Shares of Sony Corp, the inventor of personal music players, slid more than 7 per cent on Wednesday after the company more than doubled its annual loss forecast, highlighting the plight of a Japanese

Sony Corp will cut 10,000 jobs, or about 6 percent of its global workforce, by as early as the year-end, the Nikkei newspaper reported on Monday, as new CEO Kazuo Hirai comes under pressure to return

Sharp's announcement that it will team up with Taiwan's Hon Hai Precision on a liquid-crystal display deal is the latest example of the 'tectonic changes' rippling through hard-hit Japan Inc.

Japanese electronics and entertainment giant Sony said on Thursday it was selling its chemical products division to the Development Bank of Japan (DBJ) as part of a massive overhaul of its business.

Two Russian inventors have filed a patent violation lawsuit with a Moscow court against Sony Electronics in Russia.

They claim that a rear touchpad installed on Sony's new high-powered handheld conso

Struggling Japanese entertainment giant Sony will not abandon its cash-bleeding television business, its incoming CEO says, but he acknowledges tough decisions lie ahead including over redundancies.

Sony said on Wednesday that vice president Kazuo Hirai will become president and CEO on April 1. Current chairman, president and CEO Howard Stringer will be chairman.

The Japanese electronics firm al

Sony Corp is the leading contender among firms jostling for an equity stake in Olympus Corp, Japanese business weekly Diamond reported on its website, as the scandal-hit medical equipment maker moves

Japan's Olympus Corp is scouting the global electronics industry for a friendly investor to help it recover from an accounting scandal and has put Sony and Panasonic on its short list, a newspaper sai

Howard Stringer, the Welsh-born American head of Japanese games, music and electronics giant Sony, is to step down as the firm's president, reports said on Saturday, while remaining CEO and chairman.