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filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on July 17, 2020</FONT></P>

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No. 333</B></FONT></P>

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AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</B></FONT><BR>
<FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 12pt"><B>WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549</B></FONT></P>

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S-8</B></FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 12pt"><B>REGISTRATION
STATEMENT</B><BR>
<B>UNDER</B><BR>
<B>THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933&nbsp;</B></FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><font style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 12pt"><b>&nbsp;Sony
Kabushiki Kaisha</b></font></P>

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name of Registrant as specified in its charter)</FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><font style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 12pt"><b>Sony
Corporation</b></font></P>

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of Registrant&rsquo;s name into English)</FONT></P>

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    or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)</FONT></TD>
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    Employer Identification No.) </FONT></TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;<B>c/o
7-1, Konan 1-chome</B></FONT><BR>
<FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B>Minato-ku</B></FONT><BR>
<FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B>Tokyo 108-0075</B></FONT><BR>
<FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B>Japan&nbsp;</B></FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">(Address
of principal executive offices)</FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B>The
Eighth Series of Restricted Stock of Sony Corporation&nbsp;</B></FONT></P>

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title of the plan)</FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B>Sony
Corporation of America</B></FONT><BR>
<FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B>25 Madison Avenue, 26th Floor&nbsp;</B></FONT></P>

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York, NY 10010&nbsp;</B></FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B>Attn.:
Office of the General Counsel</B></FONT><BR>
<FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B>212-833-5893&nbsp;</B></FONT></P>

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address and telephone number of agent for service)</FONT></P>

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to:</B><BR>
<B>Arthur H. Kohn, Esq.</B><BR>
<B>Cleary Gottlieb Steen &amp; Hamilton LLP</B><BR>
<B>One Liberty Plaza</B><BR>
<B>New York, New York 10006</B></FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Indicate
by check mark whether the Registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, or a non-accelerated filer. See definition
of &ldquo;accelerated filer&rdquo; and &ldquo;large accelerated filer&rdquo; in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.</FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&#9745;<FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;Large
accelerated filer  &#9744; Accelerated filer &#9744;  Non-accelerated filer  &#9744; Smaller Reporting
Company&nbsp;</FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">CALCULATION
OF REGISTRATION FEE</FONT></P>

