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Oct 3, 1999 · Nearly six years after suffering a debilitating stroke, Sony Corporation co-founder Akio Morita has died. One of the world's most charismatic business executives, Morita succumbed to pneumonia on Sunday, October 3, in Tokyo. He was 78.The embodiment of the "new Japan," the tireless Morita nurtured a small startup electronics firm into the world's most widely recognized brand name.
Akio Morita was born in Nagoya. [1] Morita's family was involved in sake , miso and soy sauce production in the village of Kosugaya (currently a part of Tokoname City ) on the western coast of Chita Peninsula in Aichi Prefecture since 1665.
Oct 11, 1999 · Morita passed away last Sunday in Tokyo at the age of 78. He is survived by his wife Yoshiko, sons Hideo and Masao and daughter Naoko. Morita and Ibuka met for the first time in 1944 in Japan's Navy Wartime Research Committee. Morita was a Navy lieutenant. When he returned home to Nagoya, Japan after World War II, he was invited to join the ...
Oct 9, 1999 · Sat Oct 09 1999 - 01:00. Akio Morita, co-founder of the Sony Corporation who has died aged 78, was best known outside Japan as the man who gave the world the Walkman. But that reputation massively ...
Biography: Akio Morita was a Japanese businessman and co-founder of Sony Corporation. Along with his partner Masaru Ibuka, Morita made Sony into a major organisation focused on cutting-edge technologies. Morita started out studying physics, graduating with a degree from Osaka Imperial University. He then served in the Japanese Imperial Navy as ...
- Japanese
- January 26, 1921
- Nagoya, Japan
- October 3, 1999
Oct 3, 1999 · Mr Morita's colleagues and business rivals have been paying tribute to him since the announcement of his death. Sony president Nobuyuki Idei called him "an unprecedented Japanese man and a rare communicator". Yoichi Morishita, of Matsushita (makers of VHS) said: "He played a leading role in the industry.
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Akio Morita fell seriously ill in 1993 after collapsing while playing tennis at his second home in Hawaii. He was later diagnosed with a brain haemorrhage and returned to Tokyo earlier last month. He died on Sunday (October 3) at the age of 78. The news was released by the Kyodo news agency who made no mention of the cause of death.
