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Sony Group Corporation, colloquially known as Sony, is a Japanese multinational conglomerate headquartered at the Sony City building in Minato, Tokyo. The Sony Group encompasses various businesses, in
Sony Group Corporation headquarters at Sony City, Minato, Tokyo
Sony's first product was an electric rice cooker in the late 1940s.
A Sony TR-730 transistor radio made in Japan, c. 1960
Before moving to Sony City in 2006, Sony was headquartered for nearly six decades in Tokyo's Gotenyama complex
Akio Morita
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Akio Morita was a Japanese entrepreneur and co-founder of Sony along with Masaru Ibuka.
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…Entertainment Japan), video games (Sony Interactive Entertainment), and others. Sony was founded in 1946 as Tokyo Tsushin Kogyo K.K. by Masaru Ibuka and Akio Morita. In 1958, the company adopted the name Sony Corporation. Initially an electronics firm, it gained early recognition for products such as the TR-55…
Morita in 1965
Morita presenting a Sony Trinitron to São Paulo governor Laudo Natel in 1972