“The jobs would move to China from Japan, and furthermore China would go after market share at the expense of crushing<br />industry economics, so the U. S., Taiwan, Korea, Japan all get hurt substantially by this arrangement.”<br />Jonathan Soble reported from Tokyo and Paul Mozur from Hong Kong.<br />Japan — despite having pioneered LCD, or liquid crystal displays — has lost most of its market share in TV screens to South Korea and China.<br />Toshiba would be parting with parts of its most profitable asset<br />and giving a competitor — very likely a foreign one — a foothold in the market for flash memory drives, where Japan has managed to retain some of its long-held edge.<br />Toshiba Casts Doubt on Its Ability to Stay in Business -<br />By JONATHAN SOBLE and PAUL MOZURAPRIL 11, 2017<br />TOKYO — Toshiba, a pillar of the modern Japanese economy whose roots stretch back to the country’s industrial stirrings in the 19th century, warned on Tuesday<br />that a disastrous foray into nuclear power may have crippled its business beyond repair.
