With ever more beautiful and addictive smartphones and tablets captivating consumers, the market for mobile display screens is booming. Yet Japanese display makers Hitachi, Sony and Toshiba, once industry giants, have languished. Now the three companies have merged their mobile-display subsidiaries to form Japan Display Incorporated, launched on 1 April. With ¥150 billion (US$1.85 billion) in research and development funding over the next five years, the Tokyo-based endeavour aims to launch technologies that will help its members to recapture the display market.
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