Yet in Nishi-Koizumi in Gunma prefecture, just north of Tokyo, a town dominated by a Sanyo electronics plant, the picture is different.

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Sanyo, another focused electronics firm, reported a 62% drop in net profits on the same day that Canon announced its cheery results.

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Its champions include Dell, Panasonic, Philips Electronics and, of course, Sony, while Toshiba, Microsoft and Sanyo, support HD DVD.

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Companies such as Matsushita, Sanyo, NEC and Toshiba have also displayed 3-D televisions and mobiles at consumer electronics shows.

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