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Investment firm announces tender offer for Yoshimoto shares

TOKYO, Japan - Nobuyuki Idei (L), president of investment firm Quantum Entertainment and former chairman of Sony Corp., shakes hands with Hiroshi Oosaki, president of talent agency Yoshimoto Kogyo Co., during a press conference in Tokyo on Sept. 11, 2009. They announced that Quantum Entertainment will buy at least 70% of all outstanding Yoshimoto shares in a takeover bid.

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Idei hopes world-class Japanese Net company will emerge

TOKYO, Japan - Nobuyuki Idei, former chairman and chief executive officer of Sony Corp., said in an interview with Kyodo News on June 25 that he is hoping that a world-class Internet company will emerge from among the younger generation in Japan.

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Sony picks Stringer as its 1st non-Japanese CEO

TOKYO, Japan - Sony Corp. Vice Chairman Howard Stringer (2nd from R), who was named as its next chairman and group chief executive officer on March 7, joins hands with other company executives in Tokyo the same day. Stringer will replace Nobuyuki Idei (2nd from L), making him the first non-Japanese to head a major Japanese electronics firm. Sony also appointed Executive Deputy President Ryoji Chubachi (C) as president, replacing Kunitake Ando (L). At right is Corporate Executive Officer Katsumi Ihara, who was named representative corporate executive Officer.

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Sony set to replace chairman, president

TOKYO, Japan - Ryoji Chubachi (file photo), executive deputy president of Sony Corp., is expected to replace Kunitake Ando as president. Vice Chairman Howard Stringer is also expected to replace Nobuyuki Idei as chairman and group CEO.

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Sony to step up investment in China

SHANGHAI, China - Sony Corp. Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Nobuyuki Idei speaks at a press conference in Shanghai on June 23. He said Sony will invest up to 20 billion yen in the Chinese market.

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Sony to see fixed costs fall 88 bil. yen in FY 2004

TOKYO, Japan - Sony Corp. Chairman Nobuyuki Idei briefs reporters at a hotel in Tokyo on May 19 on the company's business policy for fiscal 2004.

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Sony planning to cut 20,000 jobs

TOKYO, Japan - Sony Corp. Chairman Nobuyuki Idei announces in Tokyo on Oct. 28 a business reform plan centering on the establishment of a new financial holding company and a workforce cut of about 20,000 in the group.

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Terrestrial digital broadcasts to enliven economy

TOKYO, Japan - Sony Corp. Chairman Nobuyuki Idei speaks at a meeting of private TV broadcasters in Tokyo Oct. 17. He said the imminent start of terrestrial digital broadcasting will help invigorate the Japanese economy.

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Sony unveils luxury 'Qualia' series of audiovisual products

TOKYO, Japan - Sony Corp. Chairman Nobuyuki Idei poses with a 1.3 million yen 36-inch TV set in Tokyo on June 10 as the company took the wraps off its top-of-the-line ''Qualia'' series of audiovisual equipment.

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Sony eyeing 10% operating profit margin for 60th anniversary

TOKYO, Japan - Sony Corp. Chairman Nobuyuki Idei speaks at a news conference May 28 on his firm's a new medium-term business plan to achieve a business structure securing a consolidated operating profit margin of at least 10% in fiscal 2006, its 60th anniversary. The consumer electronics giant mapped out the plan expecting to establish its position as a global media and technology company with one of the strongest brands in the world.

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Sony posts 654.5% surge in group net profit

TOKYO, Japan - Sony Corp. Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Nobuyuki Idei briefs reporters in Tokyo on April 24 about the company's earnings report for the fiscal year ended March 31. Sony's group net profit jumped 654.5% to 115.52 billion yen for the year.

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Ohga to step down as chairman of Sony board

TOKYO, Japan - Sony Corp. board chairman Norio Ohga (L) and Sony Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Nobuyuki Idei shake hands at a news conference at a hotel in Tokyo's Minato Ward on Jan. 28. Ohga announced he will step down from his post on Jan. 29 and assume the post of honorary chairman on Jan. 30.

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Japan, China eye citizen exchanges to strengthen ties

TOKYO, Japan - Chinese Culture Minister Sun Jiazheng (L) and Sony Corp. Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Nobuyuki Idei shake hands at the end of their joint press conference at a Tokyo hotel on April 2.They stressed the importance of strong citizen-level exchanges between Japan and China to the future development of both nations, Asia and the world.

