Markets XV-100Z, a 100-inch LCD video projector intended for home use

Markets CJ-A300, the industry's first cordless phone with answering machine function

Markets VL-C860, the industry's first camcorder incorporating a color LCD viewfinder

Establishes Sharp Manufacturing France S.A. (SMF) as manufacturing base in France

Establishes Kalyani Sharp India Limited (KSIL), a joint manufacturing company in India

Establishes Sharp Thebnakorn Co., Ltd. (STCL) as sales base in Thailand

Establishes Sharp Manufacturing Corporation (M) Sdn. Bhd. (SMM), a joint manufacturing company in Malaysia

Achieves net sales of one trillion yen

Markets JX-5000, the world's first full-color desktop facsimile

Markets UX-1, the world's thinnest home facsimile

Markets RE-F1, the industry's first convection microwave oven with fuzzy logic control

Introduces new pension system (Gold Life Plan)

Establishes Sharp Techno System Co., Ltd.

Establishes Sharp Laboratories of Europe, Ltd. (SLE) as research base in the UK

Establishes Sharp Corporation (Taiwan) (SCOT) as sales base in Taiwan

Establishes Sharp International Finance (U.K.) Plc. (SIF) as finance company in the UK

Establishes Sharp Burotype Machines S.A. (SBM) [now Sharp Electronics France S.A. (SEF)] as sales base in France

Establishes Sharp Electronics (Italia) S.p.A. (SEIS) as sales base in Italy