in Tokyo on Feb. 4, 2014. Sharp reported a group net profit of 17.72 billion yen for the period, a turnaround from a year-earlier loss of 424.35 billion yen and its first black ink in three years.

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Sony to release new Alpha 700 digital SLR camera in November

TOKYO, Japan - Models pose with Sony Corp.'s new digital single-lens reflex camera Alpha 700 during a presentation in Tokyo on Sept. 6. The Alpha 700 is equipped with a newly developed 12.24-megapixel CMOS sensor, called Exmor, enabling users to capture sharp images at around five frames per second.

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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 unveils advanced "garakei" to be sold via KDDI

Sharp Corp. takes the wraps off advanced "garakei" mobile phones in Osaka, Japan, on Jan. 21, 2015, which it will sell through KDDI Corp., operator of au mobile communication services. Garakei is a Japanese word coinage combining Galapagos Islands, where evolution unique to the islands is believed to have taken place due to their isolation, and "keitai" for mobile phones.

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Sharp displays curved LCD panel at U.S. trade show

LAS VEGAS, United States - A wraparound liquid crystal display panel developed by Sharp Corp. of Japan is shown at the U.S. International Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vega, Nevada, on Jan. 6, 2015.

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Sharp to shift more production back to Japan

OSAKA, Japan - Kozo Takahashi, president of Sharp Corp., speaks during an interview in Osaka, Japan, on Jan. 6, 2015. Takahashi said the company plans to accelerate its move to shift production back to Japan, prompted by a sharply weaker yen.

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Sharp unveils 4K TV based on Android operating system

LAS VEGAS, United States - A Sharp Corp. official explains the Japanese company's latest technologies such as a 4K super-high definition TV based on the Android operating system at the U.S. International Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, Nevada, on Jan. 5, 2015.

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Sharp to launch higher-resolution "8K" TVs in FY 2015

LAS VEGAS, United States - Photo taken Jan. 5, 2015, shows the new Aquos liquid crystal display television unveiled by Sharp Corp. at the International Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. The launch of "8K" televisions that offer even better image quality than the 4K super high-definition TVs is expected for the business year starting April 1 in markets such as Japan, China and the United States.

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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 unveils new residential solar panels

OSAKA, Japan - Sharp Corp. announces four new solar panel products for residential use in Osaka on Nov. 20, 2014. The new "Black Solar" panels, going on sale on Dec. 9, have 3.5% better power output compared with the existing models.

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Sharp to sell LCDs for signboards with 4K resolution

OSAKA, Japan - A Sharp Corp. liquid crystal display panel capable of 4K resolution is shown in Osaka on Nov. 12, 2014. The product, intended for digital signage, will go on sale early next February.

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Sharp eyes 'igzo' LCD-based '4K' panel for smartphones

OSAKA, Japan - Photo taken on Nov. 11, 2014, shows Sharp Corp.'s prototype "4K" high-quality panel for smartphones based on its "igzo" LCD technology. Commercial production is envisaged in fiscal 2016.

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Sharp's 1st-half operating profit falls 13.6%

TOKYO, Japan - Sharp Corp. President Kozo Takahashi holds a press conference in Tokyo on Oct. 31, 2014. Sharp said its group operating profit in the April-September half fell 13.6 percent from a year earlier to 29.22 billion yen.

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Sharp's light equipped with plasmacluster ion generator

OSAKA, Japan - Sharp Corp. on Oct. 24, 2014, unveils an LED lighting unit equipped with a plasmacluster ion generator to break down unpleasant odors in a toilet.

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Sharp develops table-type touch panel display

OSAKA, Japan - A table-type touch panel display developed by Sharp Corp. is shown in Osaka, western Japan, on Oct.8, 2014. A special optical sensor pen is used to write on the display, which has been delivered to three Japan Post Bank branches on a trial basis.

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Sharp to release tablet with new panel next year

OSAKA, Japan - Sharp Corp. unveils a business-use tablet computer with a new display panel, to be released in 2015, at the Makuhari Messe convention center outside Tokyo on Oct. 6, 2014. Sharp developed the panel jointly with Qualcomm Inc. of the United States.

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Sharp's new Aquos TV series caters to smartphone games

OSAKA, Japan - Sharp Corp. announces in Osaka, western Japan, on Oct. 2, 2014, a new "Aquos Quattron Pro XL 20" series of TVs adapting to Sega Corp.'s smartphone game application "Telebeena." The TVs come in three models with screens equivalent to the full 4K high resolution.

