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Sony established sony corporation of america, the companys first subsidiary in america, in 1960. Sony was founded after world war ii in 1946 in tokyo under the name tokyo telecommunications engineering corp. Born, as sony states, nearly 100 years after the first phonograph player, the cdp101 made its way to the u. One of the most popular sony products was sony playstation, created in 1995.
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