June 29, 1999

Tokyo, Japan - Sony Corporation today announced the appointment of new members to its Board of Directors, following approval at the 82^nd Ordinary General Meeting of Shareholders that took place today, along with the company's new Corporate Executive Officers appointed at a Meeting of the Board of Directors held after the above mentioned General Meeting of Shareholders.

<Board of Directors>		( * = newly appointed)
**	Norio Ohga	Chairman and Representative Director
**	Nobuyuki Idei	President and Representative Director, CEO
**	Minoru Morio	Executive Deputy President and Representative Director Executive Representative, Technology
**	Tamotsu Iba	Executive Deputy President and Representative Director Oversees Financial business, Broadcasting business and Computer Entertainment business
**	Teruhisa Tokunaka*	Senior Managing Director and Chief Financial Officer
**	Teruo Masaki*	Senior Managing Director Oversees Legal matters and Telecommunications business
**	Howard Stringer*	Director (Chairman and CEO, Sony Corporation of America)
**	Peter G. Peterson	Director (Chairman of The Blackstone Group)
**	Kenichi Suematsu	Director (Counsellor of The Sakura Bank, Limited)
**	Iwao Nakatani*	Director ( Part-time Lecturer, Hitotsubashi University)
<Statutory Auditor>		( * = newly appointed)
**	Takashi Hayashi*	Standing Statutory Auditor
**	In addition to the above individual, current Standing Statutory Auditors Akihisa Ohnishi and Yoshisuke Mohri, and Statutory Auditor Kazuaki Morita continue with their present positions.
<Corporate Executive Officers>		( * = newly appointed)
**	(new job responsibilities are underlined)
**	Note: HNC, PNC and CNC mentioned below represent Home Network Company, Personal IT Network Company and Core Technology & Network Company respectively.
**	Junichi Kodera*	Executive Deputy President Oversees Area & Network business strategy
**	Akiyoshi Kawashima	Corporate Senior Executive Vice President Oversees Area & Network business strategy
**	Suehiro Nakamura	Corporate Senior Executive Vice President President and COO, Core Technology & Network Co.
**	Kenichi Oyama	Corporate Senior Executive Vice President Oversees Corporate Human Resources and General Affairs
**	Masayoshi Morimoto	Corporate Senior Executive Vice President Oversees Public Relations and Investor Relations
**	Shizuo Takashino	Corporate Senior Executive Vice President President and COO, Home Network Co.
**	Kunitake Ando	Corporate Senior Executive Vice President President & COO, Personal IT Network Co.
**	Masayuki Takano	Corporate Executive Vice President Deputy President, Home Network Co.
**	Yasumasa Mizushima	Corporate Executive Vice President Oversees Technical Support Center and Logistics & Procurement Center
**	Mario Tokoro	Corporate Executive Vice President President, Information & Network Technologies Laboratories Company Chief Technology Officer, Digital Network Solutions
**	Sunobu Horigome	Corporate Executive Vice President President and COO, Digital Network Solutions
**	Mitsuyuki Watanabe	Corporate Executive Vice President President, Electronic Devices Marketing Group, CNC
**	Toshitada Doi	Corporate Senior Vice President President, Digital Creatures Laboratory
**	Seiichi Watanabe	Corporate Senior Vice President President, Frontier Science Laboratories
**	Katsuaki Tsurushima	Corporate Senior Vice President President, Magnetic System Company, CNC President, CT Development Center, CNC President, Super Audio CD Business Center, HNC
**	Takeo Eguchi	Corporate Senior Vice President President, EP Laboratories, Personal IT Network Co.
**	Shigeyuki Ochi	Corporate Senior Vice President President, Home Net Laboratories, Home Network Co.
**	Nobuyuki Watanabe	Corporate Senior Vice President Oversees Corporate Environmental Affairs
**	Tadasu Kawai	Corporate Senior Vice President Oversees Customer Service Center
**	Mitsuru Ohki	Corporate Senior Vice President President, Broadcasting & Professional Systems Co.
**	Yoshio Nishi	Corporate Senior Vice President Corporate Research Fellow, Core Technology & Network Co.
**	Yutaka Nakagawa	Corporate Senior Vice President President, Mobile Electronics Company, Home Network Co.
**	Yukio Kubota	Corporate Senior Vice President Deputy President, Home Display Company, Home Network Co.
**	Katsumi Ihara	Corporate Senior Vice President President, Digital Telecommunication Company, PNC
**	Tadakatsu Hasebe	Corporate Senior Vice President President, Display Device Company, Home Network Co.
**	Kenichiro Yonezawa	Corporate Senior Vice President Oversees Legal and Intellectual Property
**	Yoshihide Nakamura	Corporate Senior Vice President Oversees business strategy for Core Technology & Network Co.
**	Akira Kubota	Corporate Senior Vice President President, Corporate IS Solutions
**	Takeo Minomiya	Corporate Senior Vice President President, Semiconductor Company, CNC
**	Mitsuo Kurobe	Corporate Senior Vice President Oversees New Business Development
**	Tsutomu Yamashita*	Corporate Vice President President, Home TV. 1. Division Company, Home Display Co., HNC
**	Ryoji Chubachi*	Corporate Vice President President, Recording Media Company, CNC
**	Tetsujiro Kondo*	Corporate Vice President President, Algorithm Research Center
**	Kiyoshi Nishitani*	Corporate Vice President President, Home Video Company, Home Network Co.
**	Yoshiyuki Kamon*	Corporate Vice President President, Personal Audio Company, Home Network Co.
**	Tsutomu Niimura*	Corporate Vice President President, Personal Video Co., Personal IT Network Co.
<Directors resigned>
**	Effective June 29, 1999, the following individuals resigned from the Board of Directors and were named to the new positions below:
**	Ex-Executive Deputy Presidents:
**	Kozo Ohsone	Advisor for Manufacturing Operations, Sony Corporation
**	Yoshiyuki Kaneda	Advisor, Sony Corporation (Also, continues with current position as Executive Representative, Western Japan)
**	Ex-Senior Managing Director:
**	Akiyoshi Kawashima	Corporate Senior Executive Vice President, Sony Corporation (Oversees Area & Network business strategy)
<Statutory Auditor resigned>
**	Effective June 29, 1999, the following individual resigned as Statutory Auditor and was named to the new position below:
**	Nobuo Kanoi	Advisor, Sony Corporation
<Corporate Executive Officers resigned>
**	Effective June 29, 1999, the following individuals resigned as Corporate Executive Officers and were named to the new positions below:
**	Ex-Corporate Executive Vice President:
**	Kiyoshi Yamakawa	Advisor for Corporate External Relations, Sony Corporation
**	Ex-Corporate Senior Vice President:
**	Hideo Nakamura	Advisor, Sony Corporation Advisor, Sony Technoworks Corporation
**	Ex-Corporate Vice President:
**	Kenji Hori	Advisor, Sony Corporation President, Sony IP Corporation (to be renamed Sony Techno Research Corporation, effective July 1, 1999)