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Sharp devises app to let smartphones speak

OSAKA, Japan - Japanese electronics giant Sharp Corp. announces on Oct. 1, 2014, the development of an application that enables smartphones to speak to users both orally and in text as seen in this demonstration, with the words "Good morning" appearing on the screen.

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Sharp to log losses over business reforms in Europe

OSAKA, Japan - Tetsuo Onishi, executive vice president of Sharp Corp., answers reporters' questions after a press conference in Osaka on Sept. 26, 2014. The company said it will post at least 6.4 billion yen in charges during the current business year to reorganize its business operations in Europe.

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Sharp officer speaks on next-generation display panel

OSAKA, Japan - Norikazu Hoshi, senior executive officer of Japan's Sharp Corp., speaks about a next-generation "MEMS Display" panel jointly developed with Qualcomm Inc. of the United States during a press conference in Tokyo on Sept. 12, 2014.

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Sharp unveils next-generation display panel

OSAKA, Japan - Sharp Corp. unveils a next-generation "MEMS Display" panel (R) that retains clarity even under bright light in Tokyo on Sept. 12, 2014. On the left is the company's existing display panel.

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Sharp launches 'talking' air cleaner in China

OSAKA, Japan - Sharp Corp. unveils a "talking" air cleaner with a function to remove pollutant "PM2.5" for sale in China at a press conference in Osaka, western Japan, on Sept. 10, 2014. Coming in two models, the product gives the user audio notifications in Chinese, including when it exhales ions.

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Struggling Sharp pinning hopes on LCD business

SHENZHEN, China - An employee of struggling electronics maker Sharp Corp. explains its in-car liquid crystal display system on Sept. 3, 2014, at a business meeting in China's Shenzhen joined by some 400 Chinese companies, including TV and mobile phone makers. Sharp is pinning high hopes on the LCD panel business.

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Sharp unveils new LDC TV for 4K broadcasting

OSAKA, Japan - Sharp Corp. announces in Osaka, western Japan, on Aug. 5, 2014, that it will release two new liquid crystal display TV models in the Aquos family for 4K ultra-high resolution broadcasting on Sept. 10.

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Sharp remains in red in April-June

TOKYO, Japan - Sharp Corp. President Kozo Takahashi announces the company's earnings report for the April-June quarter on Aug. 1, 2014, in Tokyo, Japan. The company remained in the red in the reporting quarter for the fourth year, due to costs related to withdrawal from the solar battery business in Europe.

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Sharp's ultrasonic cleaner for medical devices

OSAKA, Japan - Sharp Corp. announces the launch of a new ultrasonic cleaner for medical devices in Yao, Osaka Prefecture, on July 17, 2014. The product will go on sale from July 25.

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Sharp targets Asia with Japanese sales style

OSAKA, Japan - Akira Atarashi, Sharp Corp.'s deputy CEO for Asia, the Middle East and Africa, speaks at a press conference in Osaka City, western Japan, on July 15, 2014, introducing marketing methods for the region centering on its ASEAN sales bases.

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Sharp's Kameyama plant

OSAKA, Japan - Sharp Corp.'s Kameyama plant in Kameyama, Mie Prefecture, is seen in this photo taken in August 2012. Sharp plans to buy the LCD manufacturing facilities owned by Apple Inc. at the Kameyama Daiichi plant.

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Sharp's new 'nice size calculator'

OSAKA, Japan - Sharp Corp.'s new "nice size calculator" in champagne gold color is seen in this undated photo. Sharp announced on June 19, 2014, it will launch new models of calculators in commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the launching of the world's first all-transistor-diode electronic desktop calculator from July 25.

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Sharp's 'nice size calculator' models

OSAKA, Japan - Sharp Corp.'s new "nice size calculator" models are seen in this undated photo. Sharp announced on June 19, 2014, it will launch the new models of calculators in commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the launching of the world's first all-transistor-diode electronic desktop calculator from July 25.

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Sharp develops Free-Form Display enabling variety of shapes

OSAKA, Japan - A woman holds up Sharp Corp.'s Free-Form Display during a press conference in Osaka, Japan, on June 18, 2014. Sharp said the new display can be shaped into a variety of forms and plans to commercialize it for automobile speedometers and other products in fiscal 2017.

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Sharp to launch 2 models of water-saving washers

OSAKA, Japan - Sharp Corp. announces in Osaka, western Japan, on June 17, 2014, that it will launch two models of top-loading, water-saving washing machines with built-in driers next month.