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[lechiffre10]

Again, there is a ZERO chance a Japanese company would allow an American company to take it over for cultural reasons. That won't happen.

[rpiguy → lechiffre10]

Sony is not a Keiretsu. They are fair game.

[thephyber → rpiguy]

Consider the other way around. Would Apple want to buy a decades-old consumer electronics company? Sony has been stagnant in my eyes, even before the NKorea hack.

[protomyth → thephyber]

Have you checked the direction of Sony's stock lately?

[po → lechiffre10]

IMO, This is an invalid, outdated view of Japanese culture.

Japanese companies, even large culturally important brands, get purchased by foreign entities. A controlling stake of Sharp was purchased by Foxconn two years ago, for example.