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Labor unions of Hitachi and other major Japanese electronics companies on Thursday demanded a monthly pay scale hike of a record ¥17,000 in their shuntō spring labor talks. The companies are scheduled ...

TOKYO/KYOTO, Japan -- Inventories are piling up at Japan's leading electronics parts producers due to protracted lockdowns in China and disruptions in the auto industry, stoking concern that a further ...

TOKYO -- Consumer electronics chains across Japan are working to thwart inbound tourists who abuse their tax-free status by making bulk purchases of high-value items to sell them later at markup.

TOKYOTOKYO — Electronics maker Sharp Corp. said Monday it will start making surgical masks, which are in high demand because of the virus outbreak, using a plant in central Japan that usually makes ...

HOT on the heels of a bid by Taiwan's Hon Hai company to acquire Japanese electronic goods manufacturer Sharp Corporation, another famous Japanese name, Toshiba, has agreed to sell a major part of its ...

TOKYO (Reuters) - For Japan's electronics firms, the kitchen is the final frontier. Companies from Panasonic Corp to Toshiba Corp are diverting engineers and money away from their TV operations and ...

A series of powerful earthquakes that shook southwest Japan this week has also disrupted the electronics supply chain. Sony, Mitsubishi Electric and chip-maker Renesas are among the companies with ...

I just returned from a holiday in Japan, a country with a fascinating culture for electronics. My biggest takeaway is how mainstream gadgets are in Japan; unlike most other countries, there seems to ...

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese electronics firms are suffering from the downturn in European consumption and the euro's slump to a 10-year low against the yen, senior executives from Sony Corp, Panasonic ...

Electronics firms are getting into agriculture amid tough times in their home industry, growing vegetables in sterile plants first meant for supercomputers and microchips. AIZU-WAKAMATSU, ...