Sony focuses on Japanese movies as Hollywood struggles

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Sony Group aims to leverage its global network to distribute more Japanese films overseas. (Photo by Mayumi Tsumita)

KEIGO YOSHIDA

TOKYO -- Although international films has been its forte, Sony Group is expanding its Japanese movie business, with a domestic subsidiary involved in a record number of pictures this year, as Hollywood' experiences a "sequel slump."

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