" Sony " plans to sell former headquarters in Tokyo in search of liquidity

Company looks forward " Sony " is currently selling the former headquarters buildings surrounding the heart
of the Japanese capital , Tokyo , including an attempt to cut costs and stop the financial losses incurred by the consumer electronics sector , as quoted by the newspaper " The Wall Street Journal ," Friday, a source familiar with .

The company has embarked last year on a number of steps similar , was highlighted by the sale headquartered in the United States for $ 1.1 billion dollars , due to weak demand in the market personal computer and TVs, as the " Sony " selling one of its buildings Home Tokyo compared to 1.1 billion dollars Others in the month of February 2013 .

According to the newspaper , The buildings currently offered for sale includes parts of the company are not linked to consumers, such as medical products , etc., and these buildings were used by " Sony " as the main venue during the period between 1990 and 2007 .

The headquarters of " Sony " the main supply for sale in the region, Gotenyama which is considered the birthplace of the company that created " Akio Morita " and " Masaru Ibuka ," and brought to the world of radios that rely on the transistor , and music devices mobile " Walk Man " .

And Morita and Ibuka moved to the headquarters in 1947, a year after the establishment of the " Sony " , and was accepted by the company owns more than 10 buildings within the area known as the " village of Sony ."

The move " Sony " in this part of its efforts to meet the challenges encountered , and it seems , according to observers, that the company intends to focus on the production of smart phones, gaming platforms , as well as the cameras .

The " Sony " earlier in February of this , has warned investors that it now expects to incur a loss of $ 1.1 billion dollars by the end of the current fiscal year in March / March , due to the high costs of repair work in the areas of TVs and PCs .