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Commission on July 19, 2019</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 14pt"><B>SECURITIES
AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</B></FONT><BR>
<FONT STYLE="font-size: 12pt"><B>WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549</B></FONT></P>

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STATEMENT<BR>
UNDER<BR>
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933</B></FONT><B></B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 24pt"><B>Sony Kabushiki
Kaisha</B></FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">(Exact name of Registrant as specified in
its charter)</P>

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

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name into English)</P>

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    <TD STYLE="width: 50%; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; font-size: 10pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><B>N/A</B></FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; font-size: 10pt; text-align: center; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">(I.R.S. 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"><B>c/o 7-1, Konan 1-chome</B><BR>
<B>Minato-ku</B><BR>
<B>Tokyo 108-0075</B><BR>
<B>Japan</B></P>

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

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

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<B>212-833-5893</B></P>

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agent for service)</P>

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

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

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

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    <TD STYLE="width: 12%; border-top: black 2.5pt double; border-right: black 1pt solid; border-bottom: black 1pt solid; text-align: center"><P STYLE="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B>Title of</B></FONT></P>
                                                                                <P STYLE="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"><FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><B>Securities to be</B></FONT></P>
                                                                                <P STYLE="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"><FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><B>Registered</B></FONT></P></TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 12%; border-top: black 2.5pt double; border-right: black 1pt solid; border-bottom: black 1pt solid; text-align: center"><P STYLE="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B>Amount
to be</B></FONT></P>
                                                                                <P STYLE="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"><FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><B>Registered<SUP>(1)</SUP></B></FONT></P></TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 12%; border-top: black 2.5pt double; border-right: black 1pt solid; border-bottom: black 1pt solid; text-align: center"><P STYLE="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B>Proposed Maximum<BR>
 Offering</B></FONT></P>
                                                                                                                                                                                                               <P STYLE="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B>Price
Per <BR>
Share<SUP>(2)</SUP></B></FONT></P></TD>
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Maximum</B></FONT></P>
                                                                                <P STYLE="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"><FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><B>Aggregate</B></FONT></P>
                                                                                <P STYLE="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B>Offering
Price<SUP>(2)</SUP></B></FONT></P></TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 12%; border-top: black 2.5pt double; border-right: black 1pt solid; border-bottom: black 1pt solid; text-align: center"><P STYLE="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B>Amount of Registration</B></FONT></P>
                                                                                <P STYLE="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"><FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><B>Fee</B></FONT></P></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="border-right: black 1pt solid; border-bottom: black 1pt solid; border-left: black 1pt solid; padding-right: 5.75pt; padding-left: 5.75pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Sixth Series of Restricted Stock of Sony Corporation</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: black 1pt solid; border-right: black 1pt solid; 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-right: black 1pt solid; padding-right: 5.75pt; padding-left: 5.75pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">168,900</FONT></TD>
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        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">&yen;5,799</P>
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"></P>
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">$53.72</P>
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"></P></TD>
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        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">&yen;979,451,100</P>
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"></P>
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">$9,074,032.80</P>
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"></P></TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: black 1pt solid; border-right: black 1pt solid; padding-right: 5.75pt; padding-left: 5.75pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">$1,099.77</FONT></TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;&nbsp;</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">(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 issued subject to vesting restrictions pursuant
to the Sixth 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 issuable pursuant to the operation of the recapitalization and adjustment provisions of the Plan
are also registered hereby.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">(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;5,799 per share, the average of the high and low prices of the Common Stock, as
reported on the Tokyo Stock Exchange on July 18, 2019. 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 17, 2019 of &yen;107.94 = $1.00 as published
in the Wall Street Journal on July 18, 2019.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">(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.</P>

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

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

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

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

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.75in">(a) &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Registrant&rsquo;s
Annual Report on Form 20-F for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2019 filed by the Registrant with the Commission on June 18, 2019,
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</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.75in">(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, 2019.</P>

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.75in">4.6 &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)</P>

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 1in">(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.</P>

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

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 1in">(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.</P>

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

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 1in">(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.</P>

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

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

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

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

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

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">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 19<SUP>th</SUP> day of July, 2019.</P>

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

<TABLE CELLSPACING="0" CELLPADDING="0" STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse">
<TR>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">SONY CORPORATION</FONT></TD></TR>
<TR>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="2"></TD></TR>
<TR>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; width: 50%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 3%; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">By:</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; width: 47%; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">/s/ Kazushi Ambe</FONT></TD></TR>
<TR>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; border-top: black 1pt solid"><P STYLE="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">Kazushi Ambe</FONT><BR> <FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">Executive Vice President, Corporate Executive Officer, In</FONT></P>
                                                                 <P STYLE="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">charge of Human Resources and General Affairs</FONT></P></TD></TR>
</TABLE>

