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Sony's The Tokyo Matrix entertainment facility

Photo shows Sony Group Corp.'s The Tokyo Matrix entertainment facility in Tokyo's Shinjuku Ward on March 17, 2025.

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Sony headquarters in Tokyo

Photo taken Nov. 25, 2024, shows the logo of Sony Group Corp. at the company's headquarters in Tokyo.

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Sony headquarters in Tokyo

Photo taken Nov. 25, 2024, shows the logo of Sony Group Corp. at the company's headquarters in Tokyo.

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Sony headquarters in Tokyo

Photo taken Nov. 25, 2024, shows Sony Group Corp.'s headquarters in Tokyo.

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Sony headquarters in Tokyo

Photo taken Nov. 25, 2024, shows Sony Group Corp.'s headquarters in Tokyo.

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Sony Group CEO Yoshida

Sony Group Corp. CEO Kenichiro Yoshida speaks at a briefing in Tokyo on May 23, 2024, about the company's strategic direction.

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US: Strong Winter Storm Brings Blizzard Conditions To Sierra Nevada 3

A strong winter storm hit the Sierra Nevada on Friday, March 1, bringing heavy snow and high winds. Blizzard Warnings were issued for the area, including Lake Tahoe and eastern Nevada. The Sierra Avalanche Center warned that the danger of avalanches was high. Yosemite National Park and many ski resorts in the region announced they were closing at least for the day.

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TSMC opens 1st Japan chip plant

(From L, front row) Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. CEO C.C. Wei, Sony Group CEO Kenichiro Yoshida, Toyota Motor Corp. Chairman Akio Toyoda and Denso Corp. President Shinnosuke Hayashi are pictured after the opening ceremony for TSMC's first factory in Japan on Feb. 24, 2024, in Kikuyo in Kumamoto Prefecture.

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Sony signs sponsorship with World Athletics

Sony Group Corp. President Hiroki Totoki (2nd from L) and World Athletics President Sebastian Coe (3rd from L) pose for a photo in Tokyo on Jan. 23, 2024, after Sony reached a three-year sponsorship deal with the world body ahead of the world athletics championships in Tokyo in September 2025.

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Sony signs sponsorship with World Athletics

World Athletics President Sebastian Coe speaks during a press conference in Tokyo on Jan. 23, 2024, after the international body reached a three-year sponsorship deal with Sony Group Corp. ahead of the world athletics championships in Tokyo in September 2025.

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Sony signs sponsorship with World Athletics

Sony Group Corp. President Hiroki Totoki speaks during a press conference in Tokyo on Jan. 23, 2024, after Sony reached a three-year sponsorship deal with the World Athletics ahead of the world athletics championships in Tokyo in September 2025.

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Sony signs sponsorship with World Athletics

Sony Group Corp. President Hiroki Totoki (L) and World Athletics President Sebastian Coe shake hands during a signing ceremony in Tokyo on Jan. 23, 2024, after Sony reached a three-year sponsorship deal with the world body ahead of the world championships in Tokyo in September 2025.

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Sony signs sponsorship with World Athletics

Sony Group Corp. President Hiroki Totoki (L) and World Athletics President Sebastian Coe shake hands during a signing ceremony in Tokyo on Jan. 23, 2024, after Sony reached a three-year sponsorship deal with the world body ahead of the world championships in Tokyo in September 2025.

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Toyota, Sony, Panasonic heads

(from L) Toyota Motor Corp. President Koji Sato, Sony Group Corp. CEO Hiroki Totoki and Panasonic Holdings Corp. President Masahiro Shinada attend an innovation forum at Tokyo's Waseda University -- their alma mater -- on Nov. 10, 2023.

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Sony-Honda venture unveils new EV prototype

Sony Honda Mobility Inc. unveils a prototype of the new Afeela electric vehicle to the media in Tokyo on Oct. 17, 2023. The joint venture of Honda Motor Co. and Sony Group Corp. will begin accepting orders in the first half of 2025 for delivery in the spring of 2026 in North America and by the end of 2026 in Japan.

