Japan's Sony Corporation President Kazuo Hirai (L) and Olympus Corporation President Hiroyuki Sasa (R) attend a joint press conference in Tokyo on October 1, 2012. Olympus and Sony announced that the two companies have entered into a business alliance agreement and a capital alliance agreement through a third-party allotment of Olympus's common shares to Sony. AFP PHOTO / KAZUHIRO NOGI
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