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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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Xbox One game console launched in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Microsoft begins selling the Xbox One home gaming console in Japan on Sept. 4, 2014. Photo was taken the same day at a home electronics store in Tokyo's Ikebukuro district.

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Notice of end to Windows XP support

TOKYO, Japan -Microsoft Japan Co. posts a notice announcing the end of support for the Windows XP operating system on its website, effective April 9, 2014.

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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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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 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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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'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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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

TOKYO, Japan - Darren Huston, president and chief executive officer of Microsoft's Japan unit, speaks at a news conference in Tokyo on Jan. 30 about Microsoft's new operating system Windows Vista.

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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.

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Microsoft to extend support period of Windows XP Home Edition

TOKYO, Japan - Darren Huston, president of the Japan unit of Microsoft Corp., speaks in an interview with Kyodo News in Tokyo on Jan. 24. Huston said the company will extend the free support period of its Windows XP Home Edition computer operating system until sometime after 2010 from its initial plan of late January 2009 on a global basis, mainly because of Japanese consumers' strong requests.

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PC makers unveil new models for Windows Vista

TOKYO, Japan - New personal computer models designed for Windows Vista, the latest version of Microsoft Corp.'s Windows operating systems, are on display at a press conference in Tokyo on Jan. 15. Major Japanese makers will put their new models on the market on Jan. 30 when Microsoft is due to begin offering Vista to consumers.

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PC makers unveil new models for Windows Vista

TOKYO, Japan - Darren Huston, president of Microsoft Co., the Japanese unit of the U.S. software giant Microsoft Corp., speaks at a press conference in Tokyo on Jan. 15 prior to the company's release of its Windows Vista to consumers on Jan. 30.

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Debut of Windows Vista raises computer marketers' hopes

TOKYO, Japan - Darren Huston, president and CEO of Microsoft Japan, speaks at a news conference in Tokyo on Nov. 30 about the worldwide release of Windows Vista, Microsoft's newest operating system, for corporate users.

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Microsoft's Xbox 360 debuts in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Peter Moore (L), vice president of Microsoft Corp., hands out a new Xbox 360 video game console to a customer at a video rental shop Dec. 9 in Tokyo. Microsoft started selling the next-generation video game console ahead of its two Japanese competitors, Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. and Nintendo Co.

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Microsoft to launch new Xbox game console in Japan Dec. 10

TOKYO, Japan - U.S. computer software giant Microsoft Corp. said Sept. 15 it will launch its Xbox 360 game console in Japan on Dec. 10 after introducing the new product in North America on Nov. 22 and in Europe on Dec. 2.

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Gates meets with Okuda

TOKYO, Japan - Microsoft Corp. Chairman Bill Gates (R) and Japan Business Federation Chairman Hiroshi Okuda pose for photos prior to their talks at the Keidanren Kaikan Hall in Tokyo on June 29.

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Gates tells Koizumi he is optimistic about fighting AIDS, malaria

TOKYO, Japan - Microsoft Corp. Chairman Bill Gates (L) and Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi are in talks at the premier's office in Tokyo on June 29. Gates told Koizumi that he is optimistic about fighting such epidemics plaguing Africa as AIDS and malaria ahead of a Group of Eight summit at which the issue will be high on the agenda.

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Microsoft to promote joint studies with Japanese universities

TOKYO, Japan - Microsoft Corp. Chairman Bill Gates speaks to an audience of students after receiving an honorary doctor's degree at Waseda University in Tokyo on June 28. He said the U.S. software giant will promote its joint high-tech studies with top

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Microsoft to provide tech info to NPA to prevent computer crimes

TOKYO, Japan - Microsoft Corp. Chairman Bill Gates (C) attends a press conference in Tokyo on June 28 to announce an agreement with Japan's National Police Agency to provide technological information to help it investigate computer-related crimes.

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(2)Toshiba, Microsoft reach comprehensive cross-licensing pact

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows the headquarters in Washington of U.S. software giant Microsoft Corp. which has signed a comprehensive cross-licensing agreement on mutual use of patents with Japanese electronics maker Toshiba Corp. Informed sources said that the deal will allow the two companies to save time and costs for developing digital consumer electronics, without negotiating and concluding a license contract for each patent.

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(1)Toshiba, Microsoft reach comprehensive cross-licensing pact

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows the headquarters in Tokyo of Japanese electronics maker Toshiba Corp. which has signed a comprehensive cross-licensing agreement on mutual use of patents with U.S. software giant Microsoft Corp. Informed sources said May 13 that the deal will allow the two companies to save time and costs for developing digital consumer electronics, without negotiating and concluding a license contract for each patent.

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Microsoft Japan announces presidency reshuffle

TOKYO, Japan - Darren Huston (in file photo), corporate vice president of U.S. software giant Microsoft Corp., will replace Michael Rawding as president and chief executive officer of Microsoft Co. on July 1, the Japan unit of Microsoft said April 20. Huston, 39, born in Canada, is currently corporate vice president of the Small and Mid-Market Solutions & Partners Group in the United States.

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FTC warns Microsoft to stop anticompetitive licensing practice

TOKYO, Japan - Takashi Hirano, general manager in charge of legal affairs and policy planning Microsoft Corp.'s Japan unit, speaks at a press conference in Tokyo on July 13 after the Fair Trade Commission warned the U.S. software giant to stop what it claims is an anticompetitive practice in connection with software licensing deals with Japanese personal computer makers. Hirano said that Microsoft will reiterate during an FTC hearing procedure its view that the practice in question is a fair part of licensing agreements and is lawful.