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Sony-Honda venture unveils new EV prototype

Sony Honda Mobility Inc. unveils a prototype of the new Afeela electric vehicle to the media in Tokyo on Oct. 17, 2023. The joint venture of Honda Motor Co. and Sony Group Corp. will begin accepting orders in the first half of 2025 for delivery in the spring of 2026 in North America and by the end of 2026 in Japan.

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Sony's new president

Hiroki Totoki, executive deputy president and chief financial officer of Sony Group Corp., attends a press conference in Tokyo on Feb. 2, 2023. Totoki said he will head the electronics company from April 1, replacing Kenichiro Yoshida.

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Sony's new president

Hiroki Totoki, executive deputy president and chief financial officer of Sony Group Corp., attends a press conference in Tokyo on Feb. 2, 2023. Totoki said he will head the electronics company from April 1, replacing Kenichiro Yoshida.

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Sony's new president

Hiroki Totoki (R), executive deputy president and chief financial officer of Sony Group Corp., shakes hands with President Kenichiro Yoshida during a press conference in Tokyo on Feb. 2, 2023. Totoki said at the press conference that he will head the electronics company from April 1, replacing Yoshida.

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Sony's new president

Hiroki Totoki (R), executive deputy president and chief financial officer of Sony Group Corp., shakes hands with President Kenichiro Yoshida during a press conference in Tokyo on Feb. 2, 2023. Totoki said at the press conference that he will head the electronics company from April 1, replacing Yoshida.

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Sony's new president

Hiroki Totoki (back), executive deputy president and chief financial officer of Sony Group Corp., is pictured ahead of a joint press conference with President Kenichiro Yoshida (front) in Tokyo on Feb. 2, 2023. Totoki said at the press conference that he will head the electronics company from April 1, replacing Yoshida.

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Sony's new president

Hiroki Totoki (back), executive deputy president and chief financial officer of Sony Group Corp., is pictured ahead of a joint press conference with President Kenichiro Yoshida (front) in Tokyo on Feb. 2, 2023. Totoki said at the press conference that he will head the electronics company from April 1, replacing Yoshida.

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Sony expects 82.4% drop in net profit on write-down in movie business

TOKYO, Japan, Feb. 2 Kyodo - Kenichiro Yoshida, chief financial officer of Sony Corp., briefs reporters on the company's group financial results from April to December last year during a news conference in Tokyo on Feb. 2, 2017.

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Sony group net profit up 8.6-fold in April-June

TOKYO, Japan - Sony Corp. Chief Financial Officer Kenichiro Yoshida announces the company's earnings report for the April-June quarter on July 31, 2014, in Tokyo, Japan. Sony's group net profit in the three-month period rose nearly 8.6-fold to 26.81 billion yen due to strong sales of its gaming console and the yen's depreciation.

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Sony expects 50 bil. yen group net loss in FY 2014 on restructuring

TOKYO, Japan - Kenichiro Yoshida, executive vice president and chief financial officer of Sony Corp., briefs reporters on his company's group earnings forecast at a press conference in Tokyo on May 14, 2014. Sony expects to remain in the red in the year ending March 2015 with a group net loss of 50 billion yen due to restructuring costs including expenses related to the sale of its personal computer business.

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Sony expects 50 bil. yen group net loss in FY 2014 on restructuring

TOKYO, Japan - Kenichiro Yoshida, executive vice president and chief financial officer of Sony Corp., briefs reporters on his company's group earnings forecast at a press conference in Tokyo on May 14, 2014. Sony expects to remain in the red in the year ending March 2015 with a group net loss of 50 billion yen due to restructuring costs including expenses related to the sale of its personal computer business.

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Sony to fall into red

TOKYO, Japan - Kazuo Hirai, president of Sony Corp., releases the company's latest earnings forecast for the year through March 2014, at a press conference in Tokyo on Feb. 6, 2014. Hirai said Sony is expecting a group net loss of 110 billion yen for the year, against an earlier projected profit of 30 billion yen, citing disposal costs for its personal computer business and sluggish television sales.

