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Nov 13, 2006 · Akio Morita, the naval officer, and Masaru Ibuka, the engineer, would stay partners and friends for more than 40 years, along the way building Sony, one of the iconic brands of the Japanese...
Oct 4, 1999 · Mr. Morita died of pneumonia, according to Sony. He had been hospitalized in Tokyo since August, after returning from Hawaii, where he had spent most of his time since suffering a debilitating...
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Mar 19, 2023 · Takeo Kikkawa. Chapter. Open Access. First Online: 19 March 2023. 2217 Accesses. Abstract. This chapter introduces the entrepreneurs, Masaru Ibuka and Akio Morita of Sony, and Soichiro Honda and Takeo Fujisawa of Honda Motor, all who played a leading role in economic growth. Download chapter PDF. “Sony of the World”; “Honda of the World”
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Masaru Ibuka was born on April 11, 1908, as the first son of Tasuku Ibuka, an architectural technologist and a student of Inazo Nitobe. [4] His ancestral family were chief retainers of the Aizu Domain, and his relatives include Yae Ibuka and Ibuka Kajinosuke. Masaru lost his father at the age of two and was taken over by his grandfather. [5]
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In 1945, after World War II, Ibuka left to start a radio repair shop in a bombed-out building in Tokyo. The next year ... --"Sony co-founder Ibuka dies at 89," AP newswire, December 19, 1997 ...
Oct 2, 2005 · Masaru Ibuka, who guided Sony Corp.'s rise from a humble radio shop to a world electronics leader and helped change global perceptions of Japanese manufacturers in the process, died of heart...
Oct 11, 1999 · On May 7, 1946, Masaru Ibuka and Akio Morita founded Tokyo Tsushin Kogyo K.K. (Tokyo Telecommunications Engineering Corp.), which later became Sony Corp. in 1958. At the time, Ibuka was 38 years old and Morita was 25. Their partnership fostered what was to become one of the most successful companies of the 20th century.