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Bill Gates

File photo taken on Aug. 19, 2025, shows Bill Gates, founder of Microsoft Corp., in Tokyo.

Bill Gates in Japan

Microsoft Corp. co-founder Bill Gates meets the press after holding talks with Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba at the premier's office in Tokyo on Aug. 19, 2025.

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Bill Gates in Japan

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba (C) poses with Microsoft Corp. co-founder Bill Gates (2nd from L) at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Aug. 19, 2025.

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Bill Gates in Japan

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba (R) shakes hands with Microsoft Corp. co-founder Bill Gates at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Aug. 19, 2025.

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Bill Gates in Japan

Microsoft Corp. co-founder Bill Gates (2nd from L) attends a healthcare event in Tokyo on Aug. 19, 2025.

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Microsoft opens research base in Tokyo

U.S. technology giant Microsoft Corp. holds an opening ceremony for its research base in Tokyo, its first in Japan, in the Japanese capital on Nov. 18, 2024.

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Meeting between Japan PM and Microsoft president in Washington

Microsoft Corp. President Brad Smith (R) smiles during a meeting with Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce in Washington on April 9, 2024. Sitting next to Smith is U.S. Ambassador to Japan Rahm Emanuel. (Pool photo)

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Japan PM Kishida in Washington

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida (front) holds talks with Microsoft Corp. President Brad Smith at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce in Washington on April 9, 2024. (Pool photo)

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Japan PM Kishida in Washington

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida (2nd from L) holds talks with Microsoft Corp. President Brad Smith (2nd from R) at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce in Washington on April 9, 2024. (Pool photo)

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Japan PM Kishida in Washington

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida (R) shakes hands with Microsoft Corp. President Brad Smith at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce in Washington on April 9, 2024. (Pool photo)

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Microsoft opens AI-powered Bing to public

A Microsoft Corp. employee holds a briefing session on the new AI-powered Bing search engine in New York on May 3, 2023, after it was announced that the company has made the software available to the public.

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Microsoft opens AI-powered Bing to public

A Microsoft Corp. employee holds a briefing session on the new AI-powered Bing search engine in New York on May 3, 2023, after it was announced that the company has made the software available to the public.

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Microsoft's new chief

NEW YORK, United States - Photo taken in October 2012 shows Satya Nadella of Microsoft Corp. in the state of Washington, United States. Microsoft announced Feb. 4, 2014, that Nadella will succeed Steve Ballmer as the company's chief executive officer.

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Microsoft launches larger Surface tablet

NEW YORK, the United States - Photo of Microsoft Corp.'s new Surface Pro 3 tablet computer. Microsoft unveiled Surface Pro 3 in New York on May 20, 2014, which has a bigger screen than previous models to take aim at the laptop market and demonstrate the company's ability to make its own devices.

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Microsoft launches larger Surface tablet

NEW YORK, the United States - Microsoft Corp. CEO Satya Nadella speaks at a presentation for the company's new Surface Pro 3 tablet computer in New York on May 20, 2014. Surface Pro 3 has a bigger screen than previous models to take aim at the laptop market and demonstrate the company's ability to make its own devices.

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Microsoft ends support for Windows XP

TOKYO, Japan - Shunichi Kajisa, chief technology officer at Microsoft Japan Co., speaks at a press conference in Tokyo on April 9, 2014, about the expiry of Microsoft Corp.'s support for its Windows XP operating system, effective the same day.

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Xbox One

NEW YORK, United States - Microsoft Corp. launches its new Xbox One game console during an event in New York on Nov. 21, 2013.

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Japan prime minister in New York

NEW YORK, United States - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (R) and Microsoft Corp. founder Bill Gates shake hands in New York on Sept. 25, 2013. (Pool photo)

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Japan prime minister in New York

NEW YORK, United States - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (R) and Microsoft Corp. founder Bill Gates shake hands in New York on Sept. 25, 2013. (Pool photo)

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Japan prime minister in New York

NEW YORK, United States - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (R) and Microsoft Corp. founder Bill Gates shake hands in New York on Sept. 25, 2013. (Pool photo)

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Microsoft Windows 8.1

SAN FRANCISCO, United States - Microsoft Corp. CEO Steve Ballmer unveils the preview version of Windows 8.1 in San Francisco on June 26, 2013.

