Ex-Sony man rails against "foreigner" CEO
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A former Sony executive has blamed Sony's recent run of poor form on the decision to appoint a foreigner – American Howard Stringer – as the company's CEO.
According to tweets by New York Times journalist Hiroko Tabuchi spotted by Kotaku, ex-Sony Vaio chief Koichiro Tsujino told an audience at a recent seminar that Sony "should never be run by a foreigner."
Tabuchi explained that he, "refuses to elaborate, saying he'll get in trouble. Oh dear."
A later tweet added, "Tsujino did explain a little further: foreigner can't lead Sony back to its founding principles, which is rooted in the Japanese experience."
It's not all Stringer's fault, mind. Tsujino also insisted that Sony was too slow to embrace the online revolution and "was too quick to ? projects that didn't fly right away."
Former CBS president Howard Stringer took over from Nobuyuki Idei in 2005 to become Sony's first non-Japanese chief executive. As well as a sluggish PlayStation 3 launch, Stringer's tenure has also seen Sony's TV business struggle, ceding the number one spot to Samsung.
According to reports last month, Sony is looking to replace Welsh-born Stringer soon, with PlayStation boss Kaz Hirai rumoured to be a frontrunner for the job.
According to tweets by New York Times journalist Hiroko Tabuchi spotted by Kotaku, ex-Sony Vaio chief Koichiro Tsujino told an audience at a recent seminar that Sony "should never be run by a foreigner."
Tabuchi explained that he, "refuses to elaborate, saying he'll get in trouble. Oh dear."
A later tweet added, "Tsujino did explain a little further: foreigner can't lead Sony back to its founding principles, which is rooted in the Japanese experience."
It's not all Stringer's fault, mind. Tsujino also insisted that Sony was too slow to embrace the online revolution and "was too quick to ? projects that didn't fly right away."
Former CBS president Howard Stringer took over from Nobuyuki Idei in 2005 to become Sony's first non-Japanese chief executive. As well as a sluggish PlayStation 3 launch, Stringer's tenure has also seen Sony's TV business struggle, ceding the number one spot to Samsung.
According to reports last month, Sony is looking to replace Welsh-born Stringer soon, with PlayStation boss Kaz Hirai rumoured to be a frontrunner for the job.
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You Americans!!!
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? gaijin bastard
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LOL Japan= most xenophobic nation on earth, don't know how some of em always seem to get away with 'it's a japanese thing' which is just a way of saying '? you foreign boi!'
The american in question probably speaks better Japanese than that hater btw -
I kinda agree with him though
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According to reports last month, Sony is looking to replace Welsh-born Stringer soon, with PlayStation boss Kaz Hirai rumoured to be a frontrunner for the job.
Therein lies the problem. How do you go from raising sheep to running a big corporation.
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Therein lies the problem. How do you go from raising sheep to running a big corporation.
LMAO ? You! -
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According to reports last month, Sony is looking to replace Welsh-born Stringer soon, with PlayStation boss Kaz Hirai rumoured to be a frontrunner for the job.
Kaz got the most ruthless "Im rich and youre not" laugh Ive ever seen. I'm working on perfecting it as we speak.