Talk:Electronics industry in Japan

message: This page is in dire need of expansion and a good clean-up, I needed to do a project on this topic and this page is not very useful at all. Wikiuserman (talk) 18:44, 31 May 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Consumer electronics in Japan

message: This article is full of old info that dates back to the 80s and early 90s. Since then foreign competition (chiefly Korea and Taiwan) and the decade long stagnation -See: Lost Decade and Economy of Japan#Current economic issues- has since eroded Japan's dominant market share. This is no more evident than in Semiconductor sales leaders by year. This article needs to be brought to the 21st century, where Japanese electronics companies while strong and innovative are no longer the dominant players.
I suggest adding a new section, here is what it could possibly be like. All what's in my mock-up section is collected from news articles and well cited. --Aizuku (talk) 11:15, 20 January 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Old info is old 

message: ===Effects of the Lost Decade and following recessions on Japanese Consumer Electronics Industry===
The Japanese electronics industry is downsizing.http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1876282,00.html, the Japanese electronics industry is past its era of dominance.http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123374189497247395.html
Low cost -which at one point was a key strength in Japan's competitiveness- of Korean, Taiwanese and Chinese electronics, helped erode Japanese companies market share outside Japan. Tougher S. Korean competition will force more Japanese companies to consolidate. http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE60907920100110?type=technologyNews%3FfeedType%3DRSS&feedName=technologyNews
Dropping demand inside Japan, after the Japanese asset price bubble's collapse and the following Lost Decade. The Japanese semiconductor industry declined by 15% in 2009. Particularly after the Q3 2008 collapse of the digital consumer market, the industry collectively lost more than $5.5bn by the end of March 2009.http://www.electronicsweekly.com/Articles/2009/02/03/45370/nec-and-toshiba-talk-turkey.htm
* Sony-Ericsson, worldwide marketshare dropped from 7.2% in 2007 to 4.9% Q3 2009 http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/10/30/mobile_handset_shipments_q3/
* Panasonic (then Matsushita) sold its entire stake in JVC which then merged with Kenwood forming JVC Kenwood Holdings on October 1, 2008..
* Panasonic acquired Sanyo.http://www.reuters.com/article/idUST10844720090619http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9142062/Panasonic_finally_wins_control_of_Sanyo
* Sony, Hitachihttp://blog.taragana.com/n/japanese-electronics-maker-hitachi-posts-record-annual-net-loss-of-81-billion-60003/, Panasonic, Fujitsu, Sharphttp://www.physorg.com/news158396102.htmlhttp://www.france24.com/en/20090428-business-electronics-sharp-loss-annual-dollar-yen, NEChttp://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601101&sid=aTeJBOwwa928 and Toshiba reported losses amounting to ¥2 trillion.http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/01/30/2478955.htm
* Sony sold its fabs to Toshibahttp://www.satelliteguys.us/archive/t-125754.html who is in talks about a joint fab with NEC.http://www.electronicsweekly.com/Articles/2009/02/03/45370/nec-and-toshiba-talk-turkey.htm
* Sharp acquired 15% of Pioneer.http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123063528153142167.htmlhttp://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601080&sid=aEg7558EmcQw&refer=asiahttp://www.hometheatermag.com/news/020108sharpbuys/
* Pioneer withdrew from the Plasma display business.http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2009/02/11/financial/f230533S27.DTL&feed=rss.business
* TDK, a subsidiary of Imation, reports first loss in seven years, will cut 8,000 jobs.http://www.domain-b.com/industry/electronics_ind/20090108_japan_electronics.html
* Oki Semiconductor became a part of ROHM Group effective October 1, 2008.http://docs.google.com/viewer?url=http://www.jst.go.jp/sicp/ws2009_ge3rd/35_company.pdfhttp://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0EIN/is_2008_July_30/ai_n27952549
* NEC and Renesas signed thier contract at the end of July 2009, with an eye to integrating operations by April 1 2010. http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/nb20090704a2.html
Japan while still a major global player in the semiconductors industry, the market share Japanese players held has long been eroded. See: Semiconductor sales leaders by year‎
===Refrences===
--Aizuku (talk) 12:15, 24 February 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  What do you think of this? I'm open to suggestions on improving it 

message: --Aizuku (talk) 12:15, 24 February 2010 (UTC)
thread_title: Refrences

message: I've found this  resource that includes numbers discussing the decline of the Consumer Electronics Industry in Japan, maybe it could help with improving and updating the article. --Aizuku (talk) 10:26, 16 June 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Analysis of the Consumer Electronics Industry in Japan 

message: Template:Japanese Electronics Industry includes a number of B2B companies that don't directly cater to consumers. Although I once suggested removing them from the template, I now think that it's better to expand this article to include all fields of electronics because the Japanese electronics industry has shifted its focus from consumer to other fields, notably industrial electronics, and many companies remain competitive in their markets. For example, Mitsubishi Electric is generally considered a consumer electronics company, but its engines of growth are power electronics and factory automation, among other things. Also, many Japanese companies export materials, components, and production machines to Korean and Taiwanese electronics companies. Please take this into account. --Shinkansen Fan (talk) 02:05, 6 May 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: I agree, if I wasn't busy with my research plan I would work on this article more. Japanese electronics companies are critical to the livelihood of companies all around the world. This was obvious after the earthquake where many companies suffered supply shortages of parts made by Japanese companies in Japan. --Aizuku (talk) 16:02, 11 May 2011 (UTC)
replies: text:  Refer to the Industrial Structure Vision 2010 in English (full report, Electronics and IT sectors, Functional Chemical sector (p.190) in Japanese) if you are interested. --Shinkansen Fan (talk) 04:56, 13 May 2011 (UTC)

text: Yes, Manufacturing_in_Japan#Electronics is a fairly small section and should be expanded.  When large enough and good enough, it should be separated into its own article.  At that point a merger with this article might become a good idea but not until then.  Jim.henderson (talk) 21:47, 15 May 2011 (UTC)

text: I'd go with the latter. It's the same as the template name. We also have Automotive industry in Japan. We can write the up-to-date information here and add a summary of that to Manufacturing_in_Japan#Electronics.--Shinkansen Fan (talk) 12:04, 17 May 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  It's not just CONSUMER electronics 

message: This article has several issues, but the most important one is that it seems to be full of untruths.
The article claims "Sony was founded in 1946 by Masaru Ibuka and Akio Morita and rapidly advanced in the electronics field. The invention of the pocket transistor radio placed the company at the forefront of electronics development, both in Japan and worldwide." That sentence reads as if Sony invented the pocket radio - which is incorrect according to another Wikipedia article coupled with a pic of the TR-1 box:
*The Regency TR-1 was the first commercially manufactured transistor radio. 
*Two companies—Texas Instruments of Dallas, Texas, and Industrial Development Engineering Associates (I.D.E.A.) of Indianapolis, Indiana—worked together to produce the Regency TR-1. 
*TR-1 boxes - note how the boxes say "pocket transistor radio"
The grammar is also in need of some work. I will come back tomorrow and have a look to see if any work has been done to correct anything - if not, I will start chopping out the rubbish. Chaosdruid (talk) 17:09, 19 November 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Copyedit needed