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Monday 28 November 2016
Japan market: 3Q16 solar cell, PV module shipments down 13%, 6% on year, says JPEA
There were 385.766MWp of crystalline silicon solar cells and 1,664.631MWp of PV modules shipped in the Japan market during the second quarter of fiscal year 2016 (the third quarter...
Wednesday 26 October 2016
Digitimes Research: Japan CE market sees decreased DSLR sales, focus on VR, takeoff of drone demand in 3Q16
The Japan CE (consumer electronics) market in the third quarter of 2016 was characterized by declining sales of DSLR cameras, focus of the 2016 Tokyo Game Show (TGS, September 15-18)...
Monday 17 October 2016
Digitimes Research: Japan electronic medical records market value to reach JPY259.4 billion in 2018
Viewing that 82.5% of large hospitals with 400 or more beds in Japan have adopted electronic medical records, leading vendors of digital medical systems including NEC, Fujitsu and...
Thursday 6 October 2016
Japan market: Foxconn to launch in-house-produced smartphones
Foxconn Electronics is expected to introduce its entry-level and mid-range smartphones into the Japan market through its subsidiary Sharp in the first quarter of 2017, according to...
Wednesday 28 September 2016
JDI may release shares to Sharp, says paper
Japan Display (JDI), an LCD panel supplier for Apple, may release a portion of its shares to Sharp, now a subsidiary of Foxconn Electronics, allowing Foxconn to indirectly land display...
Tuesday 13 September 2016
Japan market: SoftBank to adopt massive MIMO for 4G networks
Japan-based mobile telecom carrier SoftBank will adopt massive MIMO (multiple input multiple output) for 100 of its 4G base stations in 43 cities around Japan beginning September...
Tuesday 30 August 2016
HTC speeding up development of Viveport app store
HTC has said that it will continue to strengthen the development of its virtual reality app store, Viveport, as a means to foster the HTC Vive ecosystem and to ramp up sales of the...
Tuesday 23 August 2016
Digitimes Research: Japan to focus on developing self-driving, medicare and smart-factory industries
The Japan Revitalization Strategy 2016 calls for the development of key technologies related to the fourth industrial revolution (Industry 4.0), including IoT, robot and artificial...
Thursday 4 August 2016
Digitimes Research: Sony to lower investment on CMOS image sensor equipment in fiscal 2016
Sony will reduce its equipment investment for CMOS image sensors to JPY70 billion (US$691.53 million) in fiscal 2016, while maintaining its sensor production capacity at 70,000 12-inch...
Wednesday 13 July 2016
Digitimes Research: Japan telecom carriers reduce number of smartphones for summer
Two of the top-three Japan-based mobile telecom carriers, NTT DoCoMo and Softbank, have reduced the number of new phones launched for the summer of 2016 as the growth of smartphone...
Friday 8 July 2016
Japan market: HTC launches HTC Vive
HTC on July 7 announced the launch of HTC Vive, its first virtual reality (VR) device, in the Japan market and is cooperating with several local retail chains and games developers...
Thursday 7 July 2016
Japan market: HTC 10 smartphone enjoys brisk sales
HTC's sales of its latest flagship model the HTC 10 in cooperation with KDDI in the Japan market have been growing steadily, according to Jack Tong, president of HTC North Asia.
Tuesday 28 June 2016
HTC to start marketing Vive via retail shops in Japan
HTC has announced that it will hold a press conference in Tokyo on July 7 to promote sales of its HTC Vive through physical retail shops in Japan.
Tuesday 21 June 2016
Sales of HTC 10 higher than expected in Taiwan, Japan, says company
HTC expects its sales performance in the Taiwan market in the second quarter of 2016 to be better than that a quarter earlier due to strong sales of its flagship model the HTC 10,...
Monday 16 May 2016
Japan market: Asustek is top SIM-free smartphone vendor in FY2015, says paper
Sales of SIM-free smartphones totaled 1.705 million units in Japan in fiscal 2015 (from April 2015 to March 2016) with Taiwan-based Asustek Computer being the top vendor in the segment...