Tokyo, Japan - Sony Corporation today announced the following changes in Corporate Executive Officers, effective April 1st, and May 1st, 2000 respectively.

Effective April 1, 2000

The positions mentioned in square parenthesis,[ ], refer to the individual's present position/title.

Kunitake Ando

Executive Deputy President and Chief Operating Officer
[Corporate Senior Executive Vice President, and President & COO, Personal IT Network Company, Sony Corporation]

Teruhisa Tokunaka

Executive Deputy President, Representative Director, and Chief Financial Officer
[Senior Managing Director and Chief Financial Officer, Sony Corporation]

Masayuki Takano

Group Executive Officer, Sony Corporation President and Representative Director, Sony PCL Inc.
[Corporate Executive Vice President and Deputy President, Home Network Company, Sony Corporation]

Masahiro Oki

Group Executive Officer, Sony Corporation
(concurrent with present position as Executive Deputy President, Sony Life Insurance Co., Ltd.)

Effective May 1st, 2000

The positions mentioned in square parenthesis,[ ], refer to the individual's present position/title.

Akira Kondo

Corporate Senior Executive Vice President and Deputy Chief Financial Officer
[Deputy President, Daiwa Securities SB Capital Markets Co., Ltd.]

Teruaki Aoki

Corporate Executive Vice President
[President and Chief Operating Officer, Sony Electronics Inc.(a U.S. subsidiary of Sony Coporation)]