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Japan's game maker Sega's 1st permanent shop in Shanghai

Sega Corp. President Shuji Utsumi (3rd from L) poses for a photo during an event in Shanghai on April 30, 2025, a day before the opening of the Japanese game company's first official permanent store selling character goods, including items from the popular Sonic the Hedgehog video game series.

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Japan's game maker Sega's 1st permanent shop in Shanghai

Sonic the Hedgehog, the titular character from Sega corp.'s popular game series, poses for a photo with cosplayers during an event in Shanghai on April 30, 2025, a day before the opening of the Japanese game company's first official permanent store selling character goods, including items from the popular Sonic the Hedgehog video game series.

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Sharp's new Aquos TV series caters to smartphone games

OSAKA, Japan - Sharp Corp. announces in Osaka, western Japan, on Oct. 2, 2014, a new "Aquos Quattron Pro XL 20" series of TVs adapting to Sega Corp.'s smartphone game application "Telebeena." The TVs come in three models with screens equivalent to the full 4K high resolution.

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Nature museum produced by Sega, BBC

YOKOHAMA, Japan - A 20-minute presentation of nature scenes is shown on a 40 meters wide and 8 meters high screen at Orbi Yokohama, an audiovisual museum in Yokohama, near Tokyo, on Aug. 19, 2013. The museum showcasing content produced by BBC Earth -- BBC Worldwide's global natural history brand -- and the technology of Japanese video game company Sega Corp. opened the same day.

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Nature museum produced by Sega, BBC

YOKOHAMA, Japan - A 20-minute presentation of nature scenes is shown on a 40 meters wide and 8 meters high screen at Orbi Yokohama, an audiovisual museum in Yokohama, near Tokyo, on Aug. 19, 2013. The museum showcasing content produced by BBC Earth -- BBC Worldwide's global natural history brand -- and the technology of Japanese video game company Sega Corp. opened the same day.

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Nature museum produced by Sega, BBC

YOKOHAMA, Japan - Orbi Yokohama, an audiovisual museum showcasing content produced by BBC Earth -- BBC Worldwide's global natural history brand -- and the technology of Japanese video game company Sega Corp. opens in Yokohama, near Tokyo, on Aug. 19, 2013.

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Sega, Sammy scrap merger plan

TOKYO, Japan - Hideki Sato (L), president of Sega Corp., the struggling one-time leading maker of game software, speaks to reporters at the Tokyo Stock Exchange about a collapsed merger plan with pachinko machine manufacturer Sammy Corp. Later in the day, Game maker Namco Ltd. also announced it will withdraw a proposal made in April to merge with Sega.

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Sega scraps merger plan with Sammy

TOKYO, Japan - Hideki Sato, president of Sega Corp., the struggling one-time leading maker of game software, is surrounded by journalists at the Tokyo Stock Exchange on May 8 after announcing that the company has scrapped a merger plan with pachinko game machine maker Sammy Corp.

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Sega, Sammy to integrate operations around Oct.

TOKYO, Japan - Hideki Sato (L), president of Sega Corp., and Hajime Satomi, president of Sammy Corp., shake hands at a news conference at the Tokyo Stock Exchange on Feb. 13. They announced that the two companies will integrate business operations by Oct. 1 with a view to eventually creating an entertainment company.

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Video game maker Sega's president Okawa dies

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows Isao Okawa, president of major video game console and software maker Sega Corp., who died on March 16 of heart failure at a Tokyo hospital at the age of 74. In 1984, Okawa assumed the chairmanship of Sega Enterprises Inc., the predecessor of Sega, which is known globally for its Dreamcast video game consoles.

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The Tokyo Game Show '97 Autum opened

The Tokyo Game Show '97 Autum opened on September 5, 1997 with nearly 500 titles on display at Makuhari Messe, an exhibition center in Chiba, near Tokyo. By hardware, more than 200 titles are on display for SONY Corp.'s PlayStation, while Sega Enterprises Ltd.'s Sega Saturn has drawn more than 100 titles. About 20 titles are presented for Nintendo Co.'s NINTENDO 64, a more advanced game console that hit the market recently than PlayStation and Sega Saturn.

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Sega to build large amusement facility in Yokohama

YOKOHAMA, Japan - Sega Corp. and the city office of Yokohama said Sept. 15 that the videogame machine market will build a 30 billion yen amusement facility (shown in an artist's image) in Yokohama's Minato Mirai 21 district by fiscal 2008. The nine-story building with one basement will have a total floor space of some 63,000 square meters, accommodating movie theaters and game arcades among other attractions, they said. (Kyodo)

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NTT, Sega develop new cellphone technology

TOKYO, Japan - Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corp. and Sega Corp. show jointly developed technology that connects 3D images of a doll taken with a cellphone camera to related websites during a demonstration open to the media on Dec. 13. (Kyodo)

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Sega scraps merger plan with Sammy

TOKYO, Japan - Hideki Sato, president of Sega Corp., the struggling one-time leading maker of game software, is surrounded by journalists at the Tokyo Stock Exchange on May 8 after announcing that the company has scrapped a merger plan with pachinko game machine maker Sammy Corp. (Kyodo)

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Sharp's new Aquos TV series caters to smartphone games

OSAKA, Japan - Sharp Corp. announces in Osaka, western Japan, on Oct. 2, 2014, a new "Aquos Quattron Pro XL 20" series of TVs adapting to Sega Corp.'s smartphone game application "Telebeena." The TVs come in three models with screens equivalent to the full 4K high resolution. (Kyodo)

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Sega, Sammy scrap merger plan

TOKYO, Japan - Hideki Sato (L), president of Sega Corp., the struggling one-time leading maker of game software, speaks to reporters at the Tokyo Stock Exchange about a collapsed merger plan with pachinko machine manufacturer Sammy Corp. Later in the day, Game maker Namco Ltd. also announced it will withdraw a proposal made in April to merge with Sega. (Kyodo)

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Sega, Sammy to integrate operations around Oct.

TOKYO, Japan - Hideki Sato (L), president of Sega Corp., and Hajime Satomi, president of Sammy Corp., shake hands at a news conference at the Tokyo Stock Exchange on Feb. 13. They announced that the two companies will integrate business operations by Oct. 1 with a view to eventually creating an entertainment company. (Kyodo)

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Video game maker Sega's president Okawa dies

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows Isao Okawa, president of major video game console and software maker Sega Corp., who died on March 16 of heart failure at a Tokyo hospital at the age of 74. In 1984, Okawa assumed the chairmanship of Sega Enterprises Inc., the predecessor of Sega, which is known globally for its Dreamcast video game consoles.