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    of Plan</B></FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 12%; border-top: Black 1pt solid; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; border-left: Black 1pt solid; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; padding-right: 5.75pt; padding-bottom: 4pt; padding-left: 5.75pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B>Title
    of Securities to be Registered</B></FONT></TD>
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    to be Registered<SUP>(1)</SUP></B></FONT></TD>
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    Maximum Offering Price Per Share<SUP>(2)</SUP></B></FONT></TD>
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    Maximum Aggregate Offering Price<SUP>(2)</SUP></B></FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 11%; border: Black 1pt solid; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; padding-right: 5.75pt; padding-bottom: 4pt; padding-left: 5.75pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B>Amount
    of Registration Fee</B></FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; border-left: Black 1pt solid; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; padding-right: 5.75pt; padding-left: 5.75pt"><P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Eighth
        Series of Restricted Stock of Sony Corporation</FONT></P>
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></P></TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; border-left: Black 1pt solid; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; padding-right: 5.75pt; padding-left: 5.75pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Common
    Stock<SUP>(3)</SUP></FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; border-left: Black 1pt solid; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; padding-right: 5.75pt; padding-left: 5.75pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">197,000</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; border-left: Black 1pt solid; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; padding-right: 5.75pt; padding-left: 5.75pt"><P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&yen;7,976.5&nbsp;</FONT></P>
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">$74.39&nbsp;</FONT></P></TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; border-left: Black 1pt solid; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; padding-right: 5.75pt; padding-left: 5.75pt"><P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&yen;1,571,370,500.0&nbsp;</FONT></P>
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">$14,654,830.00&nbsp;</FONT></P></TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; border-left: Black 1pt solid; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; padding-right: 5.75pt; padding-left: 5.75pt; text-align: center; border-right: Black 1pt solid"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">$1,902.20</FONT></TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">(1)
Consists of shares of common stock (the &ldquo;<U>Common Stock</U>&rdquo;) of Sony Corporation (the &ldquo;<U>Registrant</U>&rdquo;)
to be disposed subject to vesting restrictions pursuant to the Eighth Series of Restricted Stock of Sony Corporation (the &ldquo;<U>Plan</U>&rdquo;).
Such indeterminable number of additional shares of Common Stock as may be disposable pursuant to the operation of the recapitalization
and adjustment provisions of the Plan are also registered hereby.</FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">(2)
The Proposed Maximum Offering Price Per Share of Common Stock has been calculated solely for the purposes of calculating the registration
fee pursuant to Rule 457(h) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the &ldquo;<U>Securities Act</U>&rdquo;). The Proposed
Maximum Offering Price Per Share of Common Stock is based on &yen;7,976.5 per share, the average of the high and low prices of
the Common Stock, as reported on the Tokyo Stock Exchange on July 14, 2020. The Proposed Maximum Offering Price Per Share of Common
Stock was converted to U.S. dollars based on the New York foreign exchange rate for July 14, 2020 of &yen;107.23 = $1.00 as published
in the Wall Street Journal on July 14, 2020.</FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">(3)
American Depositary Receipts issuable upon the deposit of the Common Stock registered hereby have been or will be registered under
a separate registration statement on Form F-6. Each American Depositary Receipt will represent one share of Common Stock.</FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><B>PART
II</B></FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B>INFORMATION
REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT</B></FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B>Item
3. <U>Incorporation of Documents by Reference</U></B></FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.75in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">The
reports listed below have been filed with or furnished to the Securities and Exchange Commission (the &ldquo;<U>Commission</U>&rdquo;)
by the Registrant and are incorporated herein by reference to the extent not superseded by reports or other information subsequently
filed or furnished.</FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.75in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">(a)
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Registrant&rsquo;s Annual Report on Form 20-F for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2020 filed
by the Registrant with the Commission on June 26, 2020, including the description of the Common Stock of the Registrant contained
under the caption &ldquo;Capital stock&rdquo; under &ldquo;Additional Information&rdquo; in such Annual Report; and</FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.75in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">(b)
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;All other reports filed by the Registrant pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934, as amended (the &ldquo;<U>Exchange Act</U>&rdquo;) since March 31, 2020.</FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.75in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">In
addition, all of the Registrant&rsquo;s reports filed with the Commission (with respect to any Form 6-K, only to the extent designated
therein) pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act since the date of this Registration Statement and
prior to filing a post-effective amendment which indicates that all securities offered hereby have been sold or which deregisters
all securities then remaining unsold shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement and to be
a part hereof from the date of filing of such reports.</FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.75in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Any
statement contained herein or in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference herein shall be deemed to be
modified or superseded for purposes of this Registration Statement to the extent that a statement contained in any subsequently
filed document which also is or is deemed to be incorporated by reference herein modifies or supersedes such statement. Any such
statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this Registration
Statement.</FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B>Item
4. <U>Description of Securities</U></B></FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.75in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Not
applicable.</FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.75in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B>Item
5. <U>Interests of Named Experts and Counsel</U></B></FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.75in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Not
applicable.</FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.75in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B>Item
6. <U>Indemnification of Directors and Officers</U></B></FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.75in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Article
330 and Article 402, Paragraph 3 of the Companies Act of Japan make the provisions of Section 10, Chapter 2, Part III of the Civil
Code of Japan applicable to the relationship between the Registrant and its directors and corporate executive officers, respectively.</FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.75in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.75in"><FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"></FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.75in"><FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.75in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Section
10, among other things, provides in effect that:</FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.75in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">(a)
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;If a director or a corporate executive officer of a company has defrayed any expenses which are
considered necessary for the management of the affairs of such company entrusted to him, he may demand reimbursement therefor
from the company;</FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.75in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.75in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">(b)
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;If a director or a corporate executive officer has assumed an obligation necessary for the management
