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, commonly referred to as Sony and stylized as SONY, is a Japanese multinational conglomerate corporation headquartered in Kōnan Minato, Tokyo, Japan.〔"(Access & Map )." Sony Global. Retrieved 6 December 2011. "1–7–1 Konan Minato-ku, Tokyo 108-0075, Japan" – (Map ) – (Address in Japanese ): "〒108-0075 東京都港区港南1–7–1"〕 Its diversified business includes consumer and professional electronics, gaming, entertainment and financial services.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Consolidated financial results for the fiscal year ended March 2015, Sony Corporation )〕 The company is one of the leading manufacturers of electronic products for the consumer and professional markets.〔(Sony Corporate History (Japanese) ). Sony.co.jp. Retrieved 7 July 2011.〕 Sony is ranked 116th on the 2015 list of Fortune Global 500.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Global 500 – Fortune )〕 Sony Corporation is the electronics business unit and the parent company of the Sony Group, which is engaged in business through its four operating segments – electronics (including video games, network services and medical business), motion pictures, music and financial services.〔(Organization Data ). Sony.net. Retrieved on 25 April 2012.〕〔(Business Overview, Annual Report 2010 ). (PDF) . Retrieved 7 July 2011.〕〔(Organization Data ). Sony.net. Retrieved 7 July 2011.〕 These make Sony one of the most comprehensive entertainment companies in the world. Sony's principal business operations include Sony Corporation (Sony Electronics in the U.S.), Sony Pictures Entertainment, Sony Computer Entertainment, Sony Music Entertainment, Sony Mobile Communications (formerly Sony Ericsson) and Sony Financial. Sony is among the Worldwide Top 20 Semiconductor Sales Leaders and as of 2013, the fourth-largest television manufacturer in the world, after Samsung Electronics, LG Electronics and TCL.〔(Global market share held by LCD TV manufacturers from 2008 to 2013 ). Retrieved 26 February 2015.〕 The is a Japan-based corporate group primarily focused on the Electronics (such as AV/IT products and components), Game (such as the PlayStation), Entertainment (such as motion pictures and music) and Financial Services (such as insurance and banking) sectors. The group consists of Sony Corporation (holding and electronics), Sony Computer Entertainment (games), Sony Pictures Entertainment (motion pictures), Sony Music Entertainment (music), Sony/ATV Music Publishing (music publishing), Sony Financial Holdings (financial services) and others. Its founders Akio Morita and Masaru Ibuka derived the name from ''sonus'', the Latin word for sound, and also from the English slang word "sonny", since they considered themselves to be "sonny boys", a loan word into Japanese which in the early 1950s connoted smart and presentable young men.〔 The company's current slogan is ''BE MOVED''. Their former slogans were ''make.believe'' (2009–2014) and ''like.no.other'' (2005–2014). Sony is a member of the SMFG (Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group) keiretsu, the successor to the Mitsui keiretsu to which it previously belonged. ==History== (詳細はウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Sony」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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