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E3 game show

LOS ANGELES, United States - Photo shows Microsoft Corp.'s new game console, the Xbox One, displayed at the Electronic Entertainment Expo, or E3, a key gaming industry event in Los Angeles on June 11, 2013. The company plans to launch the console in November.

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E3 game show

LOS ANGELES, United States - Visitors try Microsoft Corp.'s new game console, the Xbox One, during the Electronic Entertainment Expo, or E3, a key gaming industry event in Los Angeles on June 11, 2013.

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Xbox One media briefing

LOS ANGELES, United States - Microsoft Corp. holds a media briefing on its new game console named Xbox One in Los Angeles on June 10, 2013.

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Microsoft CEO in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Microsoft Corp. CEO Steve Ballmer speaks during a press conference in Tokyo on May 23, 2013. The U.S. technology giant will set up its first data centers in Japan for cloud computing services, a burgeoning business through which applications and data can be accessed via the Internet.

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Microsoft Surface RT

TOKYO, Japan - Brian Hall of Microsoft Corp. holds the Surface RT tablet computer at an event in Tokyo on March 15, 2013. The U.S. software giant launched the device in Japan the same day.

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Microsoft Surface RT

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows Microsoft Corp.'s Surface RT tablet computer at an event in Tokyo on March 15, 2013. The U.S. software giant launched the device in Japan the same day.

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Microsoft tablet

TOKYO, Japan - Women hold Microsoft Corp.'s first tablet computer, the Surface, during an event in Tokyo on March 1, 2013. Microsoft said it will launch the device in Japan on March 15, 2013.

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Microsoft to launch Windows 8 software

TOKYO, Japan - Women advertise Microsoft Corp.'s Windows 8 operating software for personal computers and tablet devices in Tokyo's Akihabara district on the night of Oct. 25, 2012, hours before its launch worldwide.

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Microsoft to launch Windows 8 software

TOKYO, Japan - People try out personal computers installed with Microsoft Corp.'s Windows 8 operating software in Tokyo's Akihabara district on the night of Oct. 25, 2012, hours before the software's launch worldwide.

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Microsoft to launch Windows 8 software

TOKYO, Japan - People try out personal computers installed with Microsoft Corp.'s Windows 8 operating software in Tokyo's Akihabara district on the night of Oct. 25, 2012, hours before the software's launch worldwide.

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Microsoft unveils Surface tablet computer

LOS ANGELES, United States - Microsoft Corp. Chief Executive Officer Steve Ballmer unveils Surface, the company's first tablet computer., in Los Angeles on June 18, 2012.

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Microsoft's Windows 8

ANAHEIM, United States - An executive of Microsoft Corp. holds a tablet computer loaded with its operating system Windows 8 in Anaheim, California, on Sept. 13, 2011. The OS allows customers to use their personal computers like tablets with the new touch-sensitive screen function.

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KDDI to launch Windows Phone in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - A woman holds Windows Phone IS12T smartphones in Tokyo on July 27, 2011, when KDDI Corp. said it will begin selling in early September or later, for the first time in Japan, the new smartphone based on Microsoft Corp.'s Windows Phone 7.5 operating system.

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Microsoft unveils cloud computing service for businesses

NEW YORK, United States - Microsoft Corp. Chief Executive Officer Steve Ballmer unveils Office 365, the company's enterprise support service using cloud computing, in New York on June 28, 2011.

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Computers with Google OS to be launched

SAN FRANCISCO, United States - Google Inc. Chief Executive Officer Eric Schmidt speaks at a press conference in San Francisco on Dec. 7, 2010. Google announced that PC makers will begin selling computers with its ''Chrome'' operating system in the middle of 2011, pitting the American search engine giant against Microsoft Corp. in the operating system market.

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Microsoft's Kinect launched in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Jurina Matsui (R) and Rena Matsui of the all-girl pop group SKE48 take part in a ceremony at a Yodobashi Camera store in Tokyo's Akihabara district Nov. 20, 2010, for the launch of Microsoft Corp.'s controller-free game system Kinect in Japan.