of the affairs entrusted to him, he may require the company to perform it in his place or, if it is not due, to furnish adequate
security; and</FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.75in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.75in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">(c)
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;If a director or a corporate executive officer, without any fault on his part, sustains damage through
the management of the affairs entrusted to him, he may demand compensation therefor from the company.</FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.75in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.75in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">The
Company has in place a directors&rsquo; and officers&rsquo; liability insurance policy, which indemnifies our directors and officers
against liability arising from certain acts performed by them in their respective capacities as such.</FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B>Item
7. <U>Exemption from Registration Claimed</U></B></FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.75in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Not
applicable.</FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B>Item
8. <U>Exhibits</U></B></FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.75in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">The
following exhibits are filed with or incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement (numbering corresponds to Exhibit
Table in Item 601 of Regulation S-K):</FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.75in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.75in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">4.1&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Allotment
Agreement (including Terms and Conditions) for the Eighth Series of Restricted Stock of Sony Corporation for Corporate Executive
Officers</FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.75in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.75in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">4.2&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Allotment
Agreement (including Terms and Conditions) for the Eighth Series of Restricted Stock of Sony Corporation for Non-Executive Directors</FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.75in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.75in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">4.3&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Allotment
Agreement (including Terms and Conditions) for the Eighth Series of Restricted Stock of Sony Corporation for Executives</FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.75in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.75in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">4.4&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Allotment
Agreement (including Terms and Conditions) for the Eighth Series of Restricted Stock of Sony Corporation for UK Participants</FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.75in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.75in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">4.5&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Articles
of Incorporation of the Registrant, as amended (English translation thereof) (filed as an exhibit to the Registrant&rsquo;s Annual
Report on Form 20-F for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2015 (File No. 001-06439) and incorporated herein by reference)</FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.75in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.75in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">4.6&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Amended
Articles of Incorporation of the Registrant, which will be effective as of April 1, 2021 (English translation thereof) (filed
as an exhibit to the Registrant&rsquo;s Annual Report on Form 20-F for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2020 (File No. 001-06439)
and incorporated herein by reference)</FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.75in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.75in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">4.7&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Charter
of the Board of Directors of the Registrant, as amended (English translation thereof) (filed as an exhibit to the Registrant&rsquo;s
Annual Report on Form 20-F for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2018 (File No. 001-06439) and incorporated herein by reference)</FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.75in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.75in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">5.1&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Opinion
of Nagashima Ohno &amp; Tsunematsu, counsel to the Registrant, as to the legality of the Common Stock being registered</FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.75in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.75in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">23.1
&nbsp; &nbsp;Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers Aarata LLC</FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.75in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.75in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">23.2&nbsp;
&nbsp;&nbsp;Consent of Nagashima Ohno &amp; Tsunematsu, counsel to the Registrant (included in Exhibit 5.1)</FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.75in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.75in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">24.1
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Power of Attorney (included on signature pages)</FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.75in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B>Item
9. <U>Undertakings</U></B></FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.75in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">(a)
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:</FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.75in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 1in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">(1)
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective amendment
to this Registration Statement: (i) to include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act; (ii) to reflect
in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of the Registration Statement (or the most recent post-effective
amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in the
Registration Statement; (iii) to include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed
in the Registration Statement or any material change to such information in the Registration Statement; <U>provided</U>, <U>however</U>,
that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) do not apply if the information required to be included in a post-effective amendment
by those paragraphs is contained in periodic reports filed with or furnished to the Commission by the Registrant pursuant to Section
13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act that are incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement.</FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 1in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 1in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">(2)
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each such post-effective
amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such
securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial <U>bona fide</U> offering thereof.</FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 1in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 1in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">(3)
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities being
registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering.</FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 1in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.75in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">(b)
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any liability under
the Securities Act, each filing of the Registrant&rsquo;s annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act
(and, where applicable, each filing of the employee benefit plan&rsquo;s annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Exchange
Act) that is incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating
to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial <U>bona
fide</U> offering thereof.&nbsp;</FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.75in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.75in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">(c)
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be permitted to
directors, officers and controlling persons of the Registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the Registrant
has been advised that in the opinion of the Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities
Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment
by the Registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the Registrant in the successful
defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the
securities being registered, the Registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling
precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy
as expressed in the Securities Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.&nbsp;</FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.75in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></P>


