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June 29, 2000

Sony Appoints New Members to the Board, New Corporate Executive Officers
and Corporate Research Fellows

Tokyo, Japan - Sony Corporation today announced the appointment of new members to its Board of Directors, following approval at the 83rd Ordinary General Meeting of Shareholders that took place today, along with the company's new Chairman of the Board, Representative Directors, Corporate Executive Officers and Corporate Research Fellows appointed at a Meeting of the Board of Directors held after the above mentioned General Meeting of Shareholders.

The new position of Corporate Research Fellow has been instituted to promote the research and development of the technology which will be at the core of the future Sony Group. The Board of Directors will select from engineers and researchers who are outstanding in their field, and from whom significant contributions can be expected. Only those individuals who are judged to have relevant technological expertise and abilities equivalent to Corporate Executive Officer level will be appointed. Corporate Research Fellows will be expected to promote strategic R&D in their areas of expertise and to train successors in key fields.

(Board of Directors) * (newly appointed)

Norio Ohga	Member of the Board of Directors and Board Chairman
Nobuyuki Idei	Member of the Board of Directors and Representative Director
Kunitake Ando*	Member of the Board of Directors and Representative Director
Teruhisa Tokunaka	Member of the Board of Directors and Representative Director
Minoru Morio	Member of the Board of Directors
Tamotsu Iba	Member of the Board of Directors
Teruo Masaki	Member of the Board of Directors
Howard Stringer	Member of the Board of Directors (Chairman and CEO, Sony Corporation of America)
Ken Kutaragi*	Member of the Board of Directors (President and CEO, Sony Computer Entertainment Inc.)
Peter G. Peterson	Member of the Board of Directors (Chairman of The Blackstone Group)
Kenichi Suematsu	Member of the Board of Directors (Counsellor of The Sakura Bank, Limited)
Iwao Nakatani	Member of the Board of Directors (Director of Research, SRIC Corporation)

(With the exception of Kunitake Ando and Ken Kutaragi, 10 Members of the Board of Directors are reappointed)

(Statutory Auditor)

Akihisa Ohnishi (reappointed)	Standing Statutory Auditor
Takafumi Abe*	Standing Statutory Auditor

In addition to the above individuals,current Standing Statutory Auditor Takashi Hayashi, and Statutory Auditor Kazuaki Morita continue with their present positions.

(Corporate Executive Officers) (*newly appointed) (**promoted)