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Sony, Dentsu to launch joint broadband businesses

TOKYO, Japan - Sony Corp. Chairman and CEO Nobuyuki Idei, Intervision Inc. President Ikuya Tanaka and Dentsu Inc. President Yutaka Narita pose at a news conference in Tokyo on Jan. 30. Sony and Dentsu agreed to jointly engage in ''new communications businesses for the broadband network era,'' with Dentsu acquiring a 40% equity stake in Intervision Inc., a Sony subsidiary, on April 1. Intervision will be renamed upon Dentsu's capital participation.

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Sony cuts earnings forecast

TOKYO, Japan - Sony Corp. Chairman and CEO Nobuyuki Idei announces a downward revision of group earnings forecast for the fiscal year through next March 31 at a news conference in Tokyo on Sept. 28. The leading consumer electronics maker said it now expects a net profit of 10 billion yen, down from a projection in July of a 90 billion yen profit.

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Sony receives preliminary approval for Net bank

TOKYO, Japan - Financial Services Minister Hakuo Yanagisawa (L) hands to Sony Chairman Nobuyuki Idei preliminary approval for establishing an Internet bank in Tokyo on March 23. Upon receiving official approval, Sony Bank Corp., to be launched in June, will be the first bank set up by a nonbanking-sector company.

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Sony unveils advanced model of Aibo robot

TOKYO, Japan - Sony Corp. President Nobuyuki Idei shows a new model of the company's Aibo entertainment robot at a news conference in Tokyo on Oct. 12. Sony said the new version, to be put on the market for 150,000 yen, responds by movement and sound when it is called by its name, which is registered by voice.

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Mori takes advice from IT experts

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori (far left) presides over a roundtable meeting of information technology (IT) experts at his official residence in Tokyo on July 19. He pledged to take up recommendations of the conference at this week's Group of Eight (G-8) summit in Okinawa. John Chambers, president and chief executive officer of Cisco Systems Inc., and Nobuyuki Idei, chairman of Sony Corp., were among experts who attended the roundtable meeting.

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Sony in talks with Fuji TV on capital tie-up

TOKYO, Japan - The file photos show Hisashi Hieda (L), president of Fuji Television Network Inc., and Nobuyuki Idei, president of Sony Corp. Sony said April 24 it has been in talks with Fuji Television on a business tie-up, including obtaining an equity stake in the broadcaster. A senior official at Fuji TV, a core member company of the Fuji-Sankei business group, said his company would have no objection to a tie-up if Sony is willing.

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Sony to form online bank with J.P. Morgan

TOKYO, Japan - (From L to R) J.P. Morgan & Co Chairman Bruce Carnegie-Brown, Sony Corp. President Nobuyuki Idei, Sakura Bank President Akishige Okada and Sony Executive Deputy President Tamotsu Iba shake hands following the announcement of their new online banking joint venture.

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Sony to own Sony Music Entertainment

Sony Corp. Chairman Norio Ohga (L) and President Nobuyuki Idei hold a press conference March 9 to announce the company will turn Sony Music Entertainment (Japan) Inc. and two other majority-owned units into wholly owned subsidiaries by 2000. The two other subsidiaries are Sony Chemicals Corp., which produces magnetic recording tapes, and Sony Precision Technology Inc., which builds machine tools. Sony holds around 70% of each of the three subsidiaries.

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J SKY B starts up

J SKY B, Japan Sky Broadcasting Co., a satellite digital broadcasting venture starts up. (From left to right) Mr. Hieda, the president of Fuji Television Network Inc. , Mr. Masayoshi Son, the president of Softbank, Mr. Rupert Murdoch, the chairman of News Corp, and Mr. Nobuyuki Idei-the president of SONY corporation.

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Ex-Sony chief executive Idei dies at 84

File photo taken in September 2009 shows Nobuyuki Idei, former chairman and CEO of Sony Corp., speaking during an interview in Tokyo. Sony Group Corp. said June 7, 2022 that Idei died of liver failure on June 2, at 84.

