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Following the sale of the chemical products businesses completed in late September 2012, approximately 1, 800 employees have been transferred outside the Sony Group (as previously announced).
ENGADGET: Sony restructuring in Japan: camera lens plant to close with loss of 2,000 jobs
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But I think the most important thing though is - we'll do that, if it makes sense, not for the sake of doing it, and that's a trap that we don't want to fall into, we meaning not just us, but everybody in the Sony group.
ENGADGET: & Joystiq interview: Kaz Hirai and Jack Tretton, Presidents, Sony Computer Entertainment, Inc., and America
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In its prior corporate strategy announcement, Sony stated that through the combination of these structural reform measures and business portfolio realignment it expected to reduce headcount across the entire Sony Group, primarily in the electronics business, by approximately 10, 000 in the fiscal year ending March 31, 2013 ("FY12"), including approximately 3, 000 to 4, 000 in Japan.
ENGADGET: Sony restructuring in Japan: camera lens plant to close with loss of 2,000 jobs