Akio Morita ( 盛田 昭夫 Morita Akio, January 26, 1921, Nagoya, Aichi – October 3, 1999, Tokyo ) was a Japanese businessman and co-founder of Sony Corporation along with Masaru Ibuka.

Akio Morita was born in the village of Kosugaya, Japan.

Ibuka was 38 years old, Morita, 25.

Morita was an advocate for all the products made by the Sony Corporation.

However, since the radio was slightly too big to fit in a shirt pocket, Morita made his employees wear shirts with slightly larger pockets to give the radio a " pocket sized " appearance.

Morita was vice chairman of the Keidanren ( Japan Federation of Economic Organizations ), and was a member of the Japan-U. S. Economic Relations Group, also known as the " Wise Men's Group ".

The book was translated into English and caused controversy in the United States, and Morita later had has chapters removed from the English version and distanced himself from the book.

Morita Masatake ( 1874-1938 ), also read as Morita Shoma ( 1874-1938 ( 森田 正馬 ), was a contemporary of Sigmund Freud and the founder of Morita Therapy, a branch of clinical psychology strongly influenced by Zen Buddhism.

The next year, he was joined by his colleague, Akio Morita, and they founded a company called Tokyo Tsushin Kogyo < ref name = History >

The first commercial stevia sweetener in Japan was produced by the Japanese firm Morita Kagaku Kogyo Co., Ltd. in 1971.

The prototype was built in 1978 by audio-division engineer Nobutoshi Kihara for Sony co-chairman Akio Morita, who wanted to be able to listen to operas during his frequent trans-Pacific plane trips.

It was a commercial success upon release, and garnered favorable critical acclaim, earning Pat Morita an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor.

It revitalized the acting career of Morita, previously known mostly for his comedic role as Arnold on Happy Days, who was nominated for a Best Supporting Actor Academy Award for his performance as Mr. Miyagi.

With Season 4, Al Molinaro was added as Al Delvecchio, the new owner of Arnold's, after Pat Morita's character of Arnold moved on after his character got married ( Morita had left the program to star in a short-lived sitcom of his own, Mr. T and Tina, which was actually a spin-off of Welcome Back, Kotter.

Also leaving Happy Days in Season 10 for Joanie Loves Chachi was Al Delvecchio ; Pat Morita returned to the cast as Arnold in his absence.

In 1961 a Sony delegation was visiting the IEEE trade show in New York City, including Ibuka, Akio Morita ( Sony's other co-founder ) and Nobutoshi Kihara, who was promoting his new CV-2000 home video tape recorder.

He quickly brought Morita and Ibuka to see the design, and Morita was " sold " on the spot.

* List of books authored by Akio Morita at WorldCat

Morita hated the name " Walkman " and asked that it be changed, but relented after being told by junior executives that a promotion campaign had already begun using the brand name and that it would be too expensive to change.

The Karate Kid is a 1984 American martial arts romantic drama film directed by John G. Avildsen and written by Robert Mark Kamen, starring Ralph Macchio, Noriyuki " Pat " Morita and Elisabeth Shue.

* Asia 7 Days-hosted by Hiro Morita ; a program wraps up major issues of Asia, in relation to the news occurred in that week.

* In the anime, Honey and Clover, Hagu is used by Morita as " evidence " of the Koro-pok-guru for a website to get money.

* Keisuke Miyagi from the Karate Kid trilogy, played by Pat Morita.

A television movie, Blind Alleys, written by Hwang and Frederic Kimball and starring Pat Morita and Cloris Leachman, was produced.

But by the Morita theorem, every regular Lindelöf space is paracompact.

In the episode, he is assumed to be Mr. Miyagi, but he immediately denies that by saying, " First of all, I'm Pat F ' in Morita, ya nutsack.

In mathematics, the Brauer group of a field K is an abelian group whose elements are Morita equivalence classes of central simple algebras of finite rank over K and addition is induced by the tensor product of algebras.

