Sony has stopped production of the cassette Walkman and the remaining inventory in stores Japan is the final product.
Based on research from a team sony "The way consumers listen to music has many moves to digital audio," so that "Sony decided to end sales of Walkman because demand for the Walkman cassette player has been reduced".
But Sony still be producing and selling Walkman outside of Japan. According to Sony, the demand for cassette player outside of Japan still exists. The Japanese demand was not there.
