Huawei pushes smartwatches in Japan as U.S. sanctions bite

Wearables can be made without cutting-edge chips used in smartphones

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Huawei smartwatches are displayed at a Bic Camera store in Tokyo's Ikebukuro district. (Photo by Shuhei Yuzawa)

SHUHEI YUZAWA, Nikkei staff writer

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.

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