Toshiba is a major Japanese company.

Tōkyō Shibaura Denki K.K. (東京芝浦電気㈱) resulted in 1939 from the merge of Tōkyō Denki (東京電気) and Shibaura Seisakusho (芝浦製作所). It became K.K. Tōshiba (㈱東芝), translated as Toshiba Corporation, in 1978. The Toshiba company is currently making consumer digital cameras and industrial video cameras. Toshiba is also an important imaging sensor maker.