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NEC and Sumitomo put AI to work down on the farm

Mar 1, 2024 | asia.nikkei.com | Yuta Fukushima

TOKYO -- NEC and trading house Sumitomo Corp. are teaming up on an agricultural support service that uses artificial intelligence to analyze data to help improve yields while saving resources, aiming to support stable production amid frequent extreme weather events from climate change. Sumitomo is involved in the agricultural materials business, including pesticides and fertilizers, in 40 countries.
China slump drags on for Japan's chip and component suppliers

Feb 12, 2024 | asia.nikkei.com | Ryosuke Eguchi |Yuta Fukushima

TOKYO -- Shipments of Japanese electronic parts and semiconductors are starting to pick up, but industry players expect only a slow recovery in the first half of 2024 as Chinese consumer spending remains weak. Inventories of electronic parts and devices declined for five straight months through December, data from Japan's Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry shows. Inventories fell 25% on the year in the October-December quarter after a 20% drop in the previous three months.
Toshiba set to delist in bid for revival under Japanese consortium

Nov 22, 2023 | asia.nikkei.com | Yoichiro Hiroi |Aya Onishi |Yuta Fukushima

TOKYO -- Toshiba will delist on Dec. 20 after shareholders on Wednesday approved steps for the troubled industrial group to go private and seek a revival under a consortium led by buyout fund Japan Industrial Partners. The acquisition, which will end Toshiba's 74 years as a listed company, sees the departure of activist investors that had clashed with the Japanese blue chip's management over strategy.
EVs replace smartphones as earnings driver for Japan parts makers

May 15, 2023 | asia.nikkei.com | Yuta Fukushima |Yuji Ohira

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. Combined profits at the top eight players are forecast to rise for the first time in two years. They expect consolidated net profit to grow 8% on the year to a total of 829 billion yen ($6 billion) for the fiscal year ending March 2024.
TDK to double output of advanced automobile sensors

Apr 26, 2023 | asia.nikkei.com | Yuta Fukushima

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Maxell to mass produce all-solid-state batteries for factory robots

Mar 18, 2023 | asia.nikkei.com | Yuta Fukushima

TOKYO -- An alternative to lithium-ion batteries for powering industrial robots will go into mass production this summer in Japan, Nikkei has learned. Japanese electronics company Maxell plans to mass produce what are being called the world's first high-power, all-solid-state batteries for industrial machines.
Mitsubishi Electric to quintuple silicon carbide power device output

Mar 14, 2023 | asia.nikkei.com | Yuta Fukushima

TOKYO -- Mitsubishi Electric will quintuple production capacity for energy-saving silicon carbide power semiconductor devices by investing roughly 100 billion yen ($744 million) in a new Japanese factory under plans announced Tuesday. A total of 260 billion yen in power semiconductors capital spending is targeted over the five years ending fiscal 2025, doubling the previously planned 130 billion yen.
Fujitec shareholders fire 3 outside directors in rebuke to board

Feb 24, 2023 | asia.nikkei.com | Yuta Fukushima

TOKYO -- Shareholders at elevator maker Fujitec engaged in a rare revolt against a Japanese company on Friday by booting three outside directors and appointing four replacements. The move came after Fujitec last year had decided not to reappoint Takakazu Uchiyama as president in response to allegations of financial improprieties, only for the board to install him as company chairman.