2009年2月初,全球各大媒体纷纷报道日本电子业制造商陷于困境。英国《金融时报》、美国《商业周刊》报道,日本电子产业的龙头老大索尼公司宣布将裁员1.5万人,关闭27家工厂(几乎占据海外工厂的一半),削减15亿美元的平板电视投资,以应对“百年一遇”的经济衰退。情况最惨的是日立公 In early February 2009, the major media outlets in the world reported that Japanese electronics manufacturers were in a dilemma. The Financial Times and the U.S. Business Weekly reported that Sony Corp, Japan's leading electronics company, announced that it will lay off 15,000 people, close 27 factories (accounting for almost half of overseas factories), cut 1.5 billion U.S. dollars in flat-panel TV investment, In response to the “once in a while” economic recession. The worst case is Hitachi