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On May 7, 1946, more than twenty management and staff attended the inauguration ceremony which officially established Tokyo Tsushin Kogyo (Totsuko). Ibuka's father-in-law,Tamon Maeda was appointed president of the new company.
Sony Group Corporation (ソニーグループ株式会社, Sonī, / ˈsoʊni / SOH-nee), formerly known as Tokyo Tsushin Kogyo K.K. (東京通信工業株式会社, Tokyo Telecommunications Engineering Corporation) and Sony Corporation (ソニー株式会社), commonly known as Sony, is a Japanese multinational conglomerate corporation headquartered in Minato, Tokyo, Japan. [6] .
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In 1946, Tokyo Tsushin Kogyo K.K. (Tokyo Telecommunications Engineering Corporation, The predecessor of Sony Group Corporation) started as a small company with capital of just 190,000 yen and approximately 20 employees.
Morita saw a newspaper article about Ibuka's new venture and, after some correspondence, chose to join him in Tokyo. With funding from Morita's father, they co-founded Tokyo Tsushin Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha (Tokyo Telecommunications Engineering Corporation, the forerunner of Sony Corporation) in 1946 with about 20 employees and initial capital of ...
Masaru Ibuka and Akio Morita established Tokyo Tsushin Kogyo K.K. (Tokyo Telecommunications Engineering Corporation) inside Shirokiya in Nihombashi, Tokyo. 1950. Japan's first magnetic tape recorder, the G-Type, launched. 1955. Japan's first transistor radio, the TR-55, launched. 1958. Name changed from Tokyo Tsushin Kogyo K.K. to Sony Corporation.
Akio Monta and Masaru Ibuka found Tokyo Tsushin Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha (TTK). 1950: TTK introduces the first Japanese tape recorder. 1955: TTK begins selling Japan ’ s first transistor radio; company goes public. 1958: Company ’ s name is changed to Sony Corporation. 1960: Sony introduces the world ’ s first transistor television. 1968:
The company had become popular and after they had been written about in newspapers, Akio Morita, whom they had known since the war, joined them, and Tokyo Tsushin Kogyo (a.k.a. Totsuko), which was the predecessor of Sony, was established in 1946.
