So, let's have a moment of silence for Sony's last Japanese manufacturing plant producing a number of optical media formats.

Following Sony’s announcement that it was officially ending production of recordable Blu-ray discs this month, Verbatim and I ...

But fear not, data hoarders. Two companies have stepped up to reassure the Japanese market that they'll keep producing high-quality optical media: Verbatim and I-O Data.

Verbatim has pledged to continue supporting the recordable optical media market in Japan after Sony's manufacturing closure.