Hit rewind: Sony Walkman triggers nostalgia on 40th birthday
Once the icon of the Japanese electronics industry and a must-have device, Sony's Walkman turned 40 this year and like its now middle-aged fans is clinging to its youth with high-tech updates. On July 1, 1979, as the global economy suffered through the second oil ...
Japan firms join exodus from China's factories as tariffs bite
Top Japanese companies including Sony Corp., Ricoh Co. and Asics Corp. are orchestrating shifts in production away from China, joining manufacturers from other countries seeking to sidestep U.S. tariffs. Sony said last week that trade-war levies may cause it to raise prices or move production ...
Lower sales of PlayStation 4 spurs Sony to cut fiscal 2019 sales outlook
Sony Corp. cut Tuesday its sales outlook for the current fiscal year through next March to ¥8.6 trillion ($79 billion) from ¥8.8 trillion forecast earlier, after the company lowered its sales expectations for PlayStation 4 hardware. Sony's sales downgrade, which represents a fall of 0.8 ...
'Lion King' roars as 'Avengers' closes in on box office record
The roar of "The Lion King" rattled the cinematic world Sunday as the new Disney film scored a huge debut in North American theaters with an estimated $185 million for the three-day weekend, industry watcher Exhibitor Relations reported. It was frosting on the cake for ...
Kyocera, Lion and Sony team up to test the market for music-playing children's toothbrushes
Brushing small children's teeth can be one of the tougher parts of child rearing, particularly as it can be quite a chore just to get them to sit still long enough to complete the task. To help parents who struggle with this daily ordeal, Kyocera ...
Sony and Daiwa Securities eye ¥20 billion fund to invest in high-tech start-ups
Sony Corp. said Wednesday it will set up a venture fund of around ¥20 billion ($185 million) with a Daiwa Securities Group Inc. unit to invest in prospective startups. Innovation Growth Ventures Co. has been established by Sony and Daiwa Capital Holdings Co. to support ...
On Walkman's 40th anniversary, Sony opens retro exhibition in Ginza
Sony Corp. opened an exhibition Monday in Tokyo's bustling Ginza district to mark the 40th anniversary of its signature Walkman. The handheld audio player debuted on July 1, 1979, offering portable music to ears across the world. In the years that followed, over 400 million ...
Keita Takahashi: The world is alive with the fun of Wattam
Designer of the cult game Katamari Damacy talks about his new game, Wattum, and how a goat changed his life.
Activist investor Dan Loeb calls on Sony to spin off its semiconductor business
Activist investor Dan Loeb has disclosed a $1.5 billion stake in Sony Corp. and pushed the company to make dramatic changes, including spinning off its semiconductor business and listing it in Japan. Sony's shares rose 3.1 percent in Tokyo after Loeb's Third Point published a ...
Sony's cloud gaming deal with Microsoft blindsided its own PlayStation team
When Sony Corp. unveiled a cloud gaming pact with archrival Microsoft Corp., it surprised the industry. Perhaps no one was more shocked than employees of Sony's PlayStation division, who have spent almost two decades fighting the U.S. software giant in the $38 billion video ...
Longtime video game console rivals Microsoft and Sony on Thursday announced an alliance to improve their platforms for streaming entertainment from the internet cloud. Microsoft's Azure cloud computing platform will be used by the two rivals to support game and digital content streaming services, according ...
How can AI help? Japan's teamLab and Sony feature at London show on how tech can aid humans
An ambitious London exhibition aims to prove that the fields in which artificial intelligence can help humans are countless: managing the health of the planet, fighting discrimination or boosting innovation in the arts. Under the title "AI: More than Human," the immense Barbican Centre brings ...
