It is well-known that Steve Jobs is a Japanophile.
It is also well-known that Steve Jobs was a big fan of Sony.
In the book, 'Insanely Simple' by Ken Segall, the godfather of 'iMac' disclosed how Steve Jobs wanted to name that product 'MacMan' mimicking 'Walkman.'
Akio Morita, the co-founder of Sony was not featured in the 'Think different.' ad campaign but he has always been a hero for Steve Jobs.
I remember Jobs giving condolence on his passing.

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Steve Jobs giving condole sense to Morita at iMac DV introduction/Click to watch video

Steve Jobs and Akio Morita

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While Jobs adored Morita, Morita also adored Steve Jobs.
'There are actually two American youngsters Morita was particularly fond of and took good care of: One was Michael Jackson, and the other was Steve Jobs' recalls Kunitake Ando, the ex-president of Sony, Inc. According to him, Morita, often invited them to Sony and gave them personal tours.
Because of this close relationship between Jobs and Morita, Apple and Sony was in a special relationship all along the way. The two companies had been very close even during Steve Jobs' absence. The two companies have worked closely on some projects. For example, Apple's QuickTime team had helped Sony develop their ATRAC audio file format. And ex-QuickTime architect directed some of Sony's Cybershot digital camera projects.
The relationship between Apple and Sony became even stronger when Steve Jobs returned to Apple and it continued on, perhaps, until iPod became such a huge success and Howard Stringer took control of SONY.

Mac-compatible VAIO

Most of Sony's executives spends their winter vacation in Hawaii and play golf after celebrating new year. In one of those new year golf competitions back in 2001, ' Steve Jobs and another Apple executive were waiting for us at the end of golf course holding VAIO running Mac OS' recalls Ando; 2001 is the year, Mac OS X shipped and I am speculating this is Intel-version of Mac OS X, they hid for four and half years since then.
When Steve Jobs regained the control of Apple back in 1997, one of the first thing he did was to close all the Mac-compatible deals claiming it is destroying Mac's eco-system. UMAX CEO almost got a deal with Steve Jobs that they'd become the sole manufacturer of Mac-compatible but Jobs ultimately decided otherwise.
Steve Jobs believed that Mac-compatible business would harm not only Apple's business but also the 'Mac' brand.
But that same Steve Jobs was willing to make an exception in 2001. And that exception was Sony's VAIO.
Ando liked Apple. He always felt Mac and VAIO were so close in philosophy. He especially admired the original iMac introduced in 1998. But the timing was bad for Sony, it is just about the time, Sony's VAIO gained popularity and it is just about the time that VAIO team had finished optimizing both VAIO's hardware and software specifically for Windows platform.
Because of this, most of the VAIO team opposed asking 'if it is worth it.'
And that was the end of story for this Mac-compatible VAIO.

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Give and Take

Maybe it is due to how Morita raised Jobs, but Steve Jobs casually visited Sony. Many of my Sony friends have witnessed him walking down the isle of Sony buildings.
'He always calls me out of sudden and asks ' can I go visit you today?' recalls Ando. And as soon as he enters Sony buildings, he explore it at his free will saying 'everything I've ever wanted to do is already done at Sony.'
'He often demanded to bring the latest Sony products to him. And in most cases, he already knew very well about the products inside out. '
'Steve Jobs always had opinion on each of our product' said Ando. 'When we launched PSP (PlayStation Protable), he complained why we were still using discs. He told discs are so out-of-date.'
Jobs was especially interested in Sony's camera products, perhaps, because it is one of the product categories Apple didn't have (at that time).
Once, he took one of the latest Cybershots in hand and said 'if this thing had a built-in GPS, I can record everything that happens to my life.'
Sony took that advice seriously and today, most of Sony camera products have models with built-in GPS.
Ando says 'this idea of built-in GPS for camera originated from Steve Jobs.'
While Steve Jobs casually gave out opinions and advices for Sony products, he also asked many questions to Sony executives.
Once, Steve Jobs showed strong interested in Sony's retail business, 'SonyStyle' and asked Ando why they are running it and how they are running it.
Ando explained 'volume resellers would sell your products well but they don't tell the customers what you want to do with your products. And that is what we want to do at our retail store.'
'And that is exactly what we need' replied Steve Jobs.
Ando believes SonyStyle gave a lot of hints to Apple's own retail stores.

close as friends and as business partners

Even after the passing of Akio Morita, the casual and friendly relation between Apple and Sony continued.
Steve Jobs sometime sent invitation to events such as classical concerts to Sony executives such as Ando or Keiji Kimura.
In late 2004, Steve Jobs made a phone call to Kunitake Ando and asked if he would like to share the stage with him at MACWORLD Expo/Keynote and so he did.
Apple announced video editing software called Final Cut Express at the Keynote and Ando was invited on stage to talk about Sony's latest video camera.