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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><U>SIGNATURES</U></FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.75in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Pursuant
to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the Registrant, Sony Corporation, certifies that it has reasonable
grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this Registration Statement
to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in Japan as of the 15th day of July, 2020.</FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.75in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></P>

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    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="text-align: justify; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">SONY
    CORPORATION</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; width: 52%; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 4%; text-align: justify; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">By:&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; width: 44%; text-align: justify; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">/s/
    Kazushi Ambe</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; border-top: black 1pt solid; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Kazushi
    Ambe<BR>
    Senior Executive Vice President, Corporate Executive Officer, Officer in charge of Human Resources and General Affairs</FONT></TD></TR>
</TABLE>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B>POWER
OF ATTORNEY</B></FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.75in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">We,
the undersigned directors and officers of Sony Corporation (the &ldquo;<U>Company</U>&rdquo;), do hereby severally constitute
and appoint Kazushi Ambe, Hiroki Totoki and Mark E. Khalil, each our true and lawful attorneys and agents, to do any and all acts
and things in our name and on our behalf in our capacities as directors and officers and to execute any and all instruments for
us and in our names in the capacities indicated below, which said attorneys and agents, or any of them, may deem necessary or
advisable to enable said Company to comply with the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the &ldquo;<U>Securities Act</U>&rdquo;)
and any rules, regulations and requirements of the Securities and Exchange Commission, in connection with the Registration Statement
of the Company on Form S-8 including specifically, but without limitation, power and authority to sign for us or any of us in
our names in the capacities indicated below, any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments) hereto; and we do each
hereby ratify and confirm all that said attorneys and agents, or any one of the them, shall do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
This Power of Attorney may be executed in multiple counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original, but which taken together
shall constitute one instrument.</FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 49.65pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Pursuant
to the requirements of the Securities Act, this Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the indicated
capacities as of the 15th day of July, 2020.&nbsp;</FONT></P>

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<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="width: 20%"></TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 2%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 2%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 76%">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid"><B>Name</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid"><B>Title</B></TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid">/s/ Kenichiro Yoshida</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer, Representative Corporate Executive Officer, Member of the Board</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD>Kenichiro Yoshida</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid">/s/ Hiroki Totoki</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD>Hiroki Totoki</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Executive Deputy President and Chief Financial Officer, Representative Corporate Executive Officer, Member of the Board</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid">/s/ Shuzo Sumi</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD>Shuzo Sumi</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Chairman of the Board</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid">/s/ Tim Schaaff</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD>Tim Schaaff</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Member of the Board </TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid">/s/ Kazuo Matsunaga</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD>Kazuo Matsunaga</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Vice Chairman of the Board</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid">/s/ Toshiko Oka </TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD>Toshiko Oka</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Member of the Board</TD></TR>
</TABLE>

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    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; width: 20%">/s/ Sakie Akiyama </TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 2%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 2%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 76%">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD>Sakie Akiyama</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Member of the Board</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid">/s/ Wendy Becker </TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD>Wendy Becker</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Member of the Board</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid">/s/ Yoshihiko Hatanaka </TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD>Yoshihiko Hatanaka</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Member of the Board</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid">/s/ Adam Crozier </TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD>Adam Crozier</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Member of the Board</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid">/s/ Keiko Kishigami </TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD>Keiko Kishigami</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Member of the Board</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid">/s/ Joseph A. Kraft Jr. </TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD>Joseph A. Kraft Jr.</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Member of the Board</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid">/s/ Mark E. Khalil </TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD>Mark E. Khalil</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>President and General Counsel, Sony Corporation of America</TD></TR>
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INDEX</FONT></P>