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India's super-modern IT campuses

HYDERABAD, India - This photo taken Sept. 30, 2010, shows the beautifully established campuses of information technology giants including Microsoft Corp. in Hyderabad, southern India, the newest showcase of India's rapidly developing economy.

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Toshiba, Bill Gates to cooperate on nuclear reactor

TOKYO, Japan - Combination file photo shows Toshiba Corp. President Norio Sasaki (L) and Microsoft Corp. Chairman Bill Gates. The Japanese electronics giant is eyeing a tie-up with Gates-led venture firm TerraPower to jointly develop a next-generation nuclear reactor.

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Microsoft CEO upbeat about Japanese response to Windows 7

TOKYO, Japan - Visiting Microsoft Corp. Chief Executive Officer Steve Ballmer speaks at a news conference at a hotel in Tokyo on Nov. 5, 2009. Ballmer offered an upbeat assessment of Japan's response to Microsoft's newly launched Windows 7 operating system.

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Microsoft's Windows 7 hits shelves in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - A man holds Microsoft Corp.'s Windows 7 after buying it at a Tokyo electronics store on Oct. 22, 2009. Microsoft has begun selling its latest operating system in Japan, claiming the revamped OS is faster and more stable than Vista.

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Microsoft's Windows 7 hits shelves in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Pinup model and TV personality Akina Minami (R) hands a man Microsoft Corp.'s Windows 7 during a sales event at a Tokyo electronics store on Oct. 22, 2009. Microsoft has begun selling its latest operating system in Japan, claiming the revamped OS is faster and more stable than Vista.

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Microsoft seeks independent course

TOKYO, Japan - Microsoft Corp. Chairman Bill Gates (L) tells reporters in Tokyo on May 7 that the world's largest software maker will pursue an independent strategy following its decision to scrap its plans to buy Yahoo Inc. At right is Microsoft's Japan unit President Yasuyuki Higuchi.

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Willcom to launch new 'smartphone' device adopting Windows Vista

TOKYO, Japan - Personal handy-phone system service provider Willcom Inc. said April 14 it will launch a new ''smartphone,'' (L) a mobile communication handset with a keyboard, that adopts Microsoft Corp.'s Windows Vista operating system for the Japanese market in mid-June.

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Microsoft Japan to promote Higuchi to president

TOKYO, Japan - Yasuyuki Higuchi (C), newly appointed president of Microsoft Japan, joins hands with his predecessor Darren Huston (L) and Jean-Philippe Courtois, senior vice president of Microsoft Corp., during a press conference held in Tokyo on Feb. 28. Higuchi, current chief operating officer of Microsoft Japan, will become president on April 1.

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Sales of Windows Mobile phones to top 1 mil. units in Japan in 2007

TOKYO, Japan - Microsoft Co. President Darren Huston speaks on Microsoft Corp.'s business strategy at a press conference in Tokyo on July 9. He said that Microsoft Corp.'s technologies will penetrate further in Japan on the back of rising demand for wireless handsets with personal digital assistant capabilities. He said its local unit, Microsoft Co., is anticipating this year's domestic sales of Windows Mobile phones to top 1 million units.

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Ex-Daiei head Higuchi becomes COO of Microsoft Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Yasuyuki Higuchi (R), former president of Daiei Inc., on March 5 became chief operating officer of the Japanese unit of Microsoft Corp., a move aimed at helping the company cope better with growing business opportunities in Japan, it said. At left is Darren Huston, president of the Japanese unit, Microsoft Co.

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Microsoft's Vista operating system goes on sale

NEW YORK, United States - Microsoft Corp. Chairman Bill Gates introduces the Windows Vista operating system in New York on Jan. 29.

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Microsoft's Vista operating system goes on sale

TOKYO, Japan - People flock to an electronics retail shop in Tokyo Jan. 30 to buy Microsoft Corp's new 'Windows Vista' operating system after it went on sale in Japan.

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Microsoft's Vista operating system goes on sale

TOKYO, Japan - A man holds up Microsoft Corp's new 'Windows Vista' operating system at an electronics retail shop in Tokyo Jan. 30, the day Windows Vista and the 2007 Microsoft Office went on sale in Japan.