<P STYLE="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0">&nbsp;</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><A NAME="a_001"></A><B>POWER OF ATTORNEY</B></P>

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

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

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

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 49.65pt">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 19<SUP>th</SUP>
day of July, 2019.<BR>
<BR>
</P>

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<TABLE CELLSPACING="0" CELLPADDING="0" STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse">
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">
    <TD STYLE="width: 49%; border-bottom: black 1pt solid"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B>Name</B></FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 2%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 49%; border-bottom: black 1pt solid; padding-left: 12pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B>Title</B></FONT></TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-left: 12pt">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: black 1pt solid"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">/s/ Kenichiro Yoshida</FONT></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD ROWSPAN="2" STYLE="padding-left: 12pt">
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">President and Chief Executive Officer,<BR>
Representative Corporate Executive Officer, Member of the Board</P></TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Kenichiro Yoshida</FONT></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-left: 12pt">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: black 1pt solid"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">/s/ Hiroki Totoki</FONT></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD ROWSPAN="2" STYLE="padding-left: 12pt">
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">Senior Executive Vice President and Chief Financial
Officer, Representative Corporate Executive Officer, Member of the Board</P></TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Hiroki Totoki</FONT></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-left: 12pt">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: black 1pt solid"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">/s/ Shuzo Sumi</FONT></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-left: 12pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Chairman of the Board</FONT></TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Shuzo Sumi</FONT></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-left: 12pt">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-left: 12pt">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: black 1pt solid"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">/s/ Kazuo Matsunaga</FONT></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-left: 12pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Vice Chairman of the
    Board</FONT></TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Kazuo Matsunaga</FONT></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-left: 12pt">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-left: 12pt">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: black 1pt solid"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">/s/ Tim Schaaff</FONT></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-left: 12pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Member of the Board</FONT></TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Tim Schaaff</FONT></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-left: 12pt">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
</TABLE>


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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 49.65pt"></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 49.65pt">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 49.65pt"></P>

