Microsoft opens first international office in Japan

The company's first international office was founded on November 1, 1978, in Japan, titled "ASCII Microsoft" (now called "Microsoft Japan").

Microsoft Japan, officially Microsoft Company, Limited (マイクロソフト株式会社 Maikurosofuto Kabushiki Kaisha?) is a division of the United States-based computer technology corporation Microsoft based in Japan. The headquarters is in a skyscraper in the Shinjuku district of Tokyo.

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