Sony shareholders have backed chief executive Kazuo Hirai and other bosses, despite heckling about the Japanese electronics and entertainment giant’s continuing losses.

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Sony reduced its losses in the latest quarter as the Japanese electronics and entertainment company aims for a comeback from record yearly red ink.

Sony is introducing a smaller, slimmer and lighter version of its PlayStation 3 console ahead of the Christmas rush as it gears up for growing competition in games from smartphones.

Sony is introducing a smaller, slimmer and lighter version of its PlayStation 3 console ahead of the year-end holidays as it gears up for growing competition in games from smartphones.

Kazuo Hirai, the former head of Sony’s game division, will steer the struggling Japanese electronics and entertainment conglomerate’s turnaround as the company’s new president and chief executive.

Seven Sony executives, including chairman Howard Stringer and president Kazuo Hirai, are giving up their performance-based bonus pay.

Panasonic’s January-March losses ballooned 10-fold to 438 billion yen (€4.2bn), completing a year of record red ink at the Japanese electronics maker battered by natural disasters and an ailing TV business.

Japanese electronics maker, Sony announced it is to axe 10,000 jobs after four straight years of losses.

Sony has racked up a record annual loss of 457 billion yen (€4.4bn) in its fourth straight year of red ink.

Sony has more than doubled its projected annual losses to 520 billion yen (€4.9bn) – its worst ever – due to a massive tax charge.

Sony will cut about 10,000 jobs worldwide over the next year as it tries to return to profit, Japanese news reports said today.

Sony reported a quarterly net loss of 159 billion yen (€1.56bn) today for the October-December quarter as weak TV sales, a strong currency and the disruption in production from flooding in Thailand cut into its earnings.

Wales-born Howard Stringer, one of the few foreign bosses to head a major Japanese company, is to give up his role as Sony chief executive but remain as chairman, the electronics giant said today.

Sony’s next-generation portable game machine, the PlayStation Vita, will not be available in the US or Europe in time for Christmas – a crucial sales period for game console makers.

SONY has introduced its new-generation PlayStation Vita gaming handset and blockbuster 3D console titles as it bids to shake off the stigma of cyberattacks on its system.

Sony has revealed its next generation portable gaming machine, PlayStation Vita, a motion-sensitive handheld device that outdoes its PlayStation Portable.

SONY executives bowed in apology yesterday fora security breach in the company’s PlayStation Network that caused the loss of personal data of some 77 million accounts on the online service.

Sony executives bowed in apology today for a security breach in the PlayStation network that caused the loss of personal data of some 77 million accounts on the online service.

SONY CORP yesterday launched a music streaming service in a bid to boost sales of its consumer electronics and break Apple’s dominance of the online music business.