Kazuo Hirai, 
the one time leader of Sony’s PlayStation division and now Executive Deputy President, could have another promotion looming in the near future.
Japanese business paper Nikkei reports Hirai will be promoted to president as early as April. Sir Howard Stringer will remain chairman and CEO of the company.
While Sony has been apologetic over 
the last month about the breach of its PlayStation Network (and subsequent personal data theft), CEO Howard Stringer is apparently adopting a new tone.
The head of Sony, who found himself personally under a lot of fire for his silence on the matter as it was unfolding, had angry words Tuesday for critics who have accused the company of taking too long to inform consumers that their data had been stolen.
Hounded by critics for remaining silent despite the theft of personal information from 100 million accounts, Sony’s CEO is finally speaking out.
Sir Howard Stringer, in an open letter to customers, addressed the data breach yesterday for the first time since the crisis began on April 20.
Chris Morris: Journalist 