Electronics
Nintendo expects 10% fewer Switch sales due to supply chain woes
Shanghai lockdown, chip shortages complicate fiscal 2022 production plans
Electronics
Companies
Keyence surges to record profit, spurred by factory automation
Japan sensor maker finds success abroad with same-day shipping and high pay
Electronics
Vietnam adopts NEC's biometric ID system, registering 50m
Japan electronics group taps experience in emerging nations to take system global
Electronics
Taiwan LCD maker AUO's profit plunges 56% as inflation cools demand
Q1 earnings slammed by weaker consumer confidence and falling panel prices
Semiconductors
Taiwan's share of contract chipmaking to hit 66% this year: report
TSMC set to widen lead over Samsung, Chinese rivals
Business deals
Fujitsu to sell scanner business to Ricoh for $625m
Japanese company to divest 80% of unit to focus on software development
China tech
Teardown of China budget smartphone Honor reveals rise in U.S. parts
Former Huawei brand relies heavily on Qualcomm and Micron components
Environment
Foxconn pledges 20% emissions cut by 2025 in Earth Day goals
Apple supplier's environmental road map calls for 50% green energy by 2030
Business deals
Hitachi in talks to sell $1.56bn stake in Hitachi Transport to KKR
Deal would advance Japanese industrial group's efforts to focus on tech
Automobiles
LG-Magna venture breaks ground on EV motor factory in Mexico
Plant to go online in 2023, supplying components to GM
Electronics
Nidec to triple output of robot arm component as automation soars
Japan motor maker expands Philippine plant, aiming to double sales by fiscal 2025
Electronics
Sharp to pursue overseas growth with wellness solutions: new CEO
Wu tasked with charting future path after company's return to profit
Electronics
Samsung caught between rock and a hard place on Russia
Withdrawing would risk losing smartphone lead to China after years of investment
Electronics
Apple supplier BOE goes full throttle on OLED offensive
Chinese manufacture to ramp up shipments 70%, plans new facility
Toshiba in turmoil
Toshiba to consider going private under new review panel
Group suspends sales of elevator and lighting operations
Automobiles
South Korea-U.S. EV battery alliances spark discord
Carmakers, power cell manufacturers in technology-sharing tug of war
Coronavirus
Foxconn 'basically' resumes normal operations in China's Shenzhen
Move comes after COVID-19 outbreaks disrupted work at most important campuses
Electronics
Foxconn to enlist 100 Japanese companies in EV drive
Toyota supplier Denso and Asahi Kasei among those climbing aboard
Electronics
Chinese home appliance makers focus on diversification
Government moves to rein in housing market dampen demand for white goods
Ukraine war
Komatsu and Hitachi Construction halt shipments to Russia
Duo join Panasonic in ceasing operations, citing supply chain issues