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Panasonic Corporation

Panasonic was founded in 1918, and is now one of Japan’s largest electronics group and in 2012 was its biggest corporate employer. It is one of the world’s top five television makers and one of the world’s top 20 semiconductor manufacturers.

Chairman / President

Masahiro Shinada

CEO / Managing Director

Masahiro Shinada

CFO / Finance Director

Yoshinori Nakashima

Industry

Electronics

Website

panasonic.com

Headquarters address

1006, Oaza Kadoma, Kadoma-shi, Osaka 571-8501, Japan

Stock Code

TSE:6752 NYSE:PC

Year founded

1918

Japan

Sayonara, Olympics: why did top Japanese firms end pricey sponsorships?

Controversy over lack of athlete support, corruption likely among factors for Toyota, Bridgestone and Panasonic’s withdrawal, analysts say.

13 Oct 2024 - 5:30PMvideocam

IOC

Toyota ends sponsorship ties with IOC over ‘increasingly political’ Olympics

27 Sep 2024 - 9:00PM

Consumer protection in Hong Kong

Hong Kong tests find half of home air purifiers ‘slow’ at removing toxic gas

19 Nov 2024 - 11:19AM

Oppo asks Nokia to end patent fee row after Chinese court ruling

The Chinese smartphone brand has urged the Finnish electronics giant to comply with the court’s decision, as Beijing flexes its legal muscles in cross-border disputes.

14 Dec 2023 - 7:00PM

An Oppo advertisement seen in Shenzhen. Photo: AFP

Smartphones

Panasonic sues Xiaomi, Oppo over 4G patents in China, Europe

The Japanese electronics giant says it has failed to reach licensing agreements with the two Chinese companies after years of negotiations.

10 Aug 2023 - 9:00PM

Electric & new energy vehicles

The Chinese battery maker at the forefront of revolutionising EVs

As electric vehicles go mainstream, battery makers are working on viable options to lithium-ion packs. While companies make rapid progress on sodium-ion cells, its use in EVs is still some time away, say analysts.

23 Oct 2021 - 4:00PMvideocam

Japan

Has Covid-19 changed the way men urinate? Japan won’t stand for it

A study by Panasonic, which is renowned for its bathroom equipment, has found that nearly 70 per cent of men are now sitting down to relieve themselves.

11 Nov 2020 - 5:17PMvideocam

The number of men who now choose to relieve themselves has increased sharply from a 2015 survey. Photo: Shutterstock

Electric & new energy vehicles

Chinese EV battery makers out to prove they can go the distance

Industry observers say Chinese EV battery makers have been striving to improve their technology by tying up with foreign companies, investing in R&D and hiring the best overseas talent to match their overseas competitors.

6 Jan 2020 - 11:48AMvideocam

Tesla

Panasonic won’t open Chinese battery plant for Tesla

Panasonic doesn’t want a new battery plant for Tesla’s Gigafactory in China as the business has struggled to turn a profit

22 Nov 2019 - 6:15PM

China economy

Foreign lighting firms in China look to domestic market as trade war bites

Foreign lighting manufacturers in China are increasingly focusing on the country’s huge domestic market as the effects of US tariffs add up on their businesses.

21 Nov 2019 - 2:50PMvideocam

Foreign lighting companies in China are increasingly focusing on the mainland’s huge domestic market. Photo: Handout

Electric & new energy vehicles

Toyota and Panasonic to make batteries for electric vehicles in 2020

Toyota will take 51 per cent of the venture, while Panasonic will hold the remaining stake, a source say

20 Jan 2019 - 3:25PM

Toyota and Panasonic to make electric-vehicle battery packs in 2020, compete with Chinese producers

China economy

Porsche designs sleek machine for China's rich

16 Nov 2018 - 10:29AM

Panasonic has growing ambitions as a vegetable supplier to Singapore

Japan's Panasonic Corp, best known for its televisions and home theatre systems, wants to feed Singaporeans its radishes and lettuce.

5 Aug 2014 - 7:20PM

Shutting of Panasonic's last plasma plant latest nail in coffin of Japan's TV industry

10 Oct 2013 - 11:20AM

Panasonic will pull out of the plasma TV business at the end of this financial year. Photo: Reuters

Samsung Electronics

Samsung reaches record after Sony, Panasonic cut

Samsung Electronics rose to a record in Seoul trading a day after Fitch Ratings cut Sony Corporation and Panasonic Corporation to "junk" status.

23 Nov 2012 - 8:49PM

A pedestrian walks past a Samsung Electronics retail store in Yangon, Myanmar, on November 20, 2012. Photo: Bloomberg

Easy rider

2 Jul 2005 - 12:00AM

Matsushita Electrical puts focus on China

2 Feb 2004 - 12:00AM

Matsushita Electrical puts focus on China

2 Feb 2004 - 12:00AM

Size does matter

14 Dec 2003 - 12:00AM

Panasonic owner files writ

18 Apr 2002 - 12:00AM

Haixin buys ailing TV plant

10 Apr 2001 - 12:00AM

Haixin buys ailing TV plant

10 Apr 2001 - 12:00AM

Minority attacks Tingyi on share sale

28 Oct 2016 - 9:17AM

Yuan

New stake to boost turnover

16 May 1997 - 12:00AM

Fridge plan

29 May 1995 - 12:00AM

Rise for Sanyo

16 Jul 1994 - 12:00AM

Transport arm moves forward

12 Nov 1993 - 12:00AM

Sanyo venture in Shenzhen

9 Jul 1993 - 12:00AM

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