Daisuke Wakabayashi

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Sharp Loss Widens to $5.36 Billion

Mayumi Negishi and Daisuke Wakabayashi, Reporters, The Wall Street Journal in News on May 14 at 6:30 am PT

After posting an annual net loss of ¥545 billion ($5.4 billion), the biggest in its 100-year history, Sharp Corp. said it plans to replace both its president and chairman after just one year in an unusually public rebuke of former management that underscores the depth of the struggling electronics maker’s problems.

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Sony Says Entertainment Business Not for Sale

Daisuke Wakabayashi, Reporter, The Wall Street Journal in News on May 14 at 4:30 am PT

U.S. hedge fund billionaire Daniel Loeb proposed Tuesday that Sony Corp. spin off its entertainment arm — comprising its movie and music businesses — by taking up to 20 percent of the unit public.

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Panasonic Posts Another Full-Year Loss

Daisuke Wakabayashi, Reporter, The Wall Street Journal in News on May 10 at 4:04 am PT

Panasonic Corp. Friday posted net losses exceeding ¥750 billion ($7.4 billion) for the second straight year, dragged down by hefty restructuring charges aimed at fixing its ailing electronics business.

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Samsung’s “Good” Problem: A Growing Cash Pile

Daisuke Wakabayashi and Min-Jeong Lee, Reporters, The Wall Street Journal in News on May 8 at 10:50 am PT

Having grabbed a big chunk of the profitable smartphone business from Apple Inc. and others, Samsung Electronics Co. now faces a new, enviable Apple-like challenge: a mammoth pile of unspent, accumulated cash.

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SoftBank CEO Takes Offensive on Sprint Deal

Mayumi Negishi, Daisuke Wakabayashi and Shalini Ramachandran, Reporters, The Wall Street Journal in Mobile on April 30 at 9:46 am PT

SoftBank Corp. Chief Executive Masayoshi Son launched a blistering attack on Dish Network Corp.’s competing bid for Sprint Nextel Corp., saying it would load the U.S. carrier with debt and delay its turnaround without providing any telecommunications expertise.

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Sony Raises Full-Year Profit View

Daisuke Wakabayashi, Reporter, The Wall Street Journal in News on April 25 at 5:00 am PT

Japanese electronics firm Sony Corp. said it doubled its profit outlook for the past business year ended March, aided by a weaker yen, asset sales and a rebounding stock market that helped its life insurance business.

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Sharp Faces Dwindling Financing Options

Daisuke Wakabayashi and Atsuko Fukase, Reporter, The Wall Street Journal in News on March 26 at 7:30 am PT

Japan’s Sharp Corp. is trying to find new sources of capital ahead of key looming financing deadlines. But the electronics maker’s options have shrunk, as management has told potential funders it doesn’t want to relinquish control of key decisions, while rebuffing demands from creditors that it shed core assets.

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Stringer to Leave as Sony Chairman

Daisuke Wakabayashi, Reporter, The Wall Street Journal in Voices on March 9 at 2:22 pm PT

In a speech to the Japan Society in New York, Mr. Stringer said he plans to retire from the company in June.

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Sony Stakes Recovery on New Smartphone

Daisuke Wakabayashi, Reporter, The Wall Street Journal in Mobile on March 2 at 4:10 pm PT

TOKYO — When the head of NTT DoCoMo Inc., Japan’s biggest mobile carrier, took the stage in January to introduce its latest models, he declared Sony Corp.’s new Xperia Z smartphone his company’s top pick, the equivalent of a mother announcing her favorite child.

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Next Sony PlayStation to Stream Games

Ian Sherr and Daisuke Wakabayashi, Reporters, The Wall Street Journal in News on February 16 at 7:25 am PT

Sony is planning to offer technology to stream games to its next videogame console, people familiar with the company’s plans say, alongside other enhancements to bolster its position in the market.