Form 6-K


                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             WASHINGTON, D. C. 20549

                                    FORM 6-K


                        REPORT OF FOREIGN PRIVATE ISSUER

                      Pursuant to Rule 13a-16 or 15d-16 of

                       the Securities Exchange Act of 1934


                         For the month of October 2005
                        Commission File Number: 001-06439


                                SONY CORPORATION
                 (Translation of registrant's name into English)

             7-35 KITASHINAGAWA 6-CHOME, SHINAGAWA-KU, TOKYO, JAPAN

                    (Address of principal executive offices)

          The registrant files annual reports under cover of Form 20-F.



Indicate by check mark whether the registrant  files or will file annual reports
under cover of Form 20-F or Form 40-F,

                  Form 20-F  X                   Form 40-F __


Indicate by check mark whether the  registrant  by  furnishing  the  information
contained  in this  Form is  also  thereby  furnishing  the  information  to the
Commission pursuant to Rule 12g3-2(b) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
Yes No X


If "Yes" is marked, indicate below the file number assigned to the registrant in
connection with Rule 12g3-2(b):82-______



                                   SIGNATURE


Pursuant  to the  requirements  of the  Securities  Exchange  Act of  1934,  the
registrant  has duly  caused  this  report  to be  signed  on its  behalf by the
undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.


                                                            SONY CORPORATION
                                                              (Registrant)


                                         By:  /s/  Nobuyuki Oneda
                                                      (Signature)
                                         Nobuyuki Oneda
                                         Executive Vice President and
                                         Chief Financial Officer

Date: October 26, 2005

List of materials

Documents attached hereto:


i)   Press release announcing Notice Regarding Application to Delist From
     Nine Overseas Stock Exchanges

                                                           Sony Corporation
                                                           6-7-35 Kitashinagawa
                                                           Shinagawa-ku
                                                           Tokyo, 141-0001 Japan
     
     
                                                           No. 05-059E
                                                           October 26, 2005


                     Notice Regarding Application to Delist
                       From Nine Overseas Stock Exchanges

Tokyo, Japan - At the Board of Directors' Meeting held today, Sony Corporation
("Sony") resolved to make applications to nine out of the eleven overseas stock
exchanges for the delisting of Sony's shares (including depositary receipts
representing such shares; hereinafter the same shall apply). Related matters in
this regard are as follows:

1. Stock exchanges to which Sony will make applications for delisting:

     Pacific and Chicago (U.S.), Toronto (Canada), Frankfurt and Dusseldorf
     (Germany), Paris (France), Brussels (Belgium), Vienna (Austria), Swiss
     (Switzerland)

2. Reasons for delisting:

     Due to the prevalence of borderless stock trading, the trading volume of 
     Sony's shares on each of these nine stock exchanges has been extremely low.
     Therefore, Sony believes that these delistings would cause no substantial 
     inconvenience to Sony's shareholders and investors.

3. Schedule:

     Applications for the delisting of Sony's shares will be made to each such 
     stock exchange beginning in November 2005. Sony expects to complete the 
     whole delisting procedures within one year; however, this timetable may 
     vary depending on each stock exchange's delisting requirements.

4. Stock exchanges on which Sony's shares will continue to be listed:

     Japan: Tokyo, Osaka
     North America: New York
     Europe: London