Japanese electronics giant Sony on Wednesday said it now expected a heavy full-year loss of $1.15 billion as it reels from the impact of a strong yen, weak TV sales and severe flooding in Thailand.

Sony Corp will recall 1.6 million of its Bravia brand LCD televisions worldwide after several incidents of TV sets emitting smoke or parts melting due to faulty components, a company official said on

Japan's Sony said on Thursday it swung to a net loss in the fiscal first quarter on the impact of the March 11 earthquake, and cut its profit forecast by 25 per cent on weak TV sales and a strong yen.

Former Sony president Norio Ohga, who helped transform the music industry with the development of the compact disc format, has died at the age of 81, the company said.

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Japanese giant Sony has appointed Kazuo Hirai, the head of its playstation game business, to a new key position in a move seen as the first step in anointing him as successor to CEO Howard Stringer.

Tokyo, July 29: Japanese electronics giant Sony on Thursday said it returned to the black in the fiscal first quarter thanks to strong sales in televisions, its PlayStation 3 console and computers.