Electronics industry in Japan
The electronics industry in Japan traces its modern roots to the early 1950s, when Kobe Kogyo became the nation’s first firm to license and manufacture transistors, quickly followed by Sony’s collaboration with Western Electric and the launch of Japan’s inaugural transistor radio, the TR‑55. Japanese companies have been responsible for a number of important innovations, including having pioneered the transistor radio and the Walkman (Sony), the first mass-produced laptops (Toshiba), the VHS recorder (JVC), and solar cells and LCD screens (Sharp).
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