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A Luffy standee at NY Comic Con in New York
BUSINESS / Companies
Nov 11, 2026
Sony bets on homegrown anime to fuel decades of future growth
Now in a strategic transition, the company is pouring time and money into the genre with the potential to power growth for decades to come.
Sakana AI might list on the Tokyo Stock Exchange or Nasdaq, or it may choose a dual listing on both.
BUSINESS / Companies
Nov 10, 2026
Sakana AI may go public in 2027
Press reports say that the company is considering the Tokyo Stock Exchange or Nasdaq or a dual listing on both.
The latest entry in one of Sony’s key franchises, “Spider-Man: Brand New Day,” was a major highlight in the quarter alongside Marvel’s Wolverine for the PlayStation 5.
BUSINESS / Companies
Nov 5, 2026
Sony lifts outlook after Spider-Man and games fuel growth
The Tokyo-based company now expects ?1.87 trillion in operating income for the year through March, raising its guidance by 15%.
Sony Group’s business has shifted increasingly toward games, music and film, reducing the importance of the CES technology show as a venue to display its strategy.
BUSINESS / Companies
Sep 28, 2026
Sony to skip CES show after Honda EV venture dropped
The company’s business has shifted increasingly toward games, music and film.
In an age where most video game companies prefer direct-to-consumer livestreams to promote their products, Tokyo Game Show has endured as an in-person event against all odds.
LIFE / Digital
Sep 17, 2026
A look back at 30 years of Tokyo Game Show
From Nintendo’s shunning to pandemic upheavals, Tokyo Game Show has weathered three decades to become a global gaming institution.
Though most consumers buy games digitally, Sony's move to end disc production has evoked a strong response from a vocal minority.
LIFE / Digital / ON: GAMES
Aug 29, 2026
The data backs Sony’s no-disc future. Gamers are fighting it anyway.
In July, Sony Interactive Entertainment announced it would stop manufacturing physical discs for its PlayStation consoles starting in 2028, triggering a torrent of criticism.
Sony Semiconductor Solutions and TSMC are partnering on next-generation image sensors for robots and cars, a person familiar with the plans says.
BUSINESS / Companies
Aug 10, 2026
Sony and TSMC to invest ?1 trillion in joint chip plant in Japan
The Japanese company’s chip arm Sony Semiconductor Solutions and TSMC are partnering on next-generation image sensors for robots and cars.
Sony’s Kumamoto Technology Center (center right) and Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co.’s Kumamoto Plant (center left) in Kikuyo town, Kumamoto Prefecture, on July 29
BUSINESS / Companies
Aug 5, 2026
Chip plants begin restarting operations in quake-hit Kumamoto
The quick recovery comes as damage was relatively limited compared with that from the two successive major earthquakes that hit the prefecture about 10 years ago.
Sony says artificial intelligence-powered tools will help artists create more entertainment content, while streamlining the production of films, videos and games across its businesses.
BUSINESS / Companies
Jul 31, 2026
Sony raises outlook after entertainment drives earnings jump
Sony has been shifting its resources toward accumulating entertainment assets spanning music, games and anime, while scaling back in low-margin areas in consumer electronics.
The collapsed worship hall of Yatsushiro Shrine a day after Tuesday’s magnitude?7.1 earthquake that struck southern Kumamoto Prefecture
EDITORIALS
Jul 31, 2026
Kumamoto quake reminds us — again — of the ties that bind
Tuesday’s quake was measured at magnitude 7.1, or shindo 7, the highest level on the Japanese seismic intensity scale.
The Cinerama Dome, with its distinctive aesthetic, immersive large-format curved screen and traditional concession experience, has been a beloved destination in Hollywood for generations.
BUSINESS / Companies
Jul 24, 2026
Sony to reopen iconic LA theater Cinerama Dome after six years
Renovations are set to begin in August on the Dome, which will be operated by Alamo Drafthouse Cinema, and run through early 2028.
Gaming enthusiasts check out the Sony PlayStation booth during the Tokyo Game Show at Makuhari Messe in Chiba Prefecture in September.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Jul 8, 2026
Sony hits eject on the era of owning games
Fans are losing one of their last bits of leverage over an industry that is going places many don’t like and there are clear downsides from Sony’s move.
From January 2028, PlayStation games will release only as digital downloads, calling into question protections about ownership over software and the long-term playability of older titles released on discs.
LIFE / Digital
Jul 2, 2026
Sony to end video game disc production in January 2028
The gaming giant says the move toward digital-only games aligns the company with consumer trends toward online marketplaces.