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<TABLE CELLSPACING="0" CELLPADDING="0" STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse">
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">
    <TD STYLE="width: 49%; border-bottom: black 1pt solid"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">/s/ Koichi Miyata</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 2%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 49%; padding-left: 12pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Member of the Board</FONT></TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Koichi Miyata</FONT></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-left: 12pt">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-left: 12pt">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: black 1pt solid"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">/s/ John V. Roos</FONT></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-left: 12pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Member of the Board</FONT></TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">John V. Roos</FONT></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-left: 12pt">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-left: 12pt">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: black 1pt solid"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">/s/ Eriko Sakurai</FONT></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-left: 12pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Member of the Board</FONT></TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Eriko Sakurai</FONT></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-left: 12pt">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-left: 12pt">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: black 1pt solid"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">/s/ Kunihito Minakawa</FONT></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-left: 12pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Member of the Board</FONT></TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Kunihito Minakawa</FONT></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-left: 12pt">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-left: 12pt">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: black 1pt solid"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">/s/ Toshiko Oka</FONT></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-left: 12pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Member of the Board</FONT></TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Toshiko Oka</FONT></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-left: 12pt">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-left: 12pt">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: black 1pt solid"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">/s/ Sakie Akiyama</FONT></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-left: 12pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Member of the Board</FONT></TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Sakie Akiyama</FONT></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-left: 12pt">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-left: 12pt">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: black 1pt solid"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">/s/ Wendy Becker</FONT></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-left: 12pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Member of the Board</FONT></TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Wendy Becker</FONT></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-left: 12pt">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-left: 12pt">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: black 1pt solid"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">/s/ Yoshihiko Hatanaka</FONT></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-left: 12pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Member of the Board</FONT></TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Yoshihiko Hatanaka</FONT></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-left: 12pt">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-left: 12pt">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-left: 12pt">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: black 1pt solid"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">/s/ Mark E. Khalil</FONT></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD ROWSPAN="2" STYLE="padding-left: 12pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Executive
    Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary, Sony Corporation of America</FONT></TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Mark E. Khalil</FONT></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD STYLE="width: 10%; border-bottom: black 1pt solid; font-size: 10pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Exhibit No.</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 52%; border-bottom: black 1pt solid; font-size: 10pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Description</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 38%; border-bottom: black 1pt solid; font-size: 10pt; 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="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><A HREF="ex4-1.htm">4.1</A></FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><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 Sixth Series of Restricted Stock of Sony Corporation for Corporate Executive Officers</A></FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Filed herewith</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><A HREF="ex4-2.htm">4.2</A></FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><A HREF="ex4-2.htm"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Allotment Agreement (including Terms and Conditions) for the Sixth Series of Restricted Stock of Sony Corporation for a Subsidiary Executive</FONT></A></TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Filed herewith</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><A HREF="ex4-3.htm">4.3</A></FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><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 Sixth Series of Restricted Stock of Sony Corporation for Non-Executive Directors</A></FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Filed herewith</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><A HREF="ex4-4.htm">4.4</A></FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><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 Sixth Series of Restricted Stock of Sony Corporation for Executives</A></FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Filed herewith</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><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="font-size: 10pt"><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="font-size: 10pt"><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>
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    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><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">4.6</A></FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><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="font-size: 10pt"><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="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><A HREF="ex5-1.htm">5.1</A></FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><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="font-size: 10pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Filed herewith</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><A HREF="ex23-1.htm">23.1</A></FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><A HREF="ex23-1.htm">Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers Aarata LLC</A></FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Filed herewith</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><A HREF="ex5-1.htm">23.2</A></FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><A HREF="ex5-1.htm">Consent of Nagashima Ohno &amp; Tsunematsu, counsel to the Registrant</A></FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Included in Exhibit 5.1</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><A HREF="#a_001"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Power of Attorney</FONT></A></TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><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 19, 2019
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 Sixth Series of Restricted Stock
of Sony Corporation
(Full title of the plans)
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
Sixth Series of Restricted Stock of Sony Corporation
Common Stock
(3)
168,900
¥5,799
$53.72
¥979,451,100
$9,074,032.80
$1,099.77
(1) Consists of shares of common stock (the "
Common
Stock
") of Sony Corporation (the "
Registrant
") to be issued subject to vesting restrictions pursuant
to the Sixth Series of Restricted Stock of Sony Corporation (the "
Plan
"). Such indeterminable number of additional
shares of Common Stock as may be issuable 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 ¥5,799 per share, the average of the high and low prices of the Common Stock, as
reported on the Tokyo Stock Exchange on July 18, 2019. 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 17, 2019 of ¥107.94 = $1.00 as published
in the Wall Street Journal on July 18, 2019.
(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, 2019 filed by the Registrant with the Commission on June 18, 2019,
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, 2019.
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 Sixth Series of Restricted Stock of Sony Corporation for Corporate Executive
Officers
4.2      Allotment
Agreement (including Terms and Conditions) for the Sixth Series of Restricted Stock of Sony Corporation for a Subsidiary Executive
4.3      Allotment
Agreement (including Terms and Conditions) for the Sixth Series of Restricted Stock of Sony Corporation for Non-Executive Directors
4.4      Allotment
Agreement (including Terms and Conditions) for the Sixth Series of Restricted Stock of Sony Corporation for Executives
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      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 19
th
day of July, 2019.
SONY CORPORATION
By:
/s/ Kazushi Ambe
Kazushi Ambe
Executive Vice President, Corporate Executive 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 19
th
day of July, 2019.
Name
Title
/s/ Kenichiro Yoshida
President and Chief Executive Officer,
Representative Corporate Executive Officer, Member of the Board
Kenichiro Yoshida
/s/ Hiroki Totoki
Senior Executive Vice President and Chief Financial
Officer, Representative Corporate Executive Officer, Member of the Board
Hiroki Totoki
/s/ Shuzo Sumi
Chairman of the Board
Shuzo Sumi
/s/ Kazuo Matsunaga
Vice Chairman of the
    Board
Kazuo Matsunaga
/s/ Tim Schaaff
Member of the Board
Tim Schaaff
/s/ Koichi Miyata
Member of the Board
Koichi Miyata
/s/ John V. Roos
Member of the Board
John V. Roos
/s/ Eriko Sakurai
Member of the Board
Eriko Sakurai
/s/ Kunihito Minakawa
Member of the Board
Kunihito Minakawa
/s/ Toshiko Oka
Member of the Board
Toshiko Oka
/s/ Sakie Akiyama
Member of the Board
Sakie Akiyama
/s/ Wendy Becker
Member of the Board
Wendy Becker
/s/ Yoshihiko Hatanaka
Member of the Board
Yoshihiko Hatanaka
/s/ Mark E. Khalil
Executive
    Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary, Sony Corporation of America
Mark E. Khalil
EXHIBIT INDEX
Exhibit No.
Description
Method of Filing
4.1
Allotment Agreement (including Terms and Conditions) for the Sixth Series of Restricted Stock of Sony Corporation for Corporate Executive Officers
Filed herewith
4.2
Allotment Agreement (including Terms and Conditions) for the Sixth Series of Restricted Stock of Sony Corporation for a Subsidiary Executive
Filed herewith
4.3
Allotment Agreement (including Terms and Conditions) for the Sixth Series of Restricted Stock of Sony Corporation for Non-Executive Directors
Filed herewith
4.4
Allotment Agreement (including Terms and Conditions) for the Sixth Series of Restricted Stock of Sony Corporation for Executives
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
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