Description: John Nathan, a leading expert on the intersection of Japanese culture and business, uncovers the secrets of Sony's success in this "thorough and entertaining history of the company that rose out of the ashes of WWII to embody Japan's postwar resurrection" (Publishers Weekly). He traces Sony's evolution from its inauspicious beginnings amid Tokyo's bomb-scarred ruins to its current worldwide success. Nathan offers persuasive evidence that Sony's biggest triumphs, from color TVs to CDs, and most calamitous failures, like the doomed takeover of Columbia Pictures, stem from the web of intense relationships that have always characterized its top ranks. In this "masterful portrait" (Kirkus Reviews), Nathan examines this emotional web as no other writer has or could, by drawing on his unmatched expertise in Japanese culture and his unique, unlimited access to Sony's inner sanctum.

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