Nobuyuki Idei	Chairman and CEO
Kunitake Ando	President and COO
Teruhisa Tokunaka	Executive Deputy President and CFO
Minoru Morio	Vice Chairman Executive Representative, Technology and Memory Stick Business Center
Tamotsu Iba	Vice Chairman, Finance and Insurance Business
Junichi Kodera	Executive Deputy President NC President, Communication System Solutions Network Company
Suehiro Nakamura	Corporate Senior Executive Vice President NC President, Core Technology & Network Company
Kenichi Oyama	Corporate Senior Executive Vice President Corporate Human Resources, Corporate General Affairs
Akiyoshi Kawashima	Corporate Senior Executive Vice President Area and Network Business Strategy
Masayoshi Morimoto	Corporate Senior Executive Vice President Public Relations and Investor Relations
Shizuo Takashino	Corporate Senior Executive Vice President NC President, Home Network Company
Teruo Masaki*	Corporate Senior Executive Vice President Legal Matters and Telecommunications Business
Akira Kondoh	Corporate Senior Executive Vice President Deputy CFO
Sumio Sano*	Corporate Executive Vice President Corporate External Relations, Corporate Environmental Affairs
Teruaki Aoki	Corporate Executive Vice President Procurement Center, Technical Support Center
Mario Tokoro	Corporate Executive Vice President President, Information & Network Technology Laboratories
Sunobu Horigome	Corporate Executive Vice President Deputy President, Communication System Solutions Network Company
Mitsuyuki Watanabe	Corporate Executive Vice President Executive Vice President, Core Technology & Network Company President, Electronic Devices Marketing Group
Toshitada Doi**	Corporate Executive Vice President Senior General Manager, Digital Creatures Laboratory
Seiichi Watanabe**	Corporate Executive Vice President President, Frontier Science Laboratories
Katsuaki Tsurushima**	Corporate Executive Vice President Executive Vice President, Core Technology & Network Company President, Storage Solutions Company President, Core Technology Development Center
Katsumi Ihara**	Corporate Executive Vice President NC President, Personal IT Network Company
Tadakatsu Hasebe**	Corporate Executive Vice President President, Display & Device Group, Home Network Company
Kenichiro Yonezawa**	Corporate Executive Vice President Corporate Legal & Intellectual Property
Takeo Eguchi	Corporate Senior Vice President President, e-Print Company, Communication System Solutions Network Company
Tadasu Kawai	Corporate Senior Vice President Customer Service Center etc.
Mitsuru Ohki	Corporate Senior Vice President Deputy President, Communication System Solutions Network Company
Yoshio Nishi	Corporate Senior Vice President Corporate Research Fellow, Core Technology & Network Company
Yutaka Nakagawa	Corporate Senior Vice President President, Procurement Center, Home Network Company
Yukio Kubota	Corporate Senior Vice President President, eTechnology & Business Center, Home Network Company
Akira Kubota	Corporate Senior Vice President President, Corporate IS Solutions
Takeo Minomiya	Corporate Senior Vice President Executive Vice President, Core Technology & Network Company President, Semiconductor Company President, LSI Business & Technology Development Group
Masayuki Nozoe*	Corporate Senior Vice President Deputy President, Home Network Company
Tsutomu Yamashita	Corporate Vice President President, Visual Entertainment Group, Home Network Company
Ryoji Chubachi	Corporate Vice President Senior Vice President, Core Technology & Network Company President, Recording Media Company
Tetsujiro Kondo	Corporate Vice President President A³ Research Center
Kiyoshi Nishitani	Corporate Vice President President, Network Entertainment Group, Home Network Company
Yoshiyuki Kamon	Corporate Vice President President, Audio Entertainment Group, Home Network Company
Tsutomu Niimura	Corporate Vice President Executive Vice President, Personal IT Network Company President, Personal Video Company
Michiaki Tsurumi	Corporate Vice President Broadcast Media Dept.
Takeo Kaji*	Corporate Vice President Senior Vice President, Core Technology & Network Company President, Energy Company
Masao Tomioka*	Corporate Vice President Senior Vice President, Core Technology & Network Company President, Device Solutions Company
Kozo Kaminaga*	Corporate Vice President Senior Vice President, Communication System Solutions Network Company
Keiji Kimura*	Corporate Vice President Vice President, Personal IT Network Company President, Information Technology Company
Jun Takayama*	Corporate Vice President Corporate Research Fellow, Communication System Solutions Network Company
Yoshifumi Mori*	Corporate Vice President Corporate Research Fellow, Frontier Science Laboratories
Shigeo Kubota*	Corporate Vice President Corporate Research Fellow Core Technology & Network Company
Akira Iga*	Corporate Vice President Corporate Research Fellow, Information & Network Technology Laboratories
Norihisa Shirota*	Corporate Vice President Corporate Research Fellow, Information & Network Technology Laboratories

(Statutory Auditor resigned)
Effective June 29, 2000, the following individual resigned as Standing Statutory Auditor.

Yoshisuke Mohri

(Corporate Executive Officers resigned)
Effective June 29, 2000, the following individuals resigned as Corporate Executive Officers and were named to the new positions below:

Ex-Corporate Executive Vice President:
Yasumasa Mizushima	Advisor, Sony Corporation President of Sony Logistics Corporation (continued)
Ex-Corporate Senior Vice President:
Shigeyuki Ochi	Advisor, Sony Corporation
Ex-Corporate Senior Vice President:
Nobuyuki Watanabe	Advisor, Sony Corporation Executive Director, Sony Foundation for Science Education (appointment scheduled for July 1, 2000)