Microsoft Japan

Microsoft Japan Co., Ltd.
Microsoft Japan
Native name
日本マイクロソフト株式会社
Kabushiki-gaisha Nihon Maikurosofuto (K.K. Microsoft Japan Company)
FormerlyMicrosoft Company, Ltd. (1986–2011)
Company typeSubsidiary
Industry
PredecessorsASCII Microsoft
FoundedFebruary 1986; 38 years ago (1986-02)[a] in Yoyogi, Shibuya
Founder
Headquarters
Kōnan, Minato, Tokyo
,
Japan
Key people
Susumu Furukawa, President (1986 - 1992)[2]


Takuya Hirano,[3] President & CEO (2015- 2023)

Miki Tsusaka, President (2023-) [4]
Number of employees
2,225 (2013)[5]
ParentMicrosoft
Websitewww.microsoft.com/ja-jp/
Microsoft Development Co. Ltd
Native name
マイクロソフト ディベロップメント
FoundedNovember 16, 2005
FounderBill Gates
Headquarters
Chōfu, Tokyo
,
Japan
Key people
Shunichi Kajisa,[6] President and Representative Director
Number of employees
371 (2006)[7]
Websitewww.microsoft.com/ja-jp/
Microsoft Japan's former head office in Odakyu Southern Tower

Microsoft Japan Co., Ltd.[b] (also known as MSKK) is a Japanese subsidiary of Microsoft headquartered in Minato, Tokyo. It develops both hardware and software technologies for consumers and business partners.[8]

Microsoft Japan was founded in February 1986 as Microsoft Company, Ltd.[c] by Susumu Furukawa and Bill Gates after partnership between ASCII Corporation and Microsoft ended, with the remaining ASCII Microsoft operations being merged into ASCII.

  1. ^ "The History of Microsoft - 1978". Microsoft. 26 February 2009. Retrieved 14 December 2023.
  2. ^ "マイクロソフト・古川享最高技術責任者が会見". 22 April 2004. Retrieved 15 September 2019.
  3. ^ "Takuya Hirano - Microsoft Japan President and CEO". Retrieved 6 July 2018.
  4. ^ "Microsoft appoints Miki Tsusaka as new president of Microsoft Japan".
  5. ^ "日本マイクロソフト株式会社 会社概要". Microsoft. 1 July 2013. Archived from the original on 30 July 2013. Retrieved 14 December 2023.
  6. ^ "Shunichi Kajisa: Microsoft Japan". Retrieved 17 July 2014.
  7. ^ "マイクロソフト ディベロップメント株式会社 会社概要". Retrieved 3 July 2006.
  8. ^ "マイクロソフト日本法人、来年2月に本社を品川駅近くに移転". Retrieved 4 April 2012.


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