JustSystems

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JustSystems Corporation
株式会社ジャストシステム
Public
Traded as TYO: 4686
Industry Computer software
Founded Tokushima City, Tokushima, Japan (1979)
Founder Hatsuko & Kazunori Ukigawa
Headquarters Tokushima City, Tokushima, Japan
Key people
Tomoaki Fukura (President)
Products Software and services
Revenue ¥13,088 million (year ending 31 March 2007)
Owner Keyence Corporation (43.96%)
Kazunori Ukigawa (13.43%)
Hatsuko Ukigawa (11.35%)
Number of employees
916 (2008)
Subsidiaries Justsystem Service Corporation
JustSystems US Holding, Inc.
JustSystems North America, Inc.
JustSystems Canada Inc.
JustSystems Evans Research, Inc.
JustSystems EMEA Ltd.
Dalian Justsystem Co., Ltd.
Website na.justsystems.com

JustSystems Corporation (Japanese: 株式会社ジャストシステム Hepburn: Kabushiki-gaisha Jasuto-Shisutemu?) is a Japanese software development house. The company's main products are a word processor, Ichitaro ("JohnnyOne"), and a graphics package, Hanako.

Description

JustSystems is based in Tokushima on Shikoku island in Japan. Its most recent business has focused on Java and XML-themed technology development. As of 2012, JustSystems is the only Japanese full member of the Unicode Consortium.[1]

History

JustSystems was founded in 1979 by Hatsuko and Kazunori Ukigawa, and was incorporated in June 1981. Early in the company's history, it created one of the first computer input methods for Japanese users, creating compatibility between QWERTY keyboards and Kanji characters. In the mid 1990s, JustSystems founded the Justsystem Pittsburgh Research Center near Carnegie Mellon University. In 1996, JustSystems purchased Claritech, a Carnegie Mellon startup run by David Evans, and renamed it JustSystems Evans Research (JSERI). In 1997, JustSystems went public and was listed on the JASDAQ Securities Exchange.

In 2006, JustSystems purchased the XMetaL XML authoring suite from Blast Radius to complement its xfy XML development platform. In 2009, Keyence Corporation became the largest shareholder of JustSystems. Later that year, Kazunori and Hatsuko Ukigawa resigned from the company.

See also

References

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