This marks the third time Sharp winning the GOLD Award, a first in six years since the 4K LCD TV <LC-60HQ10>. The ceremony was held on January 23 at Ristorante ASO (Shibuya Ward, Tokyo). Sharp’s Executive Vice President Bob Ishida attended the event. “I am pleased we won this GOLD award for the first time […]

MK Co., Ltd. Taxi service (MK Taxi) provides a limited time tour in Kyoto called RoBo Tabi Taxi with a guiding robot, Sharp’s RoBoHoN, until September 30, 2019.   In this tour, RoBoHoN speaks information about the history and culture of tourist spots together with many tips, and the customer can enjoy communication with RoBoHoN […]

Sharp Corporation’s AQUOS 8K LCD monitor (LV-70X500E) for the European market won an EISA* AWARD 2018-2019. The influential EISA AWARDS represent outstanding new products released in Europe in the past year in various expert groups, as selected by the editors and technical writers of EISA publications. The AQUOS 8K LCD monitor won a Best Product […]

Foreign Technical Internship is an official program where Japanese companies employ foreigners who seek to learn skills in Japan. The companies utilize their work force while the foreigner learn skills through actual work, and return to their home country to contribute to the growth of economy. Sharp has started a new smartphone rental service “J-STAY” […]

Wouldn’t it be interesting if someone with little cooking experience tries using our superheated steam oven? That was the start of this time’s article. With almost no cooking experience over the last two decades, I was chosen as the one to take on this challenge. Although I do know the spec of our latest superheated steam oven […]

 Full view of Solar Plant This year is a commemorative year marking the 60th anniversary of diplomatic establishment beteeen Indonesia and Japan. Over these years, both countries have cooperated in various economic and cultural ways. Under such circumstances, utilizing the Joint Credit Mechanism (JCM) Subsidy Program run by the Japanese Ministry of the Environment, aiming to […]

We believe that a variety of new business will be created by establishing “8K ecosystem(*1)”, improving high definition of displays and dramatically expanding the range of application. Under this concept, we have begun delivering the world’s first “8K image monitor” in November 2017 to the medical field with an 8K rigid endoscope(*2) system developed recently […]

Last year, we have released many information regarding 8K. Among them was a news release announced on September 29 in Japan regarding the application of 8K image monitor in medical care with 8K rigid endoscope system. This announcement must have delivered a different surprise as it is a completely different application from LCD TVs in […]

On November 7, we announced “Successful Transmission of 12-Channel MMT (MPEG Media Transport) of 8K Images Utilizing 5G Technology” in collaboration with NTT Docomo Co., Ltd. What is the meaning of Sharp conducting 8K field trials with a mobile communication operator? How is it different from the communication method we usually hear about? I learned […]