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Sony said in September that it was scrapping
dividends for the first time since going public due to weak
mobile phone sales.
The company, once a symbol of Japan's technology prowess, is in
the midst of a restructuring that has so far seen it ax
thousands of jobs and sell off its personal computer division.
"We are sorry there are no dividends, but we don't need to
resume payouts at all costs," Hirai told reporters on Wednesday.
"The logic is that we want to resume payouts as a result of
reforms, rather than rushing."
As part of its restructuring, Sony has also spun off its TV
business and said last week it would also split off its audio
and video business as part of a new strategy to encourage
greater autonomy of its subsidiaries.
Hirai said he could not rule out the option of taking the
spun-off subsidiaries public in the future.
But he also said the company wanted to try and keep its TV
operations although he said last week that a sale of the unit,
along with its struggling mobile division, could not be ruled
out.
"In some ways, the TV occupies a prime position in the household
and its relationship with other products," he said, explaining
that the TV business' pursuit of better images and sound helped
improve technology of its other products such as smartphones.
(Reporting by Reiji Murai; Editing by Miral Fahmy)
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