Claim: Sony is a name of a company.

-LRB- often referred to simply as Sony -RRB- is a Japanese multinational conglomerate corporation headquartered in Kōnan , Minato , Tokyo . Its diversified business includes consumer and professional electronics , gaming , entertainment , and financial services . The company is one of the leading manufacturers of electronic products for the consumer and professional markets . Sony was ranked 113th on the 2016 list of Fortune Global 500 .   Sony Corporation is the electronics business unit and the parent company of the , which is engaged in business through its four operating components : electronics -LRB- AV , IT & communication products , semiconductors , video games , network services and medical business -RRB- , motion pictures -LRB- movies and TV shows -RRB- , music -LRB- record labels and music publishing -RRB- and financial services -LRB- banking and insurance -RRB- . These make Sony one of the most comprehensive entertainment companies in the world . The group consists of Sony Corporation , Sony Pictures Entertainment , Sony Interactive Entertainment , Sony Music Entertainment , Sony Financial Holdings and others .   Sony is among the semiconductor sales leaders and as of 2016 , the fifth-largest television manufacturer in the world after Samsung Electronics , LG Electronics , TCL and Hisense .   The company 's current slogan is BE MOVED . Their former slogans were make.believe -LRB- 2009 -- 2014 -RRB- , like.no.other -LRB- 2005 -- 2009 -RRB- and It 's a Sony -LRB- 1980 -- 2002 -RRB- . Sony has a weak tie to the SMFG -LRB- Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group -RRB- keiretsu , the successor to the Mitsui keiretsu .