Many of the plots revolved around silly action genre clichés and movie parodies, with many of the feature roles played by actors and celebrities such as Mark Hamill, Alan Thicke, Erik Estrada, Gary Coleman, John Salley, Joey Buttafuoco, Patty Hearst, Adam Carolla, Hank the Angry Drunken Dwarf, George Takei, Gilbert Gottfried, Walter Koenig, Pat Morita, Anson Williams, Christopher Darden, Maureen McCormick, Lee Majors, David Arquette, Musetta Vander, Angelica Bridges, Ian Ziering, RuPaul, and Dweezil Zappa.

It was a highly critical letter written to the Tokyo Tsushin Kogyo KK ( also known as Totsuko and later as Sony ), complaining about their tape recorder ’ s many failings that got him noticed by Masaru Ibuka, Akio Morita and other Totsuko executives.

Koshien plays a big part in many baseball manga series, including Touch, Cross Game and H2 by Mitsuru Adachi and in other Authors works like Higuchi Asa's Ōkiku Furikabutte and Rookies by Masanori Morita.

The novel was made into a 1993 film directed by Gus Van Sant and starring Uma Thurman, Lorraine Bracco, Pat Morita, Angie Dickinson, Keanu Reeves, John Hurt, Rain Phoenix, Ed Begley, Jr., Carol Kane, Victoria Williams, Sean Young, Crispin Glover, Roseanne Arnold, Buck Henry, Grace Zabriskie, and Treva Jeffryes.

In Japan, shinkei-suijaku is treated with Morita therapy involving mandatory rest and isolation, followed by progressively more difficult work, and a resumption of a previous social role.

The book caused controversy in the United States, and Morita distanced himself from the book.

Morita also played " Arnold " as a guest star in 1977 and 1979 before returning as a recurring character after Al Molinaro departed in 1982.

Morita eventually returned to Happy Days, reprising his role in the 1982 – 1983 season.

In 1957, it produced a pocket-sized radio ( the first to be fully transistorized ), and in 1958, Morita and Ibuka decided to rename their company Sony ( sonus is Latin for sound, and Sonny-boys the most common American expression ).

Link's Awakening began as an unsanctioned side project ; programmer Kazuaki Morita created a Zelda-like game with one of the first Game Boy development kits, and used it to experiment with the platform's capabilities.

Mirza then played at the PTT Pattaya Open where she won her first WTA main draw match since Roland Garros 2011-coming from a set down to upset Ayumi Morita ( ranked 47 spots higher ), 3 – 6, 6 – 1, 6 – 2.

Her first significant film role was in Mamiya Kyōdai, and as result of the influence of the director, Yoshimitsu Morita, she decided to concentrate on acting rather than modeling.

Morita earned an Academy Award nomination for his performance in the first film.

In the 1989 film Collision Course starring Jay Leno and Pat Morita, the Renaissance Center is featured when Morita's character and Leno meet for the first time ; Morita is considered a suspect and chased through the hotel.

Dr. Shoma Morita first described the condition as vicious cycle of self-examination and reproach which can occur in people of hypochondriacal temperament.

Among the notables he beat during that span were Ken Morita, who later became a respected boxing official and who was beaten by Harada on June 26 in the first round, and future world champion Hiroyuki Ebihara, who was undefeated in nine fights before meeting Harada and who was beaten by Harada on December 24, by a decision in six rounds.

She reached the semifinals when Ayumi Morita retired from their match after losing the first set 1 – 6.

At the first Seiyu Awards in March 2007, Masakazu Morita won in the category " Best Rookie Actor " for his role as Ichigo Kurosaki.

When Morita and Takemoto first meet Hagu, they both immediately fall in love with her, although they express it in different ways.

At the first Seiyu Awards in March 2007, Masakazu Morita won in the category " Best Rookie Actor " for his role as Ichigo Kurosaki.

She defeated Ayumi Morita, Maria Elena Camerin, 29th seed Alona Bondarenko, and 20th seed Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova to advance to the quarterfinals for the first time since 2003 ( where she had lost to Jennifer Capriati ).

She then moved into the fourth round of a Grand Slam for the first time in her career after a 6 – 1, 3 – 6, 6 – 3 win over Japan's Ayumi Morita.