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    <TD STYLE="width: 9%; border-bottom: black 1pt solid; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; padding-right: 5.75pt; padding-left: 5.75pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Exhibit
    No.</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 49%; border-bottom: black 1pt solid; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; padding-right: 5.75pt; padding-left: 5.75pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Description</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 42%; border-bottom: black 1pt solid; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; padding-right: 5.75pt; padding-left: 5.75pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Method
    of Filing</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding: 12pt 5.75pt; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><A HREF="ex4-1.htm">4.1</A></FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding: 12pt 5.75pt; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><A HREF="ex4-1.htm">Allotment Agreement (including Terms and Conditions) for the Eighth Series of Restricted Stock of Sony Corporation for Corporate Executive Officers</A></FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding: 12pt 5.75pt; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Filed herewith</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding: 12pt 5.75pt; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><A HREF="ex4-2.htm">4.2</A></FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding: 12pt 5.75pt; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><A HREF="ex4-2.htm">Allotment Agreement (including Terms and Conditions) for the Eighth Series of Restricted Stock of Sony Corporation for Non-Executive Directors</A></FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding: 12pt 5.75pt; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Filed herewith</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding: 12pt 5.75pt; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><A HREF="ex4-3.htm">4.3</A></FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding: 12pt 5.75pt; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><A HREF="ex4-3.htm">Allotment Agreement (including Terms and Conditions) for the Eighth Series of Restricted Stock of Sony Corporation for Executives</A></FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding: 12pt 5.75pt; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Filed herewith</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding: 12pt 5.75pt; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><A HREF="ex4-4.htm">4.4</A></FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding: 12pt 5.75pt; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><A HREF="ex4-4.htm">Allotment Agreement (including Terms and Conditions) for the Eighth Series of Restricted Stock of Sony Corporation for UK Participants</A></FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding: 12pt 5.75pt; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Filed herewith</FONT></TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.75pt; padding-bottom: 12pt; padding-left: 5.75pt; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/313838/000119312515231346/d895998dex11.htm">4.5</A></FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.75pt; padding-bottom: 12pt; padding-left: 5.75pt; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/313838/000119312515231346/d895998dex11.htm">Articles of Incorporation of the Registrant, as amended (English translation thereof)</A></FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.75pt; padding-bottom: 12pt; padding-left: 5.75pt; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Filed as an exhibit to the Registrant&rsquo;s Annual Report on Form 20-F for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2015 (No. 001-06439) and incorporated herein by reference</FONT></TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.75pt; padding-bottom: 12pt; padding-left: 5.75pt; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/313838/000119312520179707/d831343dex12.htm">4.6</A></FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.75pt; padding-bottom: 12pt; padding-left: 5.75pt; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/313838/000119312520179707/d831343dex12.htm">Amended Articles of Incorporation of the Registrant, which will be effective as of April 1, 2021 (English translation thereof)</A></FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.75pt; padding-bottom: 12pt; padding-left: 5.75pt; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Filed as an exhibit to the Registrant&rsquo;s Annual Report on Form 20-F for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2020 (No. 001-06439) and incorporated herein by reference</FONT></TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.75pt; padding-bottom: 12pt; padding-left: 5.75pt; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/313838/000119312518196263/d556845dex13.htm">4.7</A></FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.75pt; padding-bottom: 12pt; padding-left: 5.75pt; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/313838/000119312518196263/d556845dex13.htm">Charter of the Board of Directors of the Registrant, as amended (English translation thereof)</A></FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.75pt; padding-bottom: 12pt; padding-left: 5.75pt; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Filed as an exhibit to the Registrant&rsquo;s Annual Report on Form 20-F for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2018 (No. 001-06439) and incorporated herein by reference</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.75pt; padding-bottom: 12pt; padding-left: 5.75pt; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><A HREF="ex5-1.htm">5.1</A></FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.75pt; padding-bottom: 12pt; padding-left: 5.75pt; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><A HREF="ex5-1.htm">Opinion of Nagashima Ohno &amp; Tsunematsu, counsel to the Registrant, as to the legality of the common stock being registered hereby</A></FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.75pt; padding-bottom: 12pt; padding-left: 5.75pt; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Filed
