( Financial Times ) -- Sony reported its first full-year net profit in five years on Thursday and said it expected earnings to grow by a further 16 per cent this year , helped by restructuring efforts and a weaker yen . Sony helped in the final quarter by a currency market that knocked almost 20 per cent off the yen 's . Sony has for some time relied on profits from its banking and insurance operations in Japan . The company also owns stakes in Japanese companies such as Nissan Motor Co, which is struggling to turn around sales after it was hit with an emissions scandal last year.
Sony helped in the final quarter by a currency market that knocked almost 20 per cent off the yen 's . Sony has for some time relied on profits from its banking and insurance operations in Japan . The company also owns stakes in Japanese companies such as Nissan Motor Co, which is struggling to turn around sales after it was hit with an emissions scandal last year.