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BIZ BRIEF: Sony unveils skin evaluation technology...
Sony Corp. has developed what it calls the Smart Skin Evaluation Program, a technology for analyzing various elements of the skin, including texture, blemishes, pores,...
EDITORIAL: Electronics makers need to get with the...
It is extremely rare for the top executive of a large, well-known company to publicly admit his organization is a loser.
Sony to close factory, cut workforce by 2,000
Sony Corp. CEO Kazuo Hirai (Asahi Shimbun file photo)
Sony Corp. says it plans to close a factory in central Japan, tweaking its restructuring plan by cutting 2,000 jobs from its workforce in moves expected to save it $385 million.
Sony-Olympus alliance aims for high-tech surgery
Sony President Kazuo Hirai, left, and Olympus President Hiroyuki Sasa shake hands during a press conference in Tokyo on Oct. 1. (Naoko Kawamura)
Sony's new alliance with scandal-tarnished Olympus will focus on producing endoscopes and other surgical tools packed with the Japanese electronic maker's three-dimensional...
Sony ties up with Olympus, takes 11 percent stake
Olympus Corp. finally ties up with Sony in order to stay afloat. (The Asahi Shimbun)
Sony is expanding its sprawling electronics to movies business empire with a new venture--looking inside the human body.
Sony, Toshiba, go big in marketing war with 84-inch ...
Sony Corp.'s 84-inch 4K TV  (Takashi Kamiguri)
Coming soon to home theaters everywhere, Sony Corp. and Toshiba Corp. are pitching their next-generation 4K TVs, behemoths with 84-inch screens, among the world’s largest,...
Olympus, Sony finally agree to capital tie-up
Olympus Corp. headquarters in Tokyo's Shinjuku Ward (Asahi Shimbun file photo)
Olympus Corp. has officially agreed with Sony Corp. for a capital tie-up that will make the electronics giant the largest shareholder in the struggling camera and medical...
Sony to release new personal 3-D visor
Sony Corp.'s new HMZ-T2 3-D viewer (Provided by Sony Corp.)
Sony Corp. announced that it will release a new personal 3-D viewer on Oct. 13 that simulates sitting in a movie theater viewing a 750-inch screen.
Vintage electronics find new life in Tokyo store
Ichiro Takahashi, right, manager of the e-Box store on the second floor of the Akihabara Radio Center building, with senior staff member Hitoshi Masuda. Behind them are the cabinets containing items for sale. (Tomoko Saito)
It's time to dump that 1970s camera and cassette-playing boom box. You could sell them with eBay, of course, but aficionados of retro might try this alternative.
Exporters braced to lose as China strikes back in...
Toshiyuki Shiga, Nissan Motor Co.'s chief operating officer, second from right, at the launch in Beijing of a new Venucia, a model dedicated to the Chinese market, on Sept. 8 (The Asahi Shimbun)
Japanese exporters to China are braced for repercussions that could range from mob violence to a consumer boycott, and even outright sanctions, amid an escalated standoff over...
Sony, Toshiba look to rebound with ultra-HD 4K TVs
Sony Corp.'s 4K TV will be released by the end of the year. (Provided by Sony Corp.)
Struggling Japanese TV makers are hoping to make a comeback with the next-generation 4K TVs that can turn a living room into a cinema-like experience.
BIZ BRIEF: Sony partners with German firms to...
Sony Corp. announced Aug. 30 that it is collaborating with Berliner Philharmoniker and Berlin Phil Media to develop technology to improve the sound quality in Sony's audio...
ANIME NEWS: Sony's Hatsune Miku Walkman S sells out ...
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Sony Corp. stopped accepting pre-orders for its limited-edition Hatsune Miku Walkman S series less than six hours after sales began at 11 a.m. on Aug. 3.
Sony to leave disc drive market, nears end of...
Sony Corp. President Kazuo Hirai (Asahi Shimbun file photo)
Sony Corp. will abandon the optical disc drive business, nearly completing a restructuring of money-losing divisions it initiated after suffering huge losses in fiscal 2011.
Report: Sony mulls hundreds of job cuts in Sweden
Sony Corp. CEO Kazuo Hirai (Asahi Shimbun file photo)
STOCKHOLM -- Sony Corp. is considering hundreds of layoffs at a mobile phone plant in Sweden, a newspaper reported on Aug. 22, in what would be one of the first major strategic ...
BIZ BRIEF: Sony develops first stacked CMOS sensor...
Sony Corp. announced on Aug. 20 the release of its “Exmor RS,” the world's first CMOS image sensor incorporating a unique, newly developed "stacked structure" for use in...
BIZ BRIEF: Sony readies PlayStation Mobile for fall ...
Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. announced on Aug. 15 the full-scale launch of PlayStation Mobile this fall, delivering PlayStation on open operating system-based devices, by...
Olympus warns of dangerously low capital reserves
Olympus President Hiroyuki Sasa, center, outlines his future management policy at a meeting in Tokyo, June 8 (Asahi Shimbun file photo)
Olympus Corp.’s capital adequacy ratio at the end of June was a slim 2.2 percent, down from 4.6 percent three months earlier, it reported in quarterly results Aug. 9. Capital ...
Japan Display records profit in 1st quarter of...
Japan Display Inc. President Shuichi Otsuka attends a news conference in Tokyo on April 2. (Asahi Shimbun file photo)
Japan Display Inc., a liquid crystal display manufacturer formed by three electronics giants, raked in operating profits exceeding 3 billion yen ($38 million) during its first...
BIZ BRIEF: Sony launches cloud service in Japan to...
Sony Corp. has launched its Music Unlimited cloud-based music subscription service in Japan, which offers more than 10 million songs, the company announced on July 3.