Akio Morita helped take a small radio repair shop in a bombed-out Tokyo building and turn it into the powerhouse electronics company, the Sony Corporation. Along with co-founder Masaru Ibuka ...

The company's connection with Japan dates back to its early years, when Jobs turned to Sony Chairman Morita Akio for inspiration. Dan'l Lewin was working for Sony when he met Jobs in April 1977.

They needed a new name. Ibuka and his partner Akio Morita thought and thought. First, they found a latin word sonus meaning "sound." That was a good start. At the time, bright young men were ...