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Ex-Sony chief executive Idei dies at 84

File photo shows Nobuyuki Idei, former chairman and CEO of Sony Corp., speaking during an interview in Tokyo in November 2010. Sony Group Corp. said June 7, 2022 that Idei died of liver failure on June 2 at 84.

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Japan, China eye citizen exchanges to strengthen ties

TOKYO, Japan - Chinese Culture Minister Sun Jiazheng (L) and Sony Corp. Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Nobuyuki Idei shake hands at the end of their joint press conference at a Tokyo hotel on April 2.They stressed the importance of strong citizen-level exchanges between Japan and China to the future development of both nations, Asia and the world.

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(3)Stringer to be Sony's 1st non-Japanese CEO

TOKYO, Japan - Sony Corp. Chairman Nobuyuki Idei and Vice Chairman Howard Stringer (R) at a press conference on March 7, 2005. (Kyodo)

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Sony set to replace chairman, president

TOKYO, Japan - Ryoji Chubachi (file photo), executive deputy president of Sony Corp., is expected to replace Kunitake Ando as president. Vice Chairman Howard Stringer is also expected to replace Nobuyuki Idei as chairman and group CEO. (Kyodo)

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Sony picks Stringer as its 1st non-Japanese CEO

TOKYO, Japan - Sony Corp. Vice Chairman Howard Stringer (2nd from R), who was named as its next chairman and group chief executive officer on March 7, joins hands with other company executives in Tokyo the same day. Stringer will replace Nobuyuki Idei (2nd from L), making him the first non-Japanese to head a major Japanese electronics firm. Sony also appointed Executive Deputy President Ryoji Chubachi (C) as president, replacing Kunitake Ando (L). At right is Corporate Executive Officer Katsumi Ihara, who was named representative corporate executive Officer. (Kyodo)

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Idei hopes world-class Japanese Net company will emerge

TOKYO, Japan - Nobuyuki Idei, former chairman and chief executive officer of Sony Corp., said in an interview with Kyodo News on June 25 that he is hoping that a world-class Internet company will emerge from among the younger generation in Japan. (Kyodo)

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Sony to own Sony Music Entertainment

Sony Corp. Chairman Norio Ohga (L) and President Nobuyuki Idei hold a press conference March 9 to announce the company will turn Sony Music Entertainment (Japan) Inc. and two other majority-owned units into wholly owned subsidiaries by 2000. The two other subsidiaries are Sony Chemicals Corp., which produces magnetic recording tapes, and Sony Precision Technology Inc., which builds machine tools. Sony holds around 70% of each of the three subsidiaries. ==Kyodo

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Sony eyeing 10% operating profit margin for 60th anniversary

TOKYO, Japan - Sony Corp. Chairman Nobuyuki Idei speaks at a news conference May 28 on his firm's a new medium-term business plan to achieve a business structure securing a consolidated operating profit margin of at least 10% in fiscal 2006, its 60th anniversary. The consumer electronics giant mapped out the plan expecting to establish its position as a global media and technology company with one of the strongest brands in the world. (Kyodo)

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Sony posts 654.5% surge in group net profit

TOKYO, Japan - Sony Corp. Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Nobuyuki Idei briefs reporters in Tokyo on April 24 about the company's earnings report for the fiscal year ended March 31. (Kyodo)

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New task force to mull plan to create IT nation+

TOKYO - Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori (2nd from L) speaks at the joint inaugural meeting of the information technology (IT) strategy headquarters and the IT strategy council at the prime minister's official residence in Tokyo on July 18. Mori heads the headquarters and Nobuyuki Idei, chairman of Sony Corp. (L), heads the council.

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Sony unveils luxury 'Qualia' series of audiovisual products

TOKYO, Japan - Sony Corp. Chairman Nobuyuki Idei poses with a 1.3 million yen 36-inch TV set in Tokyo on June 10 as the company took the wraps off its top-of-the-line ''Qualia'' series of audiovisual equipment. (Kyodo)

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Investment firm announces tender offer for Yoshimoto shares

TOKYO, Japan - Nobuyuki Idei (L), president of investment firm Quantum Entertainment and former chairman of Sony Corp., shakes hands with Hiroshi Oosaki, president of talent agency Yoshimoto Kogyo Co., during a press conference in Tokyo on Sept. 11, 2009. They announced that Quantum Entertainment will buy at least 70% of all outstanding Yoshimoto shares in a takeover bid. (Kyodo)

