Editing Akio Morita (section)

==Early life==
Akio Morita was born in [[Nagoya]].<ref>[http://www.akiomorita.net/en/profile/life.html Chronology] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180211214320/http://www.akiomorita.net/en/profile/life.html |date=February 11, 2018}} About Akio Morita, Akio Morita Library</ref> Morita's family was involved in [[sake]], [[miso]] and [[soy sauce]] production in the village of Kosugaya (currently a part of [[Tokoname, Aichi|Tokoname City]]) on the western coast of [[Chita Peninsula]] in [[Aichi Prefecture]] since 1665. He was the oldest of four siblings and his father Kyuzaemon trained him as a child to take over the family business. Akio, however, found his true calling in mathematics and physics, and in 1944 he graduated from [[Osaka University|Osaka Imperial University]] with a degree in physics. He was later commissioned as a sub-lieutenant in the [[Imperial Japanese Navy]], and served in [[World War II]]. During his service, Morita met his future business partner [[Masaru Ibuka]] at a study group for developing [[precision-guided munition|infrared-guided bombs]] ([[Ke-Go]]) in the Navy's Wartime Research Committee.