Sony

Sony Corporation (Japanese katakana: ソニー) {{Tyo|6758}}, {{nyse|SNE}} is a global consumer electronics corporation based in Tokyo, Japan. It is currently one of the world's largest producers of consumer electronics and is one of the biggest corporations in Japan.

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Japanese - Katakana - Consumer electronics - Corporation - Tokyo - Japan

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In America, its best-known product is the Sony Walkman, a portable cassette player small enough to clip onto a belt. The term walkman nearly became generic due to the flood of imitators (a "walkman-style" tape player).

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Sony Walkman - Cassette player

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Sony Corporation is traded on the Tokyo Stock Exchange under number 6758 and on the NYSE as SNE through ADR.

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Tokyo Stock Exchange - NYSE - ADR

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See also Sony Corporation shareholders and subsidiaries.

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