Ah, the good old days when Japan was the talk of the economic town, and Sony products were the cool kids on the block. Born in the '90s, I vividly recall a time when the mere thought of a Sony Walkman had us all daydreaming.

Flashback Friday | Navigating Japan's Economic Rollercoaster Through My Sony Time Capsule

It has been 40 years since the Japanese electronics giant, Sony, launched the iconic 'walkman'- the portable music playback device. You will hardly meet a college-going youth of the 1980s who wasn't a walkman fan.

40 years of Walkman: World's first portable music player

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Flashback Friday | Navigating Japan's Economic Rollercoaster Through My Sony Time Capsule

40 years of Walkman: World's first portable music player