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Sony to fall into red

TOKYO, Japan - Kazuo Hirai, president of Sony Corp., ends a press conference in Tokyo on Feb. 6, 2014. Hirai said Sony is expecting a group net loss of 110 billion yen for the year through March 2014, against an earlier projected profit of 30 billion yen, citing disposal costs for its personal computer business and sluggish television sales.

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Sony to fall into red

TOKYO, Japan - Kazuo Hirai, president of Sony Corp., is pictured during a press conference in Tokyo on Feb. 6, 2014. Hirai said Sony is expecting a group net loss of 110 billion yen for the year through March 2014, against an earlier projected profit of 30 billion yen, citing disposal costs for its personal computer business and sluggish television sales.

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Sony posts 1st net profit in 5 yrs

TOKYO, Japan - Sony Corp. Chief Financial Officer Masaru Kato speaks during a press conference at the Tokyo Stock Exchange in Tokyo on May 9, 2013. Sony posted a group net profit of 43.03 billion yen for fiscal 2012 ended in March 2013, returning to the black for the first time in five years, citing sales of assets and the benefit of a weaker yen.

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Sony posts 1st net profit in 5 yrs

TOKYO, Japan - Sony Corp. Chief Financial Officer Masaru Kato (2nd from front in left row) speaks during a press conference at the Tokyo Stock Exchange in Tokyo on May 9, 2013. Sony posted a group net profit of 43.03 billion yen for fiscal 2012 ended in March 2013, returning to the black for the first time in five years, citing sales of assets and the benefit of a weaker yen.

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Sony incurs loss

TOKYO, Japan - Sony Corp. Chief Financial Officer Masaru Kato speaks during a press conference in Tokyo on Nov. 1, 2012. Sony remained in the red in the April to September period of 2012 with a group net loss of 40.11 billion yen.

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Sony widens loss estimate

TOKYO, Japan - Sony Corp. Chief Financial Officer Masaru Kato speaks during a news conference in Tokyo on April 10, 2012. Sony said it has sharply cut its earnings forecast for the business year ended March 31, 2012, and expects to book its biggest-ever group net loss of 520 billion yen, remaining in the red for the fourth straight year.

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Sony executive vice president Hirai

TOKYO, Japan - Sony Corp. Executive Deputy President Kazuo Hirai speaks at a press conference in Tokyo on Nov. 2, 2011. Sony Corp. announced that it expects to log a group net loss of 90 billion yen in fiscal 2011 for the fourth straight year of red ink due to a strong yen and sluggish performance in its mainstay television business.

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Sony to fall into red for 3rd year

TOKYO, Japan - Sony Corp. Chief Financial Officer Masaru Kato attends a news conference in Tokyo on May 23, 2011, to announce that the company expects to fall into the red in fiscal 2010 for the third straight year with a group net loss of 260 billion yen due mainly to the effects of the March 11 earthquake and tsunami.

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Tie-up for e-book business

TOKYO, Japan - Sony Electronics Inc. Senior Vice President Fujio Noguchi (2nd from right) and officials of three other companies group together at a press conference in Tokyo on May 27, 2010. Sony Corp., KDDI Corp., Toppan Printing Co. and Asahi Shimbun Co. announced they will team up to create a company that will sell and distribute electronic books amid growing demand for digitized content.

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Sony revises FY 2009 earnings forecast upward

TOKYO, Japan - Nobuyuki Oneda, chief financial officer of Sony Corp., briefs reporters on the company's group earnings forecast for fiscal 2009 and earnings report for the April-December period during a press conference in Tokyo on Feb. 4, 2010.

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Sony readies for battle with Samsung with 3-D TVs

TOKYO, Japan - Sony Corp. Chairman Howard Stringer speaks to a group of reporters in Tokyo on Dec. 3, 2009. Stringer said the company hopes to regain its competitive edge in the global television market now driven by South Korea's Samsung Electronics Co. with the launch of three-dimensional TVs and expansion of its online services.

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Sony in red for April-September, trims annual loss forecast

TOKYO, Japan - Sony Corp.'s Chief Financial Officer Nobuyuki Oneda speaks during a news conference in Tokyo on Oct. 30, 2009, at which the major electronics company announced it booked a group net loss of 63.4 billion yen in the April-September first half of fiscal 2009.

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Sony aims to turn profit on TV business with advanced features

TOKYO, Japan - Sony Corp. Vice President Hiroshi Yoshioka speaks to a group of reporters in Tokyo on June 4. Yoshioka said Sony aims to turn a profit in its television business by introducing products with advanced features and by cutting costs.

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Sony logs biggest-ever loss of 227.78 bil. yen in FY 2008

TOKYO, Japan - Sony Corp.'s Chief Financial Officer Nobuyuki Oneda speaks at a press briefing on the company's business performance in Tokyo on May 14. Sony announced its biggest-ever group operating loss of 227.78 billion yen for fiscal 2008 ended in March.

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Sony logs record sales, profit in fiscal 2007

TOKYO, Japan - Nobuyuki Oneda, chief financial officer of Sony Corp., briefs reporters on the company's group earning report for fiscal 2007 in Tokyo on May 14. Sony booked record-high group sales and net profit on brisk sales of its Bravia flat-panel televisions and digital cameras.

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Sony logs record sales, profit

TOKYO, Japan - Nobuyuki Oneda, chief financial officer of Sony Corp., briefs reporters on the company's group earning report for fiscal 2007 in Tokyo on May 14. Sony booked record-high group sales and net profit on brisk sales of its Bravia flat-panel televisions and digital cameras.

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Toshiba quits HD DVD business, Blu-ray to be industry standard

TOKYO, Japan - Toshiba Corp. President Atsutoshi Nishida announces in Tokyo on Feb. 19 that his company will completely withdraw from the HD DVD business, a move that will allow the rival Blu-ray format promoted by a group of electronics makers led by Sony Corp. to become the industry standard for next-generation DVDs.

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Sony expects 6-fold rise in operating profit for FY 2007

TOKYO, Japan - Nobuyuki Oneda, chief financial officer of Sony Corp., briefs reporters in Tokyo on May 16 on the company group's earnings projections for fiscal 2007.

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Toshiba to market next-generation DVD players ahead of rivals

LAS VEGAS, United States - Toshiba Corp. said Dec. 4 it will market next-generation DVD players (in photo) based on its high definition format in North America in March, ahead of a Sony Corp.-led group promoting another type of format. Toshiba aims to win a competitive edge in the battle for the next-generation DVD market by debuting two high definition DVD players. The HD DVD format, developed by a Toshiba-led group, is competing with the Sony-led group's Blu-ray format.

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Sony to slash 6,000 jobs overseas, 4,000 in Japan by March 2008

TOKYO, Japan - Sony Corp. Chairman and group Chief Executive Officer Howard Stringer (L) and President Ryoji Chubachi hold up the company's new Walkman digital music devices during a press conference in Tokyo on Sept. 22. They announced a sweeping management shakeup, including cutting 10,000 jobs worldwide.

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New Sony execs vow to restore company's status

TOKYO, Japan - Sony Corp. Chairman and group Chief Executive Officer Howard Stringer (L) and President Ryoji Chubachi shake hands at a hotel in Tokyo on June 23 prior to a press conference. They met the press a day after Sony's board launched a new management team that Stringer, a Welsh-born U.S. citizen, heads as the first non-Japanese CEO in the company's 59-year history.

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New Sony execs vow to restore company's status

TOKYO, Japan - Sony Corp. Chairman and group Chief Executive Officer Howard Stringer (L) speaks at a press conference at a hotel in Tokyo on June 23, with President Ryoji Chubachi looking on.

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Sony should be 'cool again,' says next CEO Stringer

TOKYO, Japan - Howard Stringer, Sony Corp.'s vice executive chairman in charge of entertainment business and head of its U.S. unit, speaks to a group of reporters in Tokyo on March 8, one day after Sony announced that he will become the company's chief executive officer in June.