Sharp cuts 3,000 foreign staffer positions, shifting work to China

Shows vulnerability of temp jobs as Tokyo seeks to bring in more overseas workers

20181203N Sharp Tochigi factory

Under Taiwanese parent Foxconn, Sharp has restructured its manufacturing base in Japan. 

GEN NAKAMURA, Nikkei staff writer

OSAKA -- Sharp has eliminated the jobs of more than 3,000 foreign temporary workers in Japan as the company moves production of iPhone sensors to a Chinese plant owned by parent Foxconn.

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