Company Overview

  
Company Name KODENSHA Co., Ltd.
Corporate Number 3120001005297
URL https://www.kodensha.jp/index/
Representative President and Representative Director: Kyo-Tetsu Ko
Founded July 1, 1979 (Incorporated: November 10, 1982)
Capital 50 million yen (Authorized capital: 120 million yen)
Number of Employees 40 employees
Business Description
  • Development and sales of translation software
  • Human translation and interpretation services
  • Development and sales of smartphone and internet content
  • Cloud Service

Access

Headquarters
102-0092
J-Pro Hanzomon Bldg. 3F, 2-13 Hayabusa-cho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo
TEL: 03-6705-5720 FAX: 03-6705-5719
1-minute walk from Exit 1 of Hanzomon Station on the Tokyo Metro Hanzomon Line
6-minute walk from Exit 1 of Kojimachi Station on the Tokyo Metro Yurakucho Line
Osaka Branch
545-0011
3-7-1 Showa-cho, Abeno-ku, Osaka-shi
TEL 06-6628-8880 FAX 06-6628-2351

Achievements and Awards

Japan

  • On October 1, 1998, the "Japanese-Korean Translation System j-Seoul/JK" received the Excellent Information Processing System Award from the Ministry of International Trade and Industry's Information Month Promotion Conference.
  • Received a research and development grant from the Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications' Telecommunications Advancement Organization for a Japanese-Korean translation system for TV subtitle broadcasting.
  • The "Japanese-Korean Translation Program" was selected as an Excellent Company for Dissemination in 2000.
  • On December 22, 2005, "J-SERVER Pocket" received the Jury's Special Award (Seiko Ito Award) at the i-mode Site Awards 2005.
  • On June 26, 2008, "J-SERVER Pocket" received the 3rd Nagao Award from the Asia-Pacific Association for Machine Translation (AAMT).

South Korea

  • Provided software technology for Korean word processors, etc., to Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
  • Received the Industrial Technology Award from KBS in South Korea.

China

  • Developed the "Japanese-Chinese/Chinese-Japanese translation software j-Beijing".

Europe and America

  • Developed word processing software supporting 20 languages.
  • Developed multi-functional English-Japanese translation software based on the concept of "connecting, viewing, and translating" on the Internet.