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  1. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Akio_MoritaAkio Morita - Wikipedia

    Known for. Co-founder of Sony. Spouse. Yoshiko Kamei. Children. 3. Awards. Albert Medal (1982) Akio Morita (盛田 昭夫, Morita Akio, January 26, 1921 – October 3, 1999) was a Japanese entrepreneur and co-founder of Sony along with Masaru Ibuka .

    • Yoshiko Kamei
    • Co-founder of Sony
  2. Mr. Ibuka, who was 89, died from heart failure, Sony said in an announcement. Guided by Mr. Ibuka, Sony helped establish Japan's reputation for innovation by defying a tradition of copying ...

  3. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Masaru_IbukaMasaru Ibuka - Wikipedia

    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]

    • 2 daughters, 1 son
    • Co-founder of Sony
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  5. Nov 13, 2006 · Akio Morita & Masaru Ibuka. In 1944, a young officer in the Japanese Imperial Navy met a civilian radio engineer, 13 years his senior, on a task force to develop a heat-seeking missile. Within two years, World War II had ended, Japan was trying to rebuild its industrial base, and the two men were working together tinkering with radios and other ...

  6. Feb 4, 2016 · Biography. Masaru Ibuka was born in the city of Nikko, Tochigi Prefecture, Japan, on April 11, 1908. He was a very inquisitive child who was fond of experimenting. One of the earliest short-wave hams in Japan; his calls have been logged in overseas records back in the days of 1926. He graduated from Waseda University, Tokyo, Japan, with the B.S ...

  7. www.pbs.org › transistor › album1Masaru Ibuka - PBS

    Ibuka was born in 1908 in Nikko City, Japan. He attended the School of Science and Engineering at Waseda University where he earned the nickname "genius inventor." When he graduated in 1933 he ...

  8. Ibuka and Morita, who listened to shortwave radio broadcasts from the United States, became convinced that Japan's loss was certain, and when the Emperor Hirohito announced the country's surrender on the radio, many members of Ibuka's team were happy at the chance to get away from developing military technology. Amid the ruins of postwar Tokyo ...