Defunct manufacturing companies of Japan

() was a Japanese electronics manufacturer founded in 1947 by Toshio Iue, the brother-in-law of Kōnosuke Matsushita, the founder of Matsushita Electric Industrial, now known as Panasonic. Iue left Matsushita Electric to start his own business, acquiring some of its equipment to produce bicycle generator lamps. In 1950, the company was established. Sanyo began to diversify in the 1960s, having launched Japan's first spray-type washing machine in 1953. In the 2000s, it was known as one of the 3S along with Sony and Sharp. Sanyo also focused on solar cell and lithium battery businesses. In 1992,

Yashica Co., Ltd. (株式会社ヤシカ, Kabushiki-gaisha Yashica) is a Japanese manufacturer of cameras, lenses, and photography equipment, founded in 1949, in Nagano, Japan. The company ceased operations in 2008 and returned to the industry in 2015.

thumb|On the left, the NEC TK-80 kit, based on Intel 8080 chip; on the centre, Busicom calculator motherboard, based on Intel 4004 chip; and on the right, the Busicom calculator, fully assembled in [[Ueno, Tokyo]]

Japanese chalk and office supply company

manufacturer of Japan's civilian airliner YS-11