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Becoming the Front-Runner in Virtual Production

December 18, 2020

STEF 2020 ONLINE was held virtually for three days from December 9 to 11. The theme of this year’s event was "Technology that inspires emotion," and in a memorable opening message that featured a v...…

Infinity Train and Airpeak

November 24, 2020

I recently had the opportunity to watch “Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba the Movie: Infinity Train,” which is co-produced and co-distributed by SMEJ subsidiary Aniplex. …

The Importance of Sustainability

October 19, 2020

I touched on the importance of maintaining dialogue with our stakeholders from a long-term perspective in my previous blog, and we have since been selected the #1 Most Sustainably Managed Company i...…

Celebrating 50 Years on the NYSE

September 17, 2020

On September 17th, 1970, exactly fifty years ago from today, Sony became the first Japanese company to be listed on the NYSE (New York Stock Exchange). Nine years earlier, in 1961, Sony had also be...…

Capturing Opportunities

August 31, 2020

At the Sony Group Quarterly Meeting held on August 6th, I spoke on the theme of "Capturing Opportunities" as a vital element to the evolution of the Sony Group. …

New Leadership and Executive Oversight

July 20, 2020

Last week, we held a Group Leaders Summit based on the new Sony Group management structure established in June. The objective of this summit is to provide a forum for the leaders of Sony Group comp...…

The Importance of Diversity in Becoming a Learning Organization

June 12, 2020

The protests following the tragic events in Minneapolis, Minnesota are continuing in the US and around the world. As I touched on in my message on June 3rd, treating everyone with dignity and respe...…

Corporate Strategy Meeting

May 19, 2020

We held our Corporate Strategy Meeting for this fiscal year earlier today. …

Golden Week Update

May 8, 2020

For some of you around the world, it has been almost two months since you started working from home to help prevent the spread of COVID-19. …

The Social Significance of Sony’s Businesses

April 20, 2020

In my first blog as President and CEO of Sony, titled “Sony and the Planet Earth,” I wrote that for all companies, including Sony, being able to conduct our business depends on the health and safet...…

Establishing Sony Global Relief Fund in response to the novel coronavirus

April 2, 2020

As announced today, we have established the "Sony Global Relief Fund for COVID-19," (Link to press release), a 100 Million US dollar fund in support of those engaged in frontline medical and first ...…

Establishing Sony Electronics Corporation

March 27, 2020

As I am sure many of you will be aware from the announcement made yesterday, we are establishing a new company, Sony Electronics Inc., as of April 1st. It will operate as an intermediary holding co...…

Regarding the novel coronavirus

March 6, 2020

At Sony, our foremost priority is securing the safety of all Sony Group employees and their families, while preventing the further spread of the virus. On January 30th we established an Integrated ...…

Los Angeles: The City of Creative Entertainment

February 17, 2020

From Feb 6th - 11th, I took a business trip to Los Angeles. In addition to meetings with investors and the management teams at Sony Pictures Entertainment (SPE) and Sony/ATV, during the weekend I h...…

Contributing to the Evolution of Mobility

January 17, 2020

As many of you may have seen on Inter Sony Global or through press coverage, for this year’s CES, I highlighted Sony’s evolution as a “Creative entertainment company with a solid foundation of tech...…