<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.japancorp.net/rss/rss2full.xsl" type="text/xsl" media="screen"?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.japancorp.net/rss/itemcontent.css" type="text/css" media="screen"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>JCN Newswire</title><link>http://www.japancorp.net</link><description>JCN Newswire - Recent Headline News</description><language>en-us</language><copyright>Copyright 2012, JCN Newswire</copyright><ttl>10</ttl><image><title>JCN Newswire</title><url>http://www.japancorp.net/images/jcnxml.jpg</url><link>http://www.japancorp.net</link><width>88</width><height>31</height><description>JCN Newswire</description></image><atom10:link xmlns:atom10="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" rel="self" href="http://www.japancorp.net/rss/h_consumers.xml" type="application/rss+xml" /><item><title>Sony names Kazuo Hirai as President and CEO; Sir Howard Stringer to become Chairman of the Board of Directors</title><guid>http://www.japancorp.net/press_release/24818/sony_names_kazuo_hirai_as_president_and_ceo_sir_howard_stringer_to_become_chairman_of_the_board_of_directors</guid><link>http://www.japancorp.net/press_release/24818/sony_names_kazuo_hirai_as_president_and_ceo_sir_howard_stringer_to_become_chairman_of_the_board_of_directors</link><description>Sony Corporation ("Sony") today announced that Kazuo Hirai has been appointed as President and Chief Executive Officer, effective April 1, 2012. 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