Sony's Purpose & Message
Sony’s Global Business Areas
In 1946, Masaru Ibuka, Akio Morita and more than twenty others established
the Tokyo Tsushin Kogyo (Tokyo Telecommunications Engineering Corporation). This was where Sony started.
Cherishing the spirit of challenge to “do what has never been done before,” Sony has created innovative products, while expanding its business by entering many different fields, including semiconductors, financial services, movies, music, and games.
It’s now grown into a global corporate group that spans across a variety of industries.
1946
Entertainment, Technology
& Services
Developing products that surprise the world
Ever since our founding in 1946, we've been launching products and services that are the ultimate in sound, images, and communication, and offering products and services that maximize reality, real-time, and remote experiences. In the medical field, we've also been contributing to people's health by making use of our long-cultivated imaging, display, and mechatronics technologies. We've also started working toward creating new emotion in new fields that haven't been in our business areas before.
Masaru Ibuka and Akio Morita established Tokyo Tsushin Kogyo on the third floor of the Shirokiya Department Store in Nihombashi, Tokyo.
1955
Imaging & Sensing Solutions
Challenge the limits of image quality and sensing
The Imaging & Sensing Solutions business dates back to 1955, when Sony successfully commercialized radio embedded with Japan's first transistor. We also worked on CCDs from early on-leading the global image sensor market. Drawing upon our comprehensive technological strength from design and development through production, in 2020, we also successfully commercialized the world's first image sensor with AI processing functionality.
Japan's first transistor radio "TR-55" is released
1968
Music
Find and develop talented artists
We founded CBS/Sony Records in 1968 as a joint venture with the American firm CBS, and took over CBS Records in 1988. Since then, we've continued to expand our music production business-making EMI Music Publishing a wholly-owned subsidiary in 2018, and gaining a leading position worldwide.
In 1991, the company was renamed Sony Music Entertainment.
1979
Financial Services
Building a Society in which People Feel Uniquely Enriched
Seizing opportunities of financial liberalization and deregulation, we've created new financial businesses that are not bound by existing frameworks. Sony Life Insurance offers tailor-made life insurance plans by Lifeplanner Sales Specialists through advanced consulting. Sony Assurance connects with customers directly via the Internet and telephone without going through agents. Sony Bank entered the industry with a business model that uses the Internet to free users from time and space constraints. SFG wants to be a financial group that helps each and every person achieve their dreams and peace of mind, by staying close to people and using the power of technology to build a society in which people feel uniquely enriched.
We entered the life insurance business in 1979, the non-life insurance business in 1998, the banking business in 2001, and the nursing care business in 2014.
1989
Pictures
Deliver entertainment that's full of dreams and emotion
Sony Pictures Entertainment (SPE) 's global operations encompass motion picture production, acquisition, and distribution, television production, acquisition, and distribution, television networks, digital content creation and distribution, operation of studio facilities, and development of new entertainment products, services and technologies. Sony Pictures Television operates dozens of wholly-owned or joint-venture production companies around the world. SPE’s Motion Picture Group production organizations include Columbia Pictures, Screen Gems, TriStar Pictures, 3000 Pictures, Sony Pictures Animation, Stage 6 Films, AFFIRM Films, Sony Pictures International Productions, and Sony Pictures Classics. For additional information, visit here.
In 1989, Sony Pictures Entertainment was born through the acquisition of US-based Columbia Pictures Entertainment.
1993
Game & Network Services
Create the most exciting entertainment in the world
We established the company in 1993, and launched the PlayStation® the following year. In November 2020, we released the PlayStation®5, a video game console that provides an immersive experience using the latest technology. The PlayStation™ Network has more than 100 million monthly active users.*1
It's truly a world-leading entertainment platform.
*1: As of June 2020, estimate from a survey by Sony Interactive Entertainment
PlayStation®, a home video game console launched in 1994
Initiatives for People, Society, and the Environment
Sony is driven by people and continues to take on the challenge of creating a future filled with emotion.
To that end, we value different perspectives and ideas from diverse human resources, and are promoting initiatives for a sustainable society and environment.
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From the time of our founding as an electronics company until today, Sony has expanded its areas of business, and has grown into a global company with a diverse workforce. Search, find and apply to job opportunities at Sony .
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R&D, AI and Robotics
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Game & Network Services
Do you want to be part of an extraordinary global team that is building world-class entertainment products and services?
Come join the Best Place to Work and Play!
Electronics
From our components, cameras, audio products and TVs, to our HDR, IP and media solutions, we’re transforming the landscape of modern electronic technology and improving the quality of life of people across various countries and regions.
Imaging & Sensing Solutions
Go further away. Beyond human eyes. Lead autonomous driving with No.1 image sensor technology.
Music
Sony Music is not just home to the most loved and commercially successful artists in the world.
It’s also where some of the smartest and most creative people in the industry come to work every day.
Pictures
Sony Pictures Entertainment(SPE)’s operations encompass motion picture and television production, acquisition and distribution; television networks; digital content creation and distribution; operation of studio facilities; and development of new entertainment products, services and technologies across the globe.
- Japan
- United States
- Europe
- China
- India
- Australia
- Indonesia
- Malaysia
- New Zealand
- Philippines
- Singapore
- Thailand
- Vietnam
- Global