Sony Returns to Profit for First Time Since 2008
Sony returned to profit for the first time in five years in fiscal 2012, boosted by a weaker yen plus sales of key real estate and other assets, execs announced Thursday.
Mark Schilling
Sony Computer Entertainment Merges Japan, Asia Branches
Tokyo Sony Computer Entertainment will merge its Japan and Asia units into a new entity called Sony Computer Entertainment Japan Asia. In announcing the move, the company said it wants to trim and…
Eleven Arts Travels to 'Reno'
LA-based Eleven Arts is producing "Man From Reno," a psychological thriller co-scripted and helmed by Dave Boyle ("Surrogate Valentine") and produced by Eleven Arts prexy Ko Mori.
Japan Academy Fetes Yoshida's 'Kirishima' at Awards
TOKYO — "The Kirishima Thing," a drama about the fall-out when a star high-school volleyball player inexplicably quits the team, won the film prize at the 36th awards from the Japan Academy in Tokyo…
Sony sells Tokyo building for $1.2 billion
TOKYO — As part of its campaign to raise cash and finally bring its balance sheet back into the black, Sony has sold Sony City Osaki, its 25-storey office building in central Tokyo, for $1.2 billion…
Sony cuts loss to $115 million
Sony slashed its net losses last quarter as a boffo showing for Sony Pictures, some bold moves by new CEO Kazuo Hirai and a weaker yen have stirred newfound ripples of enthusiasm around the giant…
20th Century Fox Japan appoints prexy pair
In an unusual move, 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment Japan has appointed two execs to fill the prexy post that has been vacant since Tomoki Naito died in August, 2011.
Japanese B.O. rises 7.7% to $2.14 bil
After a disaster-plagued 2011, the Japanese B.O. rebounded in 2012, gaining 7.7% to $2.14 billion on 155 million admissions, according to figures compiled by the Motion Pictures Producers Association…
TV helmers gain new strides
In Japan, there's always been a strict divide between film directors and their TV compatriots.
Bloody 'Lesson of the Evil' stirs Japan's netizens
TOKYO Japanese horror films are known to break ground with their dark and violent content, but pics with gruesome content were unwelcome in local theaters following the March 11, 2011, earthquake and…
