	sony chairman forecasts lower profits this year sony corp sne t chairman akio morita said sony s profits would be sharply down in as a result of the dollar s decline sony corp posted net consolidated income of billion yen million dollars in pct down on s billion yen million dollars but morita added that japan would benefit from the strong yen by saving on its energy import bill and he expected profits to recover from onwards he was speaking to reporters at a sony factory opening here reuter 