    herewith</FONT></TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.75pt; padding-bottom: 12pt; padding-left: 5.75pt; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><A HREF="ex23-1.htm">23.1</A></FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.75pt; padding-bottom: 12pt; padding-left: 5.75pt; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><A HREF="ex23-1.htm"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers Aarata LLC</FONT></A></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.75pt; padding-bottom: 12pt; padding-left: 5.75pt; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Filed
    herewith</FONT></TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.75pt; padding-bottom: 12pt; padding-left: 5.75pt; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">23.2</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.75pt; padding-bottom: 12pt; padding-left: 5.75pt; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Consent
    of Nagashima Ohno &amp; Tsunematsu, counsel to the Registrant</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.75pt; padding-bottom: 12pt; padding-left: 5.75pt; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Included
    in Exhibit 5.1</FONT></TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">
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    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.75pt; padding-bottom: 12pt; padding-left: 5.75pt; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Power
    of Attorney</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.75pt; padding-bottom: 12pt; padding-left: 5.75pt; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Included
    on Signature Pages</FONT></TD></TR>
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As
filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on July 17, 2020
Registration
No. 333
SECURITIES
AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM
S-8
REGISTRATION
STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
Sony
Kabushiki Kaisha
(Exact
name of Registrant as specified in its charter)
Sony
Corporation
(Translation
of Registrant's name into English)
Japan
N/A
(State
    or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)
(I.R.S.
    Employer Identification No.)
c/o
7-1, Konan 1-chome
Minato-ku
Tokyo 108-0075
Japan
(Address
of principal executive offices)
The
Eighth Series of Restricted Stock of Sony Corporation
(Full
title of the plan)
Sony
Corporation of America
25 Madison Avenue, 26th Floor
New
York, NY 10010
Attn.:
Office of the General Counsel
212-833-5893
(Name,
address and telephone number of agent for service)
Copy
to:
Arthur H. Kohn, Esq.
Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP
One Liberty Plaza
New York, New York 10006
Indicate
by check mark whether the Registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, or a non-accelerated filer. See definition
of "accelerated filer" and "large accelerated filer" in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.
☑
Large
accelerated filer  ☐ Accelerated filer ☐  Non-accelerated filer  ☐ Smaller Reporting
Company
CALCULATION
OF REGISTRATION FEE
Name
    of Plan
Title
    of Securities to be Registered
Amount
    to be Registered
(1)
Proposed
    Maximum Offering Price Per Share
(2)
Proposed
    Maximum Aggregate Offering Price
(2)
Amount
    of Registration Fee
Eighth
        Series of Restricted Stock of Sony Corporation
Common
    Stock
(3)
197,000
¥7,976.5
$74.39
¥1,571,370,500.0
$14,654,830.00
$1,902.20
(1)
Consists of shares of common stock (the "
Common Stock
") of Sony Corporation (the "
Registrant
")
to be disposed subject to vesting restrictions pursuant to the Eighth Series of Restricted Stock of Sony Corporation (the "
Plan
").
Such indeterminable number of additional shares of Common Stock as may be disposable pursuant to the operation of the recapitalization
and adjustment provisions of the Plan are also registered hereby.
(2)
The Proposed Maximum Offering Price Per Share of Common Stock has been calculated solely for the purposes of calculating the registration
fee pursuant to Rule 457(h) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "
Securities Act
"). The Proposed
Maximum Offering Price Per Share of Common Stock is based on ¥7,976.5 per share, the average of the high and low prices of
the Common Stock, as reported on the Tokyo Stock Exchange on July 14, 2020. The Proposed Maximum Offering Price Per Share of Common
Stock was converted to U.S. dollars based on the New York foreign exchange rate for July 14, 2020 of ¥107.23 = $1.00 as published
in the Wall Street Journal on July 14, 2020.
(3)
American Depositary Receipts issuable upon the deposit of the Common Stock registered hereby have been or will be registered under
a separate registration statement on Form F-6. Each American Depositary Receipt will represent one share of Common Stock.
PART
II
INFORMATION
REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item
3.
Incorporation of Documents by Reference
The
reports listed below have been filed with or furnished to the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "
Commission
")
by the Registrant and are incorporated herein by reference to the extent not superseded by reports or other information subsequently
filed or furnished.
(a)
     The Registrant's Annual Report on Form 20-F for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2020 filed
by the Registrant with the Commission on June 26, 2020, including the description of the Common Stock of the Registrant contained
under the caption "Capital stock" under "Additional Information" in such Annual Report; and
(b)
     All other reports filed by the Registrant pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934, as amended (the "
Exchange Act
") since March 31, 2020.
In
