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NHK
19-05-2025
- NHK
Wrong-way car drove for 10 km on central Japan expressway, causing accidents
Police in central Japan say a car that caused multiple accidents drove the wrong way for at least 10 kilometers on an expressway on Sunday. The driver of the small car is still at large one day after the accidents on the Shin-Meishin Expressway. Police are looking for the car and its driver on suspicion of causing hit-and-run accidents. The blue car is said to have driven in the wrong direction on the expressway's west-bound lanes in the city of Kameyama, Mie Prefecture. The wrong-way car bumped into two vehicles at around 11 a.m. and caused more collisions as drivers tried to avoid it. The accidents injured four women in their 40s to 60s. Police and the expressway operator say eyewitness accounts suggest the car continued to travel in the wrong direction to near the Suzuka parking area, about 10 kilometers to the east.
Japan Times
13-05-2025
- Business
- Japan Times
Japan's Sharp to sell Kameyama LCD plant to Hon Hai
Sharp said Monday that it will sell its small and midsize liquid crystal display panel plant in Kameyama, Mie Prefecture, to its Taiwanese parent, Hon Hai Precision Industry. The Kameyama No. 2 plant will be transferred to Hon Hai by August 2026. Sharp aims to focus its business resources on competitive fields by downsizing the LCD panel business, which has been operating in the red. Even after the transfer, sales of products from the plant ordered by current clients will continue, Sharp President Masahiro Okitsu told an online press conference. Sharp will continue producing highly profitable automotive LCD panels at its Kameyama No. 1 plant. In addition, Sharp plans to move its headquarters to the city of Osaka from the city of Sakai, both in Osaka Prefecture. Also on Monday, the company announced a consolidated net profit of ¥36 billion in fiscal 2024, which ended in March this year, against the previous year's loss of ¥149.9 billion. It secured its first profit in three years thanks to positive effects of restructuring measures and profits from the sale of some assets. Due to its sluggish business performance, Sharp halted the operations of its television LCD panel factory in Sakai in August last year and sold part of the land and buildings to SoftBank. In the latest year, Sharp's overall sales declined 7.0% from the previous year to ¥2.16 trillion, while it swung to an operating profit of ¥27.3 billion from the previous year's loss of ¥20.3 billion. The company expects to post sales of ¥1.85 trillion for fiscal 2025, down 14.4%, and net profit of ¥10 billion, down 72.3%.
