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Financial Highlights
Message to Our Shareholders
Message from the President
 Special Feature: Sharp Pioneers the Future with Environment and Health Business
1. Developing Business with a Focus on “Energy Creation”: Solar Cell Business
The Expanding Market for Solar Cells
Sharp Leads the Competition
Becoming a Total Solutions Provider in Photovoltaic Power Generation
2. Developing Business with a Focus on “Environment” and “Health”:
Becoming a Green Business
Contributing to Better Health and a Better Environment with Exclusive Technologies
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Sharp’s founder Tokuji Hayakawa invented the Hayakawa
mechanical pencil. Marketed as the Ever-Ready Sharp
Pencil, it was a big hit. This was the origin of our present
company name.
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Sharp launched the first Japan-made TV set. The
launch coincided with the first television broadcasts in
Japan, as Sharp lifted the curtain on the television age.
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Sharp began Japan’s first mass
production of microwave ovens. There
was much public interest in this “ideal
way of flameless cooking.”
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Sharp launched an AC vacuum-tube radio set as a
replacement for the crystal radio. This was the first step
in a continuing series of new product developments that
built an enduring reputation: “Sharp is radio.”
The photo shows a 1930 Sharp Dyne Type 31 with a horn speaker.
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Sharp successfully developed the
world’s first all transistor-diode elec-
tronic desktop calculator. The product
was a sensation, with outstanding
calculation speed.
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 Segment Outline
 Fiscal 2008 Review by Product Group
 R&D and Intellectual Property
 Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR)
 Corporate Governance
 Risk Factors
 Directors, Corporate Auditors and
Executive Officers
 Financial Section
 Investor Information
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Sharp became the first company to succeed in
mass production of solar cells. The cells have
been used as power supplies for increasingly
widespread applications, including lighthouses,
satellites, and electronic calculators.
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Sharp succeeded in constructing
Japan’s first crystal radio set, and
commenced mass production.
This was the year when radio
broadcasts began in Japan,
making this product a success.
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