addition, all of the Registrant's reports filed with the Commission (with respect to any Form 6-K, only to the extent designated
therein) pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act since the date of this Registration Statement and
prior to filing a post-effective amendment which indicates that all securities offered hereby have been sold or which deregisters
all securities then remaining unsold shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement and to be
a part hereof from the date of filing of such reports.
Any
statement contained herein or in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference herein shall be deemed to be
modified or superseded for purposes of this Registration Statement to the extent that a statement contained in any subsequently
filed document which also is or is deemed to be incorporated by reference herein modifies or supersedes such statement. Any such
statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this Registration
Statement.
Item
4.
Description of Securities
Not
applicable.
Item
5.
Interests of Named Experts and Counsel
Not
applicable.
Item
6.
Indemnification of Directors and Officers
Article
330 and Article 402, Paragraph 3 of the Companies Act of Japan make the provisions of Section 10, Chapter 2, Part III of the Civil
Code of Japan applicable to the relationship between the Registrant and its directors and corporate executive officers, respectively.
Section
10, among other things, provides in effect that:
(a)
     If a director or a corporate executive officer of a company has defrayed any expenses which are
considered necessary for the management of the affairs of such company entrusted to him, he may demand reimbursement therefor
from the company;
(b)
     If a director or a corporate executive officer has assumed an obligation necessary for the management
of the affairs entrusted to him, he may require the company to perform it in his place or, if it is not due, to furnish adequate
security; and
(c)
     If a director or a corporate executive officer, without any fault on his part, sustains damage through
the management of the affairs entrusted to him, he may demand compensation therefor from the company.
The
Company has in place a directors' and officers' liability insurance policy, which indemnifies our directors and officers
against liability arising from certain acts performed by them in their respective capacities as such.
Item
7.
Exemption from Registration Claimed
Not
applicable.
Item
8.
Exhibits
The
following exhibits are filed with or incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement (numbering corresponds to Exhibit
Table in Item 601 of Regulation S-K):
4.1     Allotment
Agreement (including Terms and Conditions) for the Eighth Series of Restricted Stock of Sony Corporation for Corporate Executive
Officers
4.2     Allotment
Agreement (including Terms and Conditions) for the Eighth Series of Restricted Stock of Sony Corporation for Non-Executive Directors
4.3     Allotment
Agreement (including Terms and Conditions) for the Eighth Series of Restricted Stock of Sony Corporation for Executives
4.4     Allotment
Agreement (including Terms and Conditions) for the Eighth Series of Restricted Stock of Sony Corporation for UK Participants
4.5     Articles
of Incorporation of the Registrant, as amended (English translation thereof) (filed as an exhibit to the Registrant's Annual
Report on Form 20-F for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2015 (File No. 001-06439) and incorporated herein by reference)
4.6     Amended
Articles of Incorporation of the Registrant, which will be effective as of April 1, 2021 (English translation thereof) (filed
as an exhibit to the Registrant's Annual Report on Form 20-F for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2020 (File No. 001-06439)
and incorporated herein by reference)
4.7     Charter
of the Board of Directors of the Registrant, as amended (English translation thereof) (filed as an exhibit to the Registrant's
Annual Report on Form 20-F for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2018 (File No. 001-06439) and incorporated herein by reference)
5.1     Opinion
of Nagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu, counsel to the Registrant, as to the legality of the Common Stock being registered
23.1
   Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers Aarata LLC
23.2 
  Consent of Nagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu, counsel to the Registrant (included in Exhibit 5.1)
24.1
   Power of Attorney (included on signature pages)
Item
9.
Undertakings
(a)
     The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:
(1)
      To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective amendment
to this Registration Statement: (i) to include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act; (ii) to reflect
in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of the Registration Statement (or the most recent post-effective
amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in the
Registration Statement; (iii) to include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed
in the Registration Statement or any material change to such information in the Registration Statement;
provided
,
however
,
that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) do not apply if the information required to be included in a post-effective amendment
by those paragraphs is contained in periodic reports filed with or furnished to the Commission by the Registrant pursuant to Section
13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act that are incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement.
(2)
      That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each such post-effective
amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such
securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial
bona fide
offering thereof.
(3)
      To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities being
registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering.
(b)
     The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any liability under