'Back then, we often called each other. Sometime we helped each other and sometime we solved dispute between us over those phone calls' recalls Ando.
But perhaps, that close relationship between Apple and Sony faded out as ex-CEO, Nobuyuki Idei and ex-president, Kunitake Ando stepped down and Howard Stringer became the successor.
This is my own view, but it may have been natural to Stringer especially because he never spent much time in Tokyo and didn't have any clue about how casual the relationship between the two companies had been.
'Back in our time, the top executives always talked directly to each other. Sony executives had that in their culture. For example, when we have decided to launch a new PC products which later becomes VAIO, we called and visited Bill Gates (of Microsoft) , Andy Grove (of Intel) and Apple's headquarter in Cupertino and talked' said Ando.
It was as if he wanted to complain the executives at big companies stopped talking to each other.
(This interview of Kunitake Ando took place in November 2011 for the book I supervised 'The Legacy of Steve Jobs' which is only available in Japanese).

UPDATE:

After I posted this article to this blog, it was picked up on theVerge, MacRumors, etc. and have been translated into uncountable language.
I thank all the blogs which picked up this story (with the link to my blog article); it was sad to see so many blog only linked to theVerge.
Anyhow, one of the commenter on MacRumors, hrn, reminded me of very interesting information.
The story about
hrn's post: http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?p=18733622#post18733622
hrn was referring to Project Marklar whose story broke out on Quora back in 2012.
That was after Kunitake Ando interview, so I posted a comment or Quora myself, but completely forgot about it.
Anyway, here is the Apple-side of the Mac-compatible Vaio story:

And here is my question to ask if Steve Jobs really was heading to Japan and the answer to it:

Developer: WayForward Technologies

Release date: 2013

Version: 1.0.1 + Full Game

Interface language: Russian, English

Voice Language: Russian, English

Tablet: Not required

Platform: Intel only

DuckTales: Remastered is a Metroidvania-style platform video game developed by WayForward Technologies and published by Capcom. The game is a high-definition remake of DuckTales, a game released on the Nintendo Entertainment System in 1989. It was released for multiple gaming platforms, including Microsoft Windows, the PlayStation 3, the Xbox 360, and the Wii U, over a three-month period between August and November 2013, and later expanded to iOS, Android, and Windows Phone in April 2015. The game was temporarily delisted from digital storefronts in August 2019, but was relisted in March 2020.

The game features a 2.5D presentation with 2D hand-drawn character sprites and 3D modeled levels. Like the original version, the game focuses on Scrooge McDuck traveling across the world in search of five treasures to further increase his fortune. Remastered took one and a half years to make, being developed in late 2011, and features vast enhancements to the original graphics and audio, an expanded storyline, and a full voice cast that includes the original animated series' then-surviving voice actors and actresses.

Remastered received generally positive reviews. Reviewers praised the game for its gameplay and presentation while criticizing the overabundance of story content.

Gameplay

DuckTales: Remastered features a 2.5D presentation, with 2D hand-drawn character sprites and 3D modeled levels. The gameplay of Remastered remains identical to the original DuckTales game, with players taking the role of Scrooge McDuck as he travels across the world in search of five treasures to further increase his fortune. Scrooge can swing his cane to strike or break objects, and can bounce on it like a pogo stick to attack enemies from above. This also allows him to reach higher areas, as well as bounce across hazardous areas that would hurt him on foot. Along the way, Scrooge can find various diamonds, found in treasure chests or appearing in certain areas, to increase his fortune and ice cream or cakes that can restore his health. Various characters from the series appear throughout the stages with differing roles, aiding or hindering the player's progress.

Screenshots from the game DuckTales: Remastered

System requirements DuckTales: Remastered for Mac Os:

• Tested for:
• MacBook Pro, OS X 10.8.5
• Intel Core i7
• AMD Radeon HD 6490M
• Intel HD 3000