TOKYO -- Huawei Technologies has worked to boost sales in Japan's smartwatch market as the Chinese company's smartphone operations are hamstrung by American restrictions on exports of cutting-edge semiconductors.
Wearables can be made without cutting-edge chips used in smartphones

Huawei smartwatches are displayed at a Bic Camera store in Tokyo's Ikebukuro district. (Photo by Shuhei Yuzawa)
TOKYO -- Huawei Technologies has worked to boost sales in Japan's smartwatch market as the Chinese company's smartphone operations are hamstrung by American restrictions on exports of cutting-edge semiconductors.