Sony's 'Father of the CD' dies at 81

23 April 2011 last updated at 18: 56 GMT Norio Ohga carried out the Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra a few times in the year of the former President and Chairman of Sony, Norio Ohga, who was credited with the development of the CD, has died at the age of 81, the company said.

OHGA, who led the company from 1982 to 1995, died of multiple organ dysfunction syndrome in the Japanese capital Tokyo.

Sony's Chairman, Sir Howard Stringer, said his predecessor's foresight and vision had transformed the company into a leading global entertainment.

OHGA was still a senior advisor to the company at the time of his death.

In 1953, Sony's co-founder Ohga recruited while he was a career as an opera singer still Tokyo National University of fine arts and music and hope attended the. She felt his knowledge of sound and electrical engineering would benefit the company.

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includes hardware by Sony as a company and to redefine, Ohga-San has succeeded where others failed Japanese companies "

end quote Sir Howard Stringer, Chairman, Sony, he was an Executive by his 30s - a rarity in a Japanese company - the President of the CBS Sony records (now Sony Music Entertainment) 1970s."

From the beginning he recognized the potential of the CD and was personally introducing Sony's product initiatives the format.

In the development of the CD, it was Ohga, on a CD, the 12 cm (4.8in) in diameter, was provided it urged as sufficient capacity to 75 minutes to store all Beethoven's Ninth Symphony.

Sony sold 1982 the world's first CD and LP record sales in Japan overtook CDs five years later. OHGA's specifications are still used, and shaped formats developed since, including mini disc and DVD.

1989 Monitored it the $3 billion purchase of the Hollywood studios Columbia Pictures, which was criticised at the time as unwise and expensive.

OHGA Presidency also the launch of Sony's game business, which went on to develop the successful 'PlayStation' console.

"Sony as a company includes hardware and to redefine, Ohga-San followed other Japanese companies where failure is," said Sony Chairman Howard Stringer, with the Japanese honorific title.

"It's leader, Ohga San foresight and vision, not an overstatement to Sony development, audio and video products, in music, movies and wild, attribute and subsequent transformation into a global entertainment" he added.

OHGA joined Director as President of Sony in 1995 and continue as Chairman and representatives until the year 2000.

He was also the Chairman of the Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra.

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Father of the dead York student heads for Toronto

The father of the student at York University found dead last week was led Wednesday from Beijing to Toronto, where the police seek to determine what happened to her.

Liu Qian, 23, was found dead Friday in his basement apartment near campus. It was engaged in an online video chat with her boyfriend, who lives in China, 1 h and Friday when there is a strike at its door. She opened her door to a man and a struggle follows.

Later this morning after police were notified by Canadian friends of her boyfriend, Liu body was found in the apartment.

Police said that an autopsy has not shown a cause of death.

Father of the woman spoke to the media in Beijing, before his departure for the Canada.

"It was our only child," said Liu Jianhiu, who is the Director of research of the history of the Communist Party of the Party of the Committee Central of Chinese Communist Party school. The school trains officials of the party.

End women studied at the University of the city of Beijing before arriving at the Canada in September 2010.

"She was interested in media and wanted to study for a Masters degree in it." She has already asked several universities of Toronto and elsewhere, including the University of Windsor, "he says.

"After hearing the news on Qian Liu, our family and friends were all very concerned." But we were praying for the possibility that the victim was a different person of the same name... soon we found that we could reach is no longer my daughter. "And then the Canadian police has very clearly that it was indeed my daughter."

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