SONY PROMOTION WOMAN MIYASHITA SHOWS OFF ITS NEW VIDEO CAMERA IN TOKYO, 1998-05-07 (photo)

Sony Corp representative Tomoko Miyashita shows off their newly-released 8mm video camera model CCD-TRV85K at the Sony showroom in Tokyo May 7. Sony Corp's profits hit a record high for a second consecutive year in 1997/98, buoyed by strong sales of its PlayStation game console and higher box office sales at its U.S. film-making unit, the electrionics giant said. Sony's group net profit soared 59 percent to 222.07 billion yen ($1.66 billion) in the business year which ended March 31, while group sales increased 19 percent to 6.76 trillion yen. ST/JIR/CLH/