the Securities Act, each filing of the Registrant's annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act
(and, where applicable, each filing of the employee benefit plan's annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Exchange
Act) that is incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating
to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial
bona
fide
offering thereof.
(c)
     Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be permitted to
directors, officers and controlling persons of the Registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the Registrant
has been advised that in the opinion of the Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities
Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment
by the Registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the Registrant in the successful
defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the
securities being registered, the Registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling
precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy
as expressed in the Securities Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.
SIGNATURES
Pursuant
to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the Registrant, Sony Corporation, certifies that it has reasonable
grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this Registration Statement
to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in Japan as of the 15th day of July, 2020.
SONY
    CORPORATION
By:
/s/
    Kazushi Ambe
Kazushi
    Ambe
Senior Executive Vice President, Corporate Executive Officer, Officer in charge of Human Resources and General Affairs
POWER
OF ATTORNEY
We,
the undersigned directors and officers of Sony Corporation (the "
Company
"), do hereby severally constitute
and appoint Kazushi Ambe, Hiroki Totoki and Mark E. Khalil, each our true and lawful attorneys and agents, to do any and all acts
and things in our name and on our behalf in our capacities as directors and officers and to execute any and all instruments for
us and in our names in the capacities indicated below, which said attorneys and agents, or any of them, may deem necessary or
advisable to enable said Company to comply with the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "
Securities Act
")
and any rules, regulations and requirements of the Securities and Exchange Commission, in connection with the Registration Statement
of the Company on Form S-8 including specifically, but without limitation, power and authority to sign for us or any of us in
our names in the capacities indicated below, any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments) hereto; and we do each
hereby ratify and confirm all that said attorneys and agents, or any one of the them, shall do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
This Power of Attorney may be executed in multiple counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original, but which taken together
shall constitute one instrument.
Pursuant
to the requirements of the Securities Act, this Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the indicated
capacities as of the 15th day of July, 2020.
Name
Title
/s/ Kenichiro Yoshida
Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer, Representative Corporate Executive Officer, Member of the Board
Kenichiro Yoshida
/s/ Hiroki Totoki
Hiroki Totoki
Executive Deputy President and Chief Financial Officer, Representative Corporate Executive Officer, Member of the Board
/s/ Shuzo Sumi
Shuzo Sumi
Chairman of the Board
/s/ Tim Schaaff
Tim Schaaff
Member of the Board
/s/ Kazuo Matsunaga
Kazuo Matsunaga
Vice Chairman of the Board
/s/ Toshiko Oka
Toshiko Oka
Member of the Board
/s/ Sakie Akiyama
Sakie Akiyama
Member of the Board
/s/ Wendy Becker
Wendy Becker
Member of the Board
/s/ Yoshihiko Hatanaka
Yoshihiko Hatanaka
Member of the Board
/s/ Adam Crozier
Adam Crozier
Member of the Board
/s/ Keiko Kishigami
Keiko Kishigami
Member of the Board
/s/ Joseph A. Kraft Jr.
Joseph A. Kraft Jr.
Member of the Board
/s/ Mark E. Khalil
Mark E. Khalil
President and General Counsel, Sony Corporation of America
EXHIBIT
INDEX
Exhibit
    No.
Description
Method
    of Filing
4.1
Allotment Agreement (including Terms and Conditions) for the Eighth Series of Restricted Stock of Sony Corporation for Corporate Executive Officers
Filed herewith
4.2
Allotment Agreement (including Terms and Conditions) for the Eighth Series of Restricted Stock of Sony Corporation for Non-Executive Directors
Filed herewith
4.3
Allotment Agreement (including Terms and Conditions) for the Eighth Series of Restricted Stock of Sony Corporation for Executives
Filed herewith
4.4
Allotment Agreement (including Terms and Conditions) for the Eighth Series of Restricted Stock of Sony Corporation for UK Participants
Filed herewith
4.5
Articles of Incorporation of the Registrant, as amended (English translation thereof)
Filed as an exhibit to the Registrant's Annual Report on Form 20-F for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2015 (No. 001-06439) and incorporated herein by reference
4.6
Amended Articles of Incorporation of the Registrant, which will be effective as of April 1, 2021 (English translation thereof)
Filed as an exhibit to the Registrant's Annual Report on Form 20-F for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2020 (No. 001-06439) and incorporated herein by reference
4.7
Charter of the Board of Directors of the Registrant, as amended (English translation thereof)
Filed as an exhibit to the Registrant's Annual Report on Form 20-F for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2018 (No. 001-06439) and incorporated herein by reference
5.1
Opinion of Nagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu, counsel to the Registrant, as to the legality of the common stock being registered hereby
Filed
    herewith
23.1
Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers Aarata LLC
Filed
    herewith
23.2
Consent
    of Nagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu, counsel to the Registrant
Included
    in Exhibit 5.1
24.1
Power
    of Attorney
Included
    on Signature Pages