Microsoft Japan

Microsoft Japan
Company type	Subsidiary
Founded	February 1986
Founder	Susumu Furukawa Bill Gates
Key people	Yasuyuki Higuchi, President & CEO
Number of employees	2,225 (2013)
Parent company	Microsoft
Homepage	www.microsoft.com/ja-jp/

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

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

External links

• Microsoft Japan official website

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