Sony also said it expected to gain from the 59 billion yen ($488 million) sale of its former Tokyo headquarters.

The meeting was held at their Tokyo headquarters.

The Tokyo headquarters was destroyed during an aerial bombing raid, and all overseas assets were lost.

The change in policy came directly from the Tokyo headquarters of Elpida Memory, a semiconductor maker, but it had nothing to do with computer chips.

"It's easier to talk now," said Kazuyoshi Iizuka, a 32-year-old employee at the Tokyo headquarters.

In June 1992, Konami set up Tokyo headquarters.

Even the Tokyo headquarters were shocked.

The firm also said it would concentrate on managing the company worldwide from its Tokyo headquarters.

The Sony Corporation of America will no longer be positioned over the American companies and under the Tokyo headquarters.

The character dies in his final commercial, where he sacrifices himself to stop a missile launched at the Tokyo headquarters of Sega.