Japan’s Sony Corp. is to cut 10,000 jobs, about 6 percent of its work force, the Nikkei newspaper reported yesterday, as new CEO Kazuo Hirai looks to steer the electronics and entertainment giant back to profit after four years in the red.

Sony may also ask its seven executive directors who served through the fiscal year to end-March, including Stringer, who is now chairman, to return their bonuses, the Nikkei said.

Sony declined to comment on the report.