Sony is a Japanese multinational conglomerate headquartered in Tokyo, encompassing electronics, imaging and sensors, film and television, music and video game businesses. Founded in 1946 as Tokyo Tsushin Kogyo by Masaru Ibuka and Akio Morita, it adopted the Sony name in 1958 and became known worldwide for products including the Trinitron television, the Walkman portable audio player and the PlayStation game console.
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Company Type (category) Sony
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PlayStation is made and sold by Sony.
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The Sony Walkman was made by Sony.
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Akio Morita co-founded Sony (originally Tokyo Tsushin Kogyo) with Masaru Ibuka in 1946.
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Morita co-founded Sony and served as its president from 1971, then as chairman until 1994.
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CLEFIA is a proprietary block cipher algorithm, developed by Sony.
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Sony Group Corporation is a Japanese multinational conglomerate headquartered at the Sony City building in Minato, Tokyo.
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Wikipedia- Associated With: Sony PlayStation Network Data Breach
- Related Corporate Events: Sony PlayStation Network Data Breach
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