Japanese Brands accelerated importing parts, assemblies and finally made entire radios in other countries. Like many American companies they often saved their top of the line products to be made in their country. For a while Hong Kong was a strong competitor to take business from Japanese. However most of these HK companies were garage operations or import/export companies. The mid to late 1970's saw the rise of Taiwan, Indonesia and Malaysian production of brand names in a large scale. In the 1990's Made in China started to become a common phrase.
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PORTABLES
PERSONAL PORTABLES
When SONY introduced the WALKMAN series back in the late 1970's the concept of a personal portable was a new fad. A personal portable has no speaker, the user has a set of earphones. This is not new but SONY was able to time the demand for the concept very closely. From there every electronic manufacturer came out with their version. Some were radio and cassette only units, but most were radio cassette player combos.Panasonic
A Japanese multinational electronics company, headquartered in Kadoma, Osaka, Japan. It was founded in 1918 as Matsushita Electric Housewares Manufacturing Works[b] in Fukushima, Osaka by Kōnosuke Matsushita. In 1935, it was incorporated and renamed Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. In 2008, it changed its name to Panasonic Corporation. Panasonic offers a wide range of products and services, including rechargeable batteries, automotive and avionic systems, industrial systems, as well as home renovation and construction. (from Wikipedia)Still Going Strong!
1980s: TYPICAL SETS
LIGHT EMITTING DIODE TYPE
VACUUM FLUORESCENT DISPLAY TYPE
Always Popular
1960s-70s ELECTRO MECHANICAL
1990s: COMPACT and TRAVEL TYPES
LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY TRAVEL SET
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