The surprise raid by Japanese anti-monopoly authorities' on Microsoft Corp.'s Tokyo offices was impeccably timed barely a month before the European Union slapped a $613 million fine on the company.
On February 22, Microsoft will attempt to make a dent in a market dominated by Sony and Nintendo for the past few years when it releases the Xbox in Japan. Needless to say, Microsoft knows how ...
It’s good news for Microsoft, but awkward given other recent news about the US Congress’ interest in Japan’s market. Japan has approved Microsoft’s acquisition of Activision Blizzard King. Japan’s ...
Microsoft on Monday said it will appeal a ruling by the Japanese Fair Trade Commission that the software maker's contracts with computer makers violate that country's antitrust law. Microsoft said it ...
Microsoft Japan held a trial last August to see what the effects of a shorter workweek would be. This trial, called the "Work Life Choice Challenge Summer 2019," gave employees every Friday off over ...
TOKYO - Amid ongoing labor reforms in a notoriously overworked Japanese market, Microsoft performed an experiment to see how reducing the work week to four days would affect productivity. They found ...
In August, Microsoft Japan closed its offices on Fridays, treating 2,300 employees to a month’s worth of three-day weekends. With workers only at their desks four days instead of five, you might think ...
Microsoft is among the many U.S. companies whose operations were impacted by the massive earthquake and tsunami in Japan. Here’s a status report from the company, issued yesterday afternoon and still ...
TOKYO — Microsoft Corp.’s Japan unit is planning to support development of IT skills and venture companies in Japan under two initiatives announced Monday. The initiatives are both centered on ...
TOKYO — Nov. 29, 2016 — Microsoft Corp. announced on Tuesday that Microsoft HoloLens, the world’s first self-contained holographic computer running Windows 10, will be available for preorder in Japan ...
This morning, Microsoft Japan announced that the Xbox One will launch in Japan on September 4, nearly 10 months after its North American and European counterparts. In addition to listing 48 companies ...
Microsoft on Monday said it will appeal a ruling by the Japanese Fair Trade Commission that the software maker's contracts with computer makers violate that country's antitrust law. Microsoft said it ...