EVs replace smartphones as earnings driver for Japan parts makers

Net profit at Kyocera, TDK, other big players set to rise for first time in two years

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Workers install an electric-vehicle battery at a Mitsubishi Motors factory in Kurashiki, Japan. © Reuters

YUTA FUKUSHIMA and YUJI OHIRA, Nikkei staff writers

TOKYO/KYOTO, Japan -- As global smartphone sales plateau, many of Japan's biggest electronic parts makers see components for electric vehicles powering profit growth in the new fiscal year.

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