Editing Panasonic (section)

==Corporate name==
From 1925 to October 1, 2008, the company's corporate name was "Matsushita Electric Industrial Co." (MEI).<ref>[http://panasonic.co.jp/corp/news/official.data/data.dir/jn081001-3/jn081001-3.html 松下電器産業株式会社が「パナソニック株式会社」に社名変更] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141005163707/http://panasonic.co.jp/corp/news/official.data/data.dir/jn081001-3/jn081001-3.html |date=October 5, 2014 }}, Panasonic Corporation. October 1, 2008. Retrieved October 3, 2008.{{in lang|ja}}.</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://panasonic.co.jp/corp/news/official.data/data.dir/en071012-4/en071012-4.html|title=Matsushita Electric Becomes Panasonic Corporation|publisher=Panasonic Corporation|date=October 1, 2008|access-date=October 3, 2008}}{{Dead link|date=August 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> On January 10, 2008, the company announced that it would change its name to "Panasonic Corporation", in effect on October 1, 2008, <!--Matsushita was rather a company name than a brand name: "the Matsushita, "--> to conform with its global brand name "Panasonic".<ref name=":2">{{Cite news |last=Foster |first=Martin |date=2008-01-10 |title=Matsushita Electric changing its name to Panasonic |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/10/business/worldbusiness/10iht-panasonic.4.9136644.html |access-date=2024-05-16 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.forbes.com/2008/01/10/matsushita-panasonic-update-markets-equity-cx_cg_0110markets45.html|author-first1=Carl|author-last1=Gutierrez| title=What's In A Name For Matsushita|access-date=June 3, 2012|magazine=Forbes| date=January 11, 2008}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Ltd. Matsushita Electric Industrial Co. {{!}} Science Museum Group Collection |url=https://collection.sciencemuseumgroup.org.uk/people/cp50168/matsushita-electric-industrial-co-ltd |access-date=2024-05-16 |website=collection.sciencemuseumgroup.org.uk |language=en}}</ref> The name change was approved at the shareholders' meeting on June 26, 2008.<ref name=":2" /><!--Some IPA letters can be properly shown ONLY UNDER peculiar PC circumstances: "The common English pronunciation is for Matsushita /ˌmɑtsuːˈʃiːtə/, while the proper Japanese pronunciation for the company is {{IPA|/matsɯɕ(i)ta/}}."-->

In 2022, Panasonic announced a reorganization plan which split the company into Panasonic Holdings Corporation (the former Panasonic Corporation) and conversion of its divisions into subsidiaries; the Lifestyle Updates Business Division being the division that took the Panasonic Corporation name after the reorganization. The reorganization took effect on April 1, 2022.<ref name="Holdco" />