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Meanwhile, Japan’s Topix Index rose yesterday to its highest level since August and the yen traded at 77.21 per dollar, about 2.4 percent weaker than a post World War II high of 75.35 in October. Companies from Panasonic Corp. to Sharp Corp. are...
The opening price Oct. 31 was 75.61. The finance chief also said his nation’s authorities have no reservations about conducting intervention alone to combat currency swings. Gains in the yen are deepening an export slump that is threatening profits at...
People walk past Sharp's advertisement board outside an electronics store in Tokyo February 1, 2012. Sharp Corp forecast a record 290 billion yen ($3.8 billion) net loss for the year to March after posting surprise quarterly losses as a slump in TV... View Photo »
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One area he can hardly ignore is the flagship television business, which this fiscal year is expected to lose money for the eighth straight year. Other Japanese consumer electronics makers like Panasonic Corp. and Sharp Corp. are also expecting large...
Its Long-Term Foreign-Currency (FC) and Local-Currency (LC) Issuer Default Ratings (IDRs) and LC senior unsecured rating have been affirmed at 'BBB-', respectively. Simultaneously, Fitch has affirmed Sharp's Short-Term FC and LC IDRs at 'F3'. The...
Gains in the yen are deepening an export slump that is threatening profits at companies from Sharp Corp. to Honda Motor Co. and limiting the recovery from last year’s earthquake. Japan’s currency traded at 77.59 as of 12:29 p.m. in Tokyo, compared with...
A man looks around Sharp's TV sets at an electronics store in Tokyo February 1, 2012. Sharp Corp forecast a record 290 billion yen ($3.8 billion) net loss for the year to March after posting surprise quarterly losses as a slump in TV sales forced it to... View Photo »
2012, according to calculations based on data from Steel Business Briefing in London. “The strong yen is hitting Japanese manufacturers like a body blow,” Taniguchi said. “We expect an oversupply of steel in Korea, Japan and China.” The yen’s strength...
Sharp Corporation (シャープ株式会社, Shāpu Kabushiki-gaisha?) (TYO: 6753, LuxSE: SRP) is a Japanese electronics manufacturer, founded in 1912. It takes its name from one of its founder's first inventions, the Ever-Sharp mechanical pencil, which was invented by Tokuji Hayakawa (早川 徳次) in 1915. Since then it has developed into one of the leading... Full Article
A man looks around Sharp's TV sets at an electronics store in Tokyo February 1, 2012. Sharp Corp forecast a record 290 billion yen ($3.8 billion) net loss for the year to March after posting surprise quarterly losses as a slump in TV sales forced it to halve output at a western Japan...
View Photo »A Sharp Corp. employee touches the screen with a pen to demonstrate the 80-inch touch panel display "Big Pad" during a press unveiling in Tokyo Tuesday, Jan. 10, 2012. Using its own "10th generation" giant glass panels for flat screen TVs, the Japanese electronics maker offers the new...
View Photo »President of Sharp Corporation Mikio Katayama delivers a speech during a press conference at the comapny's head office in Tokyo on June 3, 2011. The electronics maker projected a net profit of 6 billion yen (74 million USD) for the year to March 2012, down 69 percent from the previous...
View Photo »Sharp Corp President Mikio Katayama speaks during a news conference in Tokyo June 3, 2011. Japan's Sharp Corp said on Friday that talks have stalled on its plans to build a cutting-edge plant in China to make liquid crystal display (LCD) panels.
View Photo »A visitor takes a close look at a display of Sharp Corp's solar panel at the fourth International Photovoltaic Power Generation (PV) Expo in Tokyo March 2, 2011. More than 600 companies in the solar energy business from 18 countries are taking part in the March 2-4 expo, which showcases...
View Photo »A visitor takes a photograph of Sharp Corp's see-through photovoltaic module, displayed at the fourth International Photovoltaic Power Generation (PV) Expo in Tokyo March 2, 2011. More than 600 companies in the solar energy business from 18 countries are taking part in the March 2-4...
View Photo »An employee of an electronics store is seen between Sharp Corp's Aquos liquid-crystal display (LCD) televisions displayed at an electronic store in Tokyo July 28, 2011. Japan's Sharp reported an 84.4 percent drop in quarterly operating profit after the company was forced to suspend...
View Photo »A cameraman takes videos new LCD TV sets of Japan's Sharp Corp. during a press conference in Tokyo on June 15, 2011. Sharp will put the L5 series LCD TVs on domestic market from July 15.
View Photo »A boy in a stroller looks at a cartoon shown on Sharp Corp's Aquos LCD TVs displayed at an electronic store in Tokyo April 27, 2011. Japan's Sharp said on Wednesday that it will not give a profit forecast for the business year that just started following last month's massive earthquake...
View Photo »Sony Corp. Executive Deputy President Hiroshi Yoshioka (R), Hitachi Ltd. President Hiroaki Nakanishi (2nd R) and Toshiba Corp. President and CEO Norio Sasaki attend a joint news conference in Tokyo August 31, 2011. Sony Corp, Toshiba Corp and Hitachi Ltd said on Wednesday they will...
View Photo »A Sony logo is seen at an unveiling of the company's head mounted display "Personnal 3D Viewer HMZ-T1", in Tokyo August 31, 2011. Sony Corp, Toshiba Corp and Hitachi Ltd said on Wednesday they will merge their liquid-crystal display operations using government-backed funding, to better...
View Photo »Sony Corp. Executive Deputy President Hiroshi Yoshioka (R), Hitachi Ltd. President Hiroaki Nakanishi (2nd R), Toshiba Corp. President and CEO Norio Sasaki (3rd R) and Innovation Network Corporation of Japan President and CEO Kimikazu Noumi bow after a photo session at their joint news...
View Photo »A man looks around Sharp's TV sets at an electronics store in Tokyo February 1, 2012. Sharp Corp forecast a record 290 billion yen ($3.8 billion) net loss for the year to March after posting surprise quarterly losses as a slump in TV sales forced it to halve output at a western Japan...
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