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Software companies based in Tokyo

  • TaitōUkrainian refugee Michael Kogan established a business in Shanghai during 1944 called Taitung. The name combined the Chinese characters for Judea and East to…
  • SegaOn the 3rd of June 1960, Martin Bromley and Richard Stewart established a new company in Tokyo to take over the assets of Service Games of Japan.
  • Polygon MagicPolygon Magic emerged as a Japanese video game developer focused on arcade, console, and mobile platforms. The studio established itself by creating titles…
  • System SacomSystem Sacom, also known as System Sacom Sales Corp., operates from an office in Tokyo. This Japanese electronics company sells electronic devices to the…
  • Team NinjaIn 1995, a group of game designers at the struggling Japanese company Tecmo formed a new division called Tecmo Creative #3.
  • Kojima ProductionsIn April 2005, a new team formed inside the Japanese giant Konami. This group took the name Kojima Productions and operated as a subsidiary of the larger…
  • ShogakukanShogakukan operates as a Japanese state-owned enterprise under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology.
  • Square (video game company)In September 1983, a software subsidiary named Square emerged within Den-Yu-Sha, an electric power conglomerate led by Kuniichi Miyamoto.
  • KodanshaSeiji Noma established Kodansha in 1909 as a spin-off of the Dai-Nippon Yūbenkai, also known as the Greater Japan Oratorical Society.
  • Nihon FalcomMasayuki Kato established Nihon Falcom in 1981. The name Falcom came from the Millennium Falcon. The final n changed to an m to fit naming trends of that…
  • Square EnixSquare Enix began as two separate entities with distinct origins. Enix was founded on the 22nd of September 1975, by Yasuhiro Fukushima, an architect turned…
  • SonyIn 1946, Masaru Ibuka opened a small electronics shop inside the Shirokiya department store building in Tokyo's Nihonbashi district.
  • KonamiKagemasa Kōzuki opened a small business in Toyonaka, Osaka, on the 21st of March 1969. He rented and repaired jukeboxes for local bars and restaurants.
  • Pony Canyonthe 1st of October 1966 marked the founding of Nippon Broadcasting System Service, Inc. by Nippon Broadcasting System, Inc.
  • NamcoOn the 1st of June 1955, Japanese businessman Masaya Nakamura founded a company in Ikegami, Tokyo. The son of a shotgun repair business owner, Nakamura…