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Sharp to re-enter U.S. TV market after reaching agreement with Hisense on brand rights
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Sharp expects 19% profit rise this year, missing mid-term target
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Sharp considers moving laptop computer production from China to Vietnam to avoid U.S. tariffs
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Tokyo, Feb. 17 (Jiji Press)--Sharp Corp. <6753> on Monday unveiled a smartphone compatible with fifth-generation, or 5G, ultrahigh-speed, large-volume wireless communications technologies.
The first 5G smartphone developed by a Japanese firm is set to vie with handsets from Chinese and South Korean rivals, which are ahead of others in the area.

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Sharp to make masks amid shortage caused by virus

Display maker Sharp Corp will start making face masks next month in response to a government request for companies to help boost output to make up for a shortage caused by the outbreak of a new coronavirus, a source close to the matter said Friday.

Sharp will begin production at a pace of 150,000 masks a day, eventually ramping up its daily output to 500,000, the source said.

The company will initially introduce three production lines in dust-free clean rooms at a plant in Mie Prefecture that is usually used to build liquid crystal display panels.

In China, Sharp's parent company Hon Hai Precision Industry Co of Taiwan, General Motors Co's local joint venture and Chinese carmaker BYD Co. have also started producing face masks, according to a media report.

In the face of widespread shortages and intense demand, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe pledged to ensure 600 million masks will be made available in Japan every month, up from the current monthly supply of around 400 million.

The government has said it will provide subsidies of up to 30 million yen ($275,000) for a company that invests in boosting mask production.

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Osaka, April 23 (Jiji Press)--Sharp Corp. <6753> said Thursday that it will resume sales of its face masks, changing the selling method from the initial first-come-first-served basis to drawing lots, in light of extremely high demand.
On Tuesday, the Japanese electronics maker started to sell the face masks on its e-commerce website. But sales were halted within the day, after the website was down, due to a flood of visitors.

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Tokyo, April 28 (Jiji Press)--McDonald's Co. (Japan) said Tuesday that its suspension of in-store dining, a measure now in place in some prefectures in response to the novel coronavirus pandemic, will be expanded nationwide.
All of some 2,900 outlets of the fast food chain across Japan will stop allowing customers to dine in the stores from Wednesday to May 6.

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Osaka, May 19 (Jiji Press)--Japanese electronics maker Sharp Corp. <6753> on Tuesday announced the appointment of Executive Vice President Katsuaki Nomura as president and chief operating officer.
Nomura, 63, will take over the presidency from Tai Jeng-wu, 68, who holds the post along with the titles of chairman and chief executive officer.

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Sharp Develops Fog-Free Face Shields
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Sharp's first-half net profit falls 17.8%
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Sharp Corp. said Friday its group net profit in the April-September period fell 17.8% from a year earlier to ¥22.52 billion ($217 million) as sales of office printers and other products continued to be hurt by the coronavirus pandemic.

Consolidated operating profit for the first half of fiscal 2020 dropped 25.3% to ¥27.60 billion on sales of ¥1.14 trillion, up 1.9%.

Sales of high-profit office printers were sluggish as the pandemic prompted more people to work from home. Weak sales of automotive displays also affected the results, the electronics maker said, adding that it observed strong demand for appliances such as air purifiers.

The fallout from the pandemic pushed its sales down by ¥8.5 billion and profits by ¥2.6 billion, the Osaka Prefecture-based firm said.

It maintained its full-year guidance, expecting net profit to more than double from the previous year to ¥50 billion and operating profit to grow 55.4% to ¥82 billion on sales of ¥2.35 trillion, up 3.5%.

“We continue to expect a steady recovery if economic activity is not restrained (by the pandemic),” Sharp President Katsuaki Nomura said at a press briefing.

But he also said there are signs of a resurgent spread of the virus in Japan and overseas and that the company will closely watch the situation and work toward lowering the risk of supply chain disruptions.

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Sharp to Sell Equity Stake in LCD Panel Firm
Osaka, Feb. 26 (Jiji Press)--Japanese electronics maker Sharp Corp. <6753> said Thursday it will sell all of its shareholdings in Sakai Display Products Corp., a liquid crystal display panel production company in Sakai, Osaka Prefecture, western Japan, in March.
Sharp now holds a 24.55 pct equity stake in the LCD firm in terms of voting rights.

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Sharp Books Special Loss of 11.7 B. Yen over Patent
Osaka, May 24 (Jiji Press)--Sharp Corp. <6753> said Tuesday that it booked an extraordinary loss of 11.7 billion yen for the fiscal year that ended in March to cover possible payment of compensation to LG Display Co.
The move caused the Japanese electronics maker to reduce its group net profit from 85.7 billion yen to 73.9 billion yen for the year.

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Sharp Corp was also hit, tumbling 11.2% and putting it on track for its biggest one-day drop in 3-1/2 years.

The maker of displays and telecoms equipment, a unit of Taiwan's Foxconn, reported a quarterly operating loss and said it expected a loss for the full year.

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Japan's Sharp Logs 1st Net Loss in 6 Years
Tokyo, May 11 (Jiji Press)--Japanese electronics maker Sharp Corp. reported Thursday its first consolidated net loss in six years in fiscal 2022, reflecting a 220-billion-yen special loss mainly on its liquid crystal display business.
Sharp's net loss in the year that ended in March totaled 260.8 billion yen, against the previous year's profit of 73.9 billion yen.

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Sharp to Appoint YouTube Co-Founder as Outside Director
Tokyo, June 9 (Jiji Press)--Sharp Corp. plans to appoint YouTube co-founder Steve Chen as an outside director, it has been learned.
The former chief technology officer of YouTube is among the director nominees listed by Sharp in its notice for a general shareholder meeting, set for June 27.

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Sharp to Study Usability of Online Fine-Tuning of Hearing Aids
Osaka, June 12 (Jiji Press)--Sharp Corp. said Monday that it will launch a study to examine the usability of online adjustments for hearing aids.
Hearing aids usually require fine adjustments by an otolaryngologist or a hearing aid store. Through the study, Sharp hopes to check whether online fine-tuning is helpful for people in areas without an otolaryngologist or a hearing aid store.