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.

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 was awarded the Albert Medal by the United Kingdom's Royal Society of Arts in 1982, the first Japanese to receive the honor.

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.

On November 25, 1994, Morita stepped down as Sony chairman after suffering a cerebral hemorrhage while playing tennis.

In 1989, shortly after losing a highly contested race for the party presidency, Ishihara came to the attention of the West through his book,, co-authored with Sony chairman Akio Morita.

In 1994 he succeeded co-founder Akio Morita as Sony chairman.

After a stroke sidelined former chairman Akio Morita, Sony CEO and new chairman Norio Ohga selected Idei to be the next president, a choice that raised eyebrows at Sony.

is a 1989 essay originally co-authored by Shintaro Ishihara, the then Minister of Transport and leading LDP figure and current governor of Tokyo ; and Sony co-founder and chairman Akio Morita, in the climate of Japan's economic rise.

In 1986, Morita wrote an autobiography titled Made in Japan.

Fritz Perls spent a week in a Morita Hospital in Japan.

* ' Nō ' to ieru Nihon (「 NO 」 と言える日本 )， The Japan That Can Say No ( in collaboration with Akio Morita ), 1989.

** Gold Disk: 1976 ( Insights ), Silver Disk: 1974 ( Kogun ), 1979 ( Salted Gingko Nuts ), 1996 ( Four Seasons of Morita Village ), " Special Award ": 2006 ( 50th Anniversary Concert in Japan )

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.

* Made in Japan ( biography ), autobiography about the Sony Corporation, by Akio Morita

Kyohei Morita ( 森田恭平 ) ( born 6 February 1984 ) is a Japanese rugby union footballer who made his international debut as a fly half with the Japan national rugby union team in 2004.

* Morita, Kiriro, " The New illegal immigration in Japan 1980-1992 ", in The international migration review ( New York: Center for Migration Studies, 1994 ), volume 28, number 1, p. 153-163, ISSN 0197-9183.

* Morita, Aomori, a village in Japan

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 ).

In 1966, Morita wrote a book called Gakureki Muyō Ron ( 学歴無用論, Never Mind School Records ), where he stresses that school records are not important to success or one's business skills.

* If an R module is finitely generated and projective ( that is, a progenerator ), then the endomorphism ring of the module and R share all Morita invariant properties.

Electronics businesses include JVC, Sony ( Masaru Ibuka and Akio Morita ), and Texas Instruments ( Cecil H. Green, J. Erik Jonsson, Eugene McDermott, and Patrick E. Haggerty ).

She goes on a train that doesn't stop, sitting next to with The Goat, and opposite The Gentleman in the Paper Suit ( Steve Allen ), and The Horse ( Pat Morita ).

Morita went on to play Tommy Tanaka in the TV movie Amos ( for which he received Golden Globe Award and Emmy Award nominations ), starring Kirk Douglas.

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.

* Maki Aikawa-Masako Sugaya ( anime ), Ayaka Morita ( drama )

Mrs. Meers makes several attempts to kidnap Miss Dorothy and hand her over to her Asian henchmen Bun Foo ( Pat Morita ) and Ching Ho ( Jack Soo ), but Millie manages to interrupt her every time.

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.

* Pat Morita ( 1932 – 2005 ), a Japanese-American actor

As an actress, she has worked with directors including Akira Kurosawa ( Kagemusha, 1980 ), Tatsumi Kumashiro ( Seishun no Satetsu, 1974 ), Yoji Yamada ( The Yellow Handkerchief, 1977 and Otoko wa Tsuraiyo, 1979 ), Shohei Imamura ( Why Not ?, 1981 ), Shunji Iwai ( Swallowtail Butterfly, 1996 ), Jun Ichikawa ( Tokyo Yakyoku, 1997 ), Mitani Koki ( Welcome Back, Mr. McDonald, 1997 ), Yoshimitsu Morita ( Like Asura, 2003 ) and Takashi Miike ( IZO, Sukiyaki Western Django ).