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About Akio Morita
Founder of Sony Corporation, Akio Morita (1921-1999)
Akio Morita had a profound impact on the electronics industry by challenging the world with his technological innovations and creative ideas.
This section explores his life, from personal moments to business achievements, as well as perspectives from his family and colleagues.
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Akio Morita Library
Wife, Yoshiko made a substantial contribution with “Omotenashi Spirit（heart of hospitality）” to create firm edge, the things that matters the most to Akio.
“Akio Morita Library” exhibit items what they have left behind both officially and privately to tell their achievement to next generation.
The Raykay Archives
The building housing the archive stands adjacent to the original Morita family home in Kosugaya, Tokoname City, Aichi Prefecture. Records and old documents belonging to generations of the family, who served as hereditary headmen of the district, are stored here. The materials, which were saved from loss and destruction during the war, date from the beginning of the Edo Period in the early 17th century to the Meiji Restoration of the late 1860s.
4-3 Aza Kameido, Kosugaya,
Tokoname-City, Aichi 479-0807, Japan
TEL: +81-569-37-0370
Memories of Akio Morita
There is no doubt that at his passing Akio Morita bequeathed to many people ‘gifts not visible to the eye.’
Here, some of these people speak about their memories of the man that remain in their hearts.
