Hatena (company)

Hatena Co., Ltd.
Native name
株式会社はてな
Company typeKabushiki gaisha
IndustryWeb services
FoundedKyoto, Japan (July 19, 2001 (2001-07-19))
FounderJunya Kondo
Headquarters
Kyoto
,
Japan
Area served
Worldwide, mainly Japan
Number of employees
71
Websitehatena.ne.jp

Hatena Co., Ltd. (株式会社はてな, Kabushiki-gaisha hatena) is an internet services company in Japan. It operates various services including the most popular social bookmarking service in Japan,[1] Hatena Bookmark. Hatena is the collective name of the company's services. It was founded by Junya Kondo in Kyoto on July 19, 2001. The company moved its headquarters to Shibuya, Tokyo on April 10, 2004. The headquarters were moved back to Kyoto in April, 2008.[2]

  1. ^ "The Survey of Social Bookmarking Services" (in Japanese). May 9, 2006. Archived from the original on 2007-03-06. Retrieved 2007-03-23.
  2. ^ 【プレスリリース】株式会社はてな、本社を京都に移転、ものづくりの拠点を結集