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Mozilla Affiliate in Japan Kicks Off by Khairil Yusof — last modified 2004-08-19 02:46 PM

August 18, 2004 (the Internet) - The Mozilla Foundation and Mozilla Japan today announced the launch of the Mozilla-Japan.org web site and the creation of Mozilla Japan, a non-profit organization that will promote, develop and help deploy Mozilla products in Japan.

One fifth of Japanese businesses using open source operating systems by Khairil Yusof — last modified 2005-07-05 09:34 PM

The use of open-source operating systems in enterprise servers is growing in Japan, with companies citing low introduction costs as the main factor for adoption, according to a recent report by the Japanese government.

AFP Japan aims to boost state use of free Linux software by Khairil Yusof — last modified 2006-07-10 03:01 PM

TOKYO (AFP) - Japan aims to switch some government computers to the free Linux operating system and reduce its dependence on Microsoft Windows.