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State-of-the-art floating solar island brings Apple’s clean energy program to Japan
Component supplier Ibiden is the first company in Japan to pledge it will power all of its Apple manufacturing with…
Sharp increases OLED-investment plan to $878 million as Apple’s next iPhone to feature OLED
Sharp Corp. is looking to spend some ¥100 billion ($878 million) in an expanded plan to build organic light-emitting diode displays…
Apple’s next-gen flagship OLED iPhone is codenamed ‘Ferrari’
Apple will release three models of iPhones next year, codenamed D20, D21 and D22…
All of iPhone 8’s OLED version will be curved, sources say
All of Apple’s iPhone 8 OLED versions will be curved…
Apple says OLED finally ready for iPhones, but most suppliers still aren’t
Apple Inc. has big plans to outfit its next iPhone with vibrant, energy-sipping organic LED displays…
Sharp President confirms Apple iPhone transition to OLED displays
Sharp President Tai Jeng-wu, now an executive at parent company Hon Hai Precision…
No, Apple’s plans for an OLED iPhone aren’t on hold
If Apple has to wait for Foxconn and Sharp to get their act together in OLEDs…
CEO Cook wants Apple to be catalyst for cashless society
Apple will celebrate the iPhone’s 10th anniversary next year, but in chief executive Tim Cook’s view…
Apple CEO Tim Cook meets Nintendo’s Shigeru Miyamoto during Japan visit
While on a visit to Japan, Apple CEO Tim Cook met with Nintendo’s legendary game designer…
What if Apple iPhone adopts AMOLED next year?
There has been a lot of market speculation that Apple will move to AMOLED displays next year…
Apple in talks with Sharp to supply OLED screens for future iPhones
Apple Inc. is in negotiations with Sharp Corp. to secure organic LED displays for the iPhone maker’s…
Japan’s antitrust watchdog considers action against Apple, carriers over iPhone
Japanese regulators are considering taking action against Apple Inc over possible antitrust violations…
Checking iPhone 7/Plus availability at Apple locations worldwide
While the iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus launched last week, the usual trend of demand outstripping supply…
Apple Japan unit ordered to pay $118 million tax for underreporting income
An Apple Inc. iTunes unit in Japan was ordered to pay some 12 billion yen…
Apple Pay coming to Japan with iPhone 7
Apple today announced that iPhone 7, iPhone 7 Plus and Apple Watch Series 2 will bring customers…
Apple quietly makes big move in the world’s third largest economy
Having seen positive results from its initial deals, Apple has several more countries in the near-term pipeline…
Apple paid 865 Japanese suppliers more than $30 billion in 2015
Apple revealed Tuesday that it paid Japanese suppliers more than $30 billion in 2015…
ARM needed Softbank, Softbank wanted ARM
I think this deal is a good thing, and Softbank should profit handsomely in the long run by it…
Apple, ARM Holdings, and skating to where the puck will be
SoftBank CEO Masayoshi Son wants to spend $31.4-billion to buy chip designer ARM Holdings…
ARM sold for bargain price, thanks to Brexit
The deal has been on the cards since before the EU referendum, but…
Japan’s Softbank just became one of Apple’s most important suppliers
SoftBank just bought a critical part of the world’s computing infrastructure…
Softbank to acquire Apple chip designing partner ARM for $32 billion
In a massive deal valued at $32 billion, Japanese company Softbank…
Nintendo shares surge as Pokémon GO hits No. 1 in Apple’s App Store
Shares in Japan’s Nintendo Co surged on Friday as early signs showed consumers falling in love with…
Apple investors should be fretting over Japan, not China
While investors focus on Apple’srecent struggles in China, a number of regulatory and competitive factors in Japan…
Apple supplier Sharp names Foxconn exec as CEO to spearhead revival
Japan’s Sharp Corp has named a top Foxconn executive as CEO and said it would seal a $3.5 billion stake sale…
Sony says earthquake-affected Kumamoto plant will not affect iPhone production
Sony Corp. said on Monday that its image sensor plant in Kumamoto, which has been shut since earthquakes hit southern Japan…
Apple supplier Sharp preps AMOLED displays after Foxconn acquisition
A main motivation of Foxconn Electronics’ investment in Sharp is to develop AMOLED panels…
Did Apple help Foxconn buy Sharp?
Foxconn’s purchase of a 66% stake in Sharp for the reduced price of $3.5 billion is questionable…
Apple supplier Foxconn agrees to buy Sharp after slashing original offer
Taiwan’s Foxconn agreed to acquire Japan’s Sharp Corp. at a big discount to its original offer…
Sharp Corp. liabilities list covered worst-case scenarios; takeover talks extended
Top Sharp officials had not examined the list and had not planned to share it with Foxconn…
Why Foxconn’s multi-billion-dollar deal for Sharp is dead in the water
Board members of struggling Japanese electronics maker Sharp Corp. met Thursday and agreed to sell the company, but…
Foxconn’s $5.1 billion bid for Sharp could be good for Apple, too
LCD screens are expensive. They’re the most costly component in the iPhone 6 Plus, by about three times more than the next part…
Apple supplier Sharp accepts Hon Hai’s $6.2 billion takeover offer; Hon Hai says deal on hold
Sharp’s board on Thursday morning decided to accept a roughly 700 billion yen ($6.2 billion) takeover offer…
Foxconn fast-tracks $5.5 billion Sharp takeover bid
Taiwanese iPhone assembler Foxconn is pushing to wrap up a takeover of Sharp Corp. within days…
State-backed Japanese fund in race with Foxconn to save Sharp
A state-backed Japanese fund is frontrunner to rescue Sharp Corp, ahead of a rival approach from Apple supplier Foxconn…
TDK’s CEO hints at more iPhone orders from Apple next year
Japanese smartphone parts maker TDK Corp expects to win more orders next year from…
Japan’s largest AEC firms going ‘all iPad,’ standardizing on Apple’s iOS
in Japan, Apple’s iPads are far in a way becoming the dominant platform for tablets in Japanese AEC market…
Apple’s new Japanese R&D center to focus on vehicles, materials, and health
Alongside an expanding retail presence…
Apple’s samurai bond pushes debt to $45.5 billion
Apple’s addiction seems to have no bounds…
Move over China! Japan wants to take over iPhone manufacturing
Being an Apple manufacturer is a pretty lucrative market if you can get in on it…
Apple set to issue $1.6 billion of yen-denominated bonds
Apple has been using proceeds from debt sales to fund payment of dividends…