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Sony to step up investment in China

SHANGHAI, China - Sony Corp. Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Nobuyuki Idei speaks at a press conference in Shanghai on June 23. He said Sony will invest up to 20 billion yen in the Chinese market. (Kyodo)

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Sony to see fixed costs fall 88 bil. yen in FY 2004

TOKYO, Japan - Sony Corp. Chairman Nobuyuki Idei briefs reporters at a hotel in Tokyo on May 19 on the company's business policy for fiscal 2004. (Kyodo)

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Sony planning to cut 20,000 jobs

TOKYO, Japan - Sony Corp. Chairman Nobuyuki Idei announces in Tokyo on Oct. 28 a business reform plan centering on the establishment of a new financial holding company and a workforce cut of about 20,000 in the group. (Kyodo)

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Terrestrial digital broadcasts to enliven economy

TOKYO, Japan - Sony Corp. Chairman Nobuyuki Idei speaks at a meeting of private TV broadcasters in Tokyo Oct. 17. He said the imminent start of terrestrial digital broadcasting will help invigorate the Japanese economy. (Kyodo)

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Ohga to step down as chairman of Sony board

TOKYO, Japan - Sony Corp. board chairman Norio Ohga (L) and Sony Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Nobuyuki Idei shake hands at a news conference at a hotel in Tokyo's Minato Ward on Jan. 28. Ohga announced he will step down from his post on Jan. 29 and assume the post of honorary chairman on Jan. 30. (Kyodo)

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Sony cuts earnings forecast

TOKYO, Japan - Sony Corp. Chairman and CEO Nobuyuki Idei announces a downward revision of group earnings forecast for the fiscal year through next March 31 at a news conference in Tokyo on Sept. 28. The leading consumer electronics maker said it now expects a net profit of 10 billion yen, down from a projection in July of a 90 billion yen profit.

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Sony receives preliminary approval for Net bank

TOKYO, Japan - Financial Services Minister Hakuo Yanagisawa (L) hands to Sony Chairman Nobuyuki Idei preliminary approval for establishing an Internet bank in Tokyo on March 23. Upon receiving official approval, Sony Bank Corp., to be launched in June, will be the first bank set up by a nonbanking-sector company.

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Japanese gov't adopts IT strategy

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori (R) receives a report on Japan's information technology (IT) strategy from Nobuyuki Idei (L), chairman of the IT Strategy Council, an advisory panel to the prime minister, in Tokyo on Nov. 27. The strategy, hammered out at a joint meeting of the council and the IT Strategy Headquarters, a government task force, sets a goal of creating the world's most advanced IT infrastructures in the next five years with a total of 40 million households gaining high-speed Internet access.

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Sony unveils advanced model of Aibo robot

TOKYO, Japan - Sony Corp. President Nobuyuki Idei shows a new model of the company's Aibo entertainment robot at a news conference in Tokyo on Oct. 12. Sony said the new version, to be put on the market for 150,000 yen, responds by movement and sound when it is called by its name, which is registered by voice.

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Mori takes advice from IT experts

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori (far left) presides over a roundtable meeting of information technology (IT) experts at his official residence in Tokyo on July 19. He pledged to take up recommendations of the conference at this week's Group of Eight (G-8) summit in Okinawa. John Chambers, president and chief executive officer of Cisco Systems Inc., and Nobuyuki Idei, chairman of Sony Corp., were among experts who attended the roundtable meeting.

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Sony in talks with Fuji TV on capital tie-up

TOKYO, Japan - The file photos show Hisashi Hieda (L), president of Fuji Television Network Inc., and Nobuyuki Idei, president of Sony Corp. Sony said April 24 it has been in talks with Fuji Television on a business tie-up, including obtaining an equity stake in the broadcaster. A senior official at Fuji TV, a core member company of the Fuji-Sankei business group, said his company would have no objection to a tie-up if Sony is willing.

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Sony to form online bank with J.P. Morgan

TOKYO, Japan - (From L to R) J.P. Morgan & Co Chairman Bruce Carnegie-Brown, Sony Corp. President Nobuyuki Idei, Sakura Bank President Akishige Okada and Sony Executive Deputy President Tamotsu Iba shake hands following the announcement of their new online banking joint venture.