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A Sony plant in Kumamoto Prefecture. The company will build a new factory in Nagasaki Prefecture to make semiconductor image sensors for smartphone cameras. (Nikkei montage)

YOICHIRO HIROI, Nikkei staff writer

TOKYO -- Japanese electronics-maker Sony will invest in a new factory in Nagasaki Prefecture to produce semiconductor image sensors used in smartphone cameras, Nikkei has learned. The company aims to capitalize on growing demand for high-end cameras in the devices that will take advantage of ultra-fast 5G networks.

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