Nintendo started as a playing card manufacturer in 1889 but， starting in 1983， launched a series of consoles from the NES right through to the more modern Wii.

任天堂：1889年，任天堂以紙牌制作商起家；1983年至今，它為NES及更為摩登的Wii制造了一系列控制手柄。 Electronics firm Panasonic has over $90bn in total assets and is amongst the top 100 largest companies in the world.

電子企業(yè)松下總值高達(dá)900億美元；位于全球百大企業(yè)榜單。

On revenues， Sony is the world’s fifth largest media conglomerate. The name derives from sonus， the Latin word for sound.

從總收入言，索尼是全球第五大傳媒巨頭。索尼的名字由拉丁文的“聲音”音譯而來。

Canon—or Kwanon as it was then known—developed Japan’s first 35mm focal- plane shutter camera.

佳能——最早的名字為Kwanon——發(fā)明了日本第一臺35mm焦面快門相機(jī)。

Hitachi is one of the most diverse Japanese companies， with 11 different business segments.

日立是日本擁有最多樣業(yè)務(wù)的企業(yè)，共涉及11種不同行業(yè)。

Fujitsu is the third largest IT services provider in the world， offering computers， cloud computing and other services.

富士是全球第三大IT服務(wù)提供商，提供計(jì)算機(jī)、云計(jì)算和其他服務(wù)。

The electronics manufacturer Toshiba was formed by a merger in 1939， though it was not until 1978 that it was officially renamed Toshiba Corporation.

電子制造商東芝成立于1939年的一次合并行為，直到1978年，它才正式更名為東芝集團(tuán)。