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5 days ago · Morita Akio, Edwin M. Reingold, and Mitsuko Shimomura (Shimomura Mitsuko), Made in Japan: Akio Morita and Sony (1986, reissued 1994), part autobiography, part business history, and part management primer, gives clear insight into Sony at the peak of its influence, when “Japan Inc.” was a feared economic rival of the United States ...
5 days ago · A week before the 10th anniversary of the Great East Japan Earthquake , Akio paid a visit to the Tohoku region. New Toyota Times reporter Kyonosuke Morita, who was given the chance of close coverage, describes Akio's actions and words there.
3 days ago · Now, the inspiration behind the Walkman came from Sony chairman, Akio Morita. He saw Japanese teenagers listening to heavy transistor radios carried on their shoulders and had a vision of a ...
5 days ago · History. Founding and early years. SoftBank was founded in September 1981 as SOFTBANK Corp by then-24-year-old Masayoshi Son, initially as a software distributor. The company entered the publishing business in May 1982 with the launches of the Oh! PC and Oh! MZ magazines, about NEC and Sharp computers respectively. [30] .
5 days ago · Previous recipients include notable figures such as Akio Morita, Chairman of Sony Group, and Peter Sutherland, Chairman of Goldman Sachs. This marks the first time in 28 years that a Korean business leader has received the award since the late Choi Jong-hyun, former Chairman of SK Group, in 1995.
3 days ago · Sony founders Akio Morita and Masaru Ibuka created the company in 1946, amid Japan’s post-WWII devastation, as a maker and seller of consumer electronics, famously beginning its international...
3 days ago · The Others segment includes personal computer (PC) business, overseas Blu-ray Disc, DVD and CD manufacturing, and battery business. The company was founded by Akio Morita and Masaru Ibuka on May 7, 1946 and is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.
