"The economy is on the verge of collapsing, " said Sony chairman Ohga Norio.

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In his vast and storied career, Norio worked his way through the ranks of Sony and achieved unparalleled success at a young age.

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By measuring some of these large bubbles, Norio Kaifu, the head of the project in Hawaii, hopes that Subaru will provide astronomers with a clearer idea of what, if it actually exists, the dark matter really is.

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