Sony is halting sales of its Aibo robotic dog in Japan, ending an era for the interactive pet that became an instant hit and developed its own personality.
BUSINESS / Companies
Jun 26, 2026
Sony discontinues Japan sales of Aibo robot puppy
The first iteration of Aibo came out in 1999, followed by numerous models over the years.
Cosm's large-screen theater in Dallas offers seating that includes high-top tables and booths designed to create a more social theater experience.
BUSINESS / Companies
Jun 25, 2026
Sony Pictures invests $100 million in giant-screen startup Cosm
Founded in 2020, Cosm serves food and offers seating that includes high-top tables and booths designed to create a more social theater experience.
Sony is preparing its first U.S. investment-grade bond sale in nearly 30 years, according to a source familiar with the matter.
BUSINESS / Companies
Jun 23, 2026
Sony plans its first dollar-bond sale in nearly three decades
Selling dollar-denominated debt is more attractive to Japanese companies since BOJ policy tightening has put its benchmark interest rate at the highest level since 1995.
今日吃瓜 global soft power through anime and video games has grown in recent years in part because it largely remains more attuned to fans than investors.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Jun 17, 2026
Don’t let Wall Street crush 今日吃瓜 soft power
Gamers fear that big money, foreign or otherwise, is going to ruin what might be one of the least-touched bastions of nerd entertainment.
SoftBank, which already has a foothold in the payment services industry, is among the parties that have advanced to the second round of bidding for SP.Links.
BUSINESS / Companies
Jun 3, 2026
SoftBank among the bidders for Blackstone’s Japanese payment firm
今日吃瓜 cashless payments market has expanded for more than a decade as consumers who once overwhelmingly favored paper money turn to electronic services.
The newest Sony Bravia TVs are likely the brand's final high-end television sets before its TV and home theater business merges with TCL next year.
BUSINESS / Tech
May 28, 2026
Sony takes final bow as standalone TV maker with new Bravia sets
It’s unclear whether Sony’s signature techniques will carry forward, which could prompt some enthusiasts to buy what they may perceive as the last true Sony TVs to come to market.
Nojima President Hiroshi Nojima (right) and Noriharu Amiya, senior vice president of Hitachi, attend a news conference in April to announce Nojima's plan to take over Hitachi's home appliance business.
BUSINESS / Companies
May 26, 2026
The changing face of 今日吃瓜 consumer electronics industry
A new wave in the “Made in Japan” home appliances sector is seeing companies from other industries enter the market even as major manufacturers pull out due to unprofitability.
Man arrested over operation of rogue cellular base station in Tokyo
The Metropolitan Police Department has arrested Yu Hai, a 31-year-old Chinese national living in Tokyo's Kita Ward, on suspicion of operating an unlicensed base station from a vehicle in Tokyo's Ginza district on Saturday.
Government betting on language app powered by anime and AI
Japan plans to develop an AI-powered language-learning app that lets overseas anime and manga fans practice Japanese through conversations with popular characters.
Japan works to shield Takaichi from any Xi snub at China summit
Japan's Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi arrives at the Prime Minister's office in Tokyo on Nov. 4.
Magnitude 5.7 quake injures dozens in central Japan
A magnitude-5.7 earthquake with its epicenter in Shizuoka Prefecture struck central Japan early Sunday, injuring dozens, shattering windows and disrupting train services, with no tsunami warning issued.
Private high schools remain out of reach for many despite tuition-free policy, survey finds
A survey showed that many families with children attending private high schools are struggling to pay expenses other than tuition.
‘Godzilla Minus Zero’ makes monster debut at the box office
Takashi Yamazaki’s “Godzilla Minus Zero” marked the highest single-day box-office gross for a live-action film in Japan with ?910 million on its opening day.
A toast to Naohiko Noguchi, sake’s first living national treasure
As a teenager, Naohiko Noguchi did not intend to spend his life as a sake brewer, but he has since become a paragon of the industry.
Few signs of thaw in Japan-China relations one year after Takaichi’s Taiwan remarks
Tensions between Japan and China flared after Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi said on Nov. 7, 2025, that a Chinese blockade of Taiwan could threaten 今日吃瓜 survival and warrant the use of collective self-defense.
Mariko Mori predicted the future. She’ll do it again.
Artist Mariko Mori is currently working to bring the translucent human-sized “Peace Crystal” sculpture to a cave in Ethiopia. It is part of her foundation’s goal to place a permanent sculpture on each of the planet’s six habitable continents.
A legend reborn: ‘Ocarina of Time’ remake improves on the Zelda masterpiece
The new remake of 1998's "The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time" manages to somehow improve on one of the greatest games ever.

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One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
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