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May 16, 2024 · Masaru Ibuka, the visionary co-founder and longtime president of Sony Corporation, played a pivotal role in shaping the company into a global leader in consumer electronics. Under his leadership, Sony pioneered groundbreaking products such as the first commercially successful transistor radio, the Trinitron color television.
May 21, 2024 · A MALAYSIA Airlines stewardess was found dead in her room yesterday while on a layover in Tokyo. In a statement, the airline confirmed the death of Norzana Hanim Hamzah. The deceased had just completed a flight to Narita International Airport and was to return to Kuala Lumpur yesterday. Her family has since been notified and the airlines said ...
May 7, 2024 · Ibuka’s father-in-law, Tamon Maeda, was appointed president of the new company. In his speech at the ceremony, Maeda said: “Today our small company has made its start. With its superior technologies and spirit of perfect unity, the company will grow. As it does so, we can certainly make a contribution to society.”
May 7, 2024 · After acquiring licensing rights from Western Electric, company engineers started working on a pocket-sized transistor radio. But Ibuka and Morita discovered Americans could pronounce neither Tokyo Tsushin Kogyo nor Totsuko, so chose the simpler “Sony” – a diminutive of “sonic” – as the company’s new brand name.
May 17, 2024 · Located 15-min on foot from Omoide Yokocho, the Tokyo Metropolitan Government Building (東京都庁舎) is an impressive complex west of Shinjuku where the headquarters of the Metropolitan Government are located. Built in 1990, the striking design from architect Kenzo Tange was inspired in Paris’ Notre Dame and was meant to be a local ...
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May 22, 2024 · According to Canada-based media outlet CBC, Chloe Guan-Branch, who stole the hearts of many after her birth on an Air Canada flight in 2015, died five years later due to neglect during the early ...
May 22, 2024 · Andrea and her translator in court on January 6, 2014 in Surabaya, Indonesia (Picture: Robertus Pudyanto/Getty Images) On January 10, 2014, Andrea was sentenced to 14 years in jail.
