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Year |
Developments at Sharp |
World Events |
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Names radio sets "Sharp Dyne"
Establishes Tokyo office
Begins export of radio parts to China, Southeast Asia, India and South America
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Japan Broadcasting Corporation (NHK) established (August 6)
First public demonstration of television in the US
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1927 |
Establishes Fukuoka office
Holds radio trade fair in Shanghai, China
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1929 |
Markets AC vacuum-tube radio sets
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World economy enters the Great Depression (October 24)
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1930 |
Markets Sharp Dyne Type 31 (with horn speaker)
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Ban on the export of gold lifted in Japan (January 11)
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Establishes radio wave laboratory and begins research on television technology
Establishes sales outlet in Hong Kong
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Manchurian Incident (September 18)
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1932 |
Markets Sharp Dyne Fuji Type 33 (with magnetic cone speaker)
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Markets Sharp Dyne Fuji Type 33 (with magnetic cone speaker)
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1934 |
Constructs Hirano Plant in Osaka
Markets Phonoradio Type 575 phonograph with built-in radio
Establishes Shanghai office
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1935 |
Hayakawa Metal Works Institute Co. incorporated with capital of 300,000 yen (May 1)
Establishes Nagoya office
Stations employees in Thailand
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1936 |
Changes company name to Hayakawa Metal Works Co.
Installs Japan's first intermittent belt conveyor system
Markets Pentode Radio Type 200, the first such unit to feature a cabinet made of phenol plastic (Bakelite)
Establishes 16 offices in locations including Tienchin, Taipei and Seoul
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Establishes Hayakawa Commercial School for Youth
Markets Sharp Dyne Type 7
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Sino-Japanese War begins (July 7) |
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1938 |
Markets PA-500 record player
Establishes customer service centers in Osaka, Kyoto and Kobe
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1939 |
Establishes offices in Manchuria and Changchun, China
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NHK begins full-scale television experiments (Japan)
Nomonhan Incident (May 11)
World War II begins (September 1) |
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