![]() ![]() Back then, Japan still looked as if it could completely conquer the living room – if not the world. ![]() In 1987, though, Japan had yet to enter the years of sclerosis with which everyone is now familiar. But in high-end TVs, the company is back, reaching nearly 40 per cent of world market share. In smart phones, Apple, Samsung, LG and even Nokia and HTC have largely extinguished Sony’s efforts. ![]() Now, however, the company has sold an astonishing 525 million PlayStations, and may earn getting on for $2 trillion in 2018 through streaming music. It announced 10,000 redundancies, and, by the spring 2013, sold its US HQ at Madison Avenue, New York City, for more than $1bn. In 2012, Sony declared more than ¥500bn ($6bn) in losses, its worst ever. This is a review of his book, written with Edwin Reingold and Mitsuko Shimomura, Made in Japan: Akio Morita and Sony (Collins) Akio Morita, co-founder and chief executive of Sony, is possibly Japan’s most important post